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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 166b84d..884f50b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18097,6 +18097,21 @@ If the named parameter does not exist, this function throws a a Python value of the appropriate type, and returned. @end defun +@findex gdb.history +@defun history number +Return a value from @value{GDBN}'s value history (@pxref{Value +History}). @var{number} indicates which history element to return. +If @var{number} is negative, then @value{GDBN} will take its absolute value +and count backward from the last element (i.e., the most recent element) to +find the value to return. If @var{number} is zero, then @value{GDBN} will +return the most recent element. If the element specified by @value{number} +doesn't exist in the value history, a @code{RuntimeError} exception will be +raised. + +If no exception is raised, the return value is always an instance of +@code{gdb.Value} (@pxref{Values From Inferior}). +@end defun + @findex gdb.write @defun write string Print a string to @value{GDBN}'s paginated standard output stream. |