New python module gdb.types.

	* NEWS: Document it.
	* data-directory/Makefile.in (PYTHON_FILES): Add gdb/types.py.
	* python/lib/gdb/types.py: New file.

	testsuite/
	* lib/gdb-python.exp (gdb_check_python_config): New function.
	* gdb.python/Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Add lib-types.
	* gdb.python/lib-types.cc: New file.
	* gdb.python/lib-types.exp: New file.

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Python): Add "Python modules".
	(Types in Python): Add reference to gdb.types section.
	(Python modules): New node.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-python.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-python.exp
index 4a15d7a..58deadc 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-python.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-python.exp
@@ -45,3 +45,21 @@ proc gdb_py_test_multiple { name args } {
     }
     return 0
 }
+
+# Establish various python configuration parameters if necessary.
+# E.g. sys.path.
+
+proc gdb_check_python_config { } {
+    global USE_INSTALLED_TREE
+    # If we're running an installed version of gdb, and we want to test the
+    # installed versions of the python support scripts, then we don't want
+    # to point data-directory at the build tree.
+    if { [info exists USE_INSTALLED_TREE] && "$USE_INSTALLED_TREE" == "yes" } {
+	verbose -log "Assuming system config already installed."
+    } else {
+	verbose -log "Installing system config from build tree."
+	set gdb_data_dir "[pwd]/../data-directory"
+	gdb_test_no_output "set data-directory $gdb_data_dir"
+	gdb_test_no_output "python GdbSetPythonDirectory ('$gdb_data_dir/python')"
+    }
+}