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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:12 +0000 |
| commit | 6e6fbe60bc0412fec955d539b445b66b14a04e69 (patch) | |
| tree | 369fa1e0716583cb0acf3890749ec42a6d0fae4b /gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp | |
| parent | 1d41d745ca37dc95f93c8e1a148b3c46c85d7273 (diff) | |
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Add gdb.lookup_global_symbol python function.
* NEWS: Add entry.
* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): New function.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): Declare it.
* python/python.c (GdbMethods): Add entry for lookup_global_symbol.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document lookup_global_symbol.
Clarify behaviour of lookup_symbol when `block' argument is omitted,
add description of result, fix @defun formatting.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test lookup_global_symbol.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp index 8e3aec1..b30c639 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ gdb_load ${binfile} # Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled. if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue } +# Test looking up a global symbol before we runto_main as this is the +# point where we don't have a current frame, and we don't want to +# require one. +gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python main_func = gdb.lookup_global_symbol(\"main\")" "Lookup main" 1 +gdb_test "python print main_func.is_function" "True" "Test main_func.is_function" +gdb_test "python print gdb.lookup_global_symbol(\"junk\")" "None" "Test lookup_global_symbol(\"junk\")" + if ![runto_main] then { fail "Can't run to main" return 0 |