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authorSiva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@sourceware.org>2012-05-02 17:27:50 +0000
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2012-05-02 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
* doc/gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Add a note saying that future improvements to GDB and its infrastructure can move symbols across blocks within a symbol table.
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+2012-05-02 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Add a note saying that future
+ improvements to GDB and its infrastructure can move symbols
+ across blocks within a symbol table.
+
2012-04-29 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Architectures): Remove menu entry `A29K'.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -24644,7 +24644,11 @@ detailed technical information on @value{GDBN}'s book-keeping of the
stack.
A @code{gdb.Block} is iterable. The iterator returns the symbols
-(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.
+(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block. Python programs
+should not assume that a specific block object will always contain a
+given symbol, since changes in @value{GDBN} features and
+infrastructure may cause symbols move across blocks in a symbol
+table.
The following block-related functions are available in the @code{gdb}
module: