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-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/python.texi9
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 767a598..2b453e7 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-09-03 Justin Lebar <jlebar@google.com>
+
+ * python.texi (Types In Python): Type.template_argument(n) returns a
+ gdb.Value or a gdb.Type and throws an exception if n is out of
+ range.
+
2014-09-03 Sasha Smundak <asmundak@google.com>
* python.texi (Frames in Python): Add read_register description.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 3cb6bf8..9f44948 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -1048,11 +1048,12 @@ exception.
@defun Type.template_argument (n @r{[}, block@r{]})
If this @code{gdb.Type} is an instantiation of a template, this will
-return a new @code{gdb.Type} which represents the type of the
-@var{n}th template argument.
+return a new @code{gdb.Value} or @code{gdb.Type} which represents the
+value of the @var{n}th template argument (indexed starting at 0).
-If this @code{gdb.Type} is not a template type, this will throw an
-exception. Ordinarily, only C@t{++} code will have template types.
+If this @code{gdb.Type} is not a template type, or if the type has fewer
+than @var{n} template arguments, this will throw an exception.
+Ordinarily, only C@t{++} code will have template types.
If @var{block} is given, then @var{name} is looked up in that scope.
Otherwise, it is searched for globally.