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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 052820b..02beed7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -23993,6 +23993,11 @@ of a symbol. Each address class is a constant defined in the @code{gdb} module and described later in this chapter. @end defvar +@defvar Symbol.needs_frame +This is @code{True} if evaluating this symbol's value requires a frame +(@pxref{Frames In Python}) and @code{False} otherwise. Typically, +local variables will require a frame, but other symbols will not. + @defvar Symbol.is_argument @code{True} if the symbol is an argument of a function. @end defvar @@ -24020,6 +24025,15 @@ the symbol it refers to does not exist in @value{GDBN} any longer. All other @code{gdb.Symbol} methods will throw an exception if it is invalid at the time the method is called. @end defun + +@defun Symbol.value (@r{[}frame@r{]}) +Compute the value of the symbol, as a @code{gdb.Value}. For +functions, this computes the address of the function, cast to the +appropriate type. If the symbol requires a frame in order to compute +its value, then @var{frame} must be given. If @var{frame} is not +given, or if @var{frame} is invalid, then this method will throw an +exception. +@end defun @end table The available domain categories in @code{gdb.Symbol} are represented |