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authorThiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>2009-02-05 21:16:09 +0000
committerThiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>2009-02-05 21:16:09 +0000
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2009-02-05 Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com> Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> * python/python-utils.c (target_string_to_unicode): New function. * python/python-internal.h (target_string_to_unicode): New prototype. * python/python-value.c (valpy_string): New function. (value_object_methods): Add `string' entry. gdb/doc/ 2009-02-05 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Document Value.string.
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diff --git a/gdb/python/python-utils.c b/gdb/python/python-utils.c
index 6a95939..b0ec7b3 100644
--- a/gdb/python/python-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python-utils.c
@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ python_string_to_host_string (PyObject *obj)
return unicode_to_encoded_string (str, host_charset ());
}
+/* Converts a target string of LENGTH bytes in the target's charset to a
+ Python Unicode string. If LENGTH is -1, convert until a null byte is found.
+
+ Returns NULL on error, with a python exception set. */
+PyObject *
+target_string_to_unicode (const gdb_byte *str, int length)
+{
+ if (length == -1)
+ length = strlen (str);
+
+ return PyUnicode_Decode (str, length, target_charset (), NULL);
+}
+
/* Return true if OBJ is a Python string or unicode object, false
otherwise. */