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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d7c90f5..b7551c2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -23985,7 +23985,17 @@ can access its @code{foo} element with: bar = some_val['foo'] @end smallexample -Again, @code{bar} will also be a @code{gdb.Value} object. +@cindex getting structure elements using gdb.Field objects as subscripts +Again, @code{bar} will also be a @code{gdb.Value} object. Structure +elements can also be accessed by using @code{gdb.Field} objects as +subscripts (@pxref{Types In Python}, for more information on +@code{gdb.Field} objects). For example, if @code{foo_field} is a +@code{gdb.Field} object corresponding to element @code{foo} of the above +structure, then @code{bar} can also be accessed as follows: + +@smallexample +bar = some_val[foo_field] +@end smallexample A @code{gdb.Value} that represents a function can be executed via inferior function call. Any arguments provided to the call must match @@ -24367,6 +24377,10 @@ this will be zero; in this case the field's size is given by its type. @item type The type of the field. This is usually an instance of @code{Type}, but it can be @code{None} in some situations. + +@item parent_type +The type which contains this field. This is an instance of +@code{gdb.Type}. @end table @end defun |