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diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 62636a4..90b7074 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -528,7 +528,26 @@ bar = some_val + 2 @noindent As result of this, @code{bar} will also be a @code{gdb.Value} object -whose values are of the same type as those of @code{some_val}. +whose values are of the same type as those of @code{some_val}. Valid +Python operations can also be performed on @code{gdb.Value} objects +representing a @code{struct} or @code{class} object. For such cases, +the overloaded operator (if present), is used to perform the operation. +For example, if @code{val1} and @code{val2} are @code{gdb.Value} objects +representing instances of a @code{class} which overloads the @code{+} +operator, then one can use the @code{+} operator in their Python script +as follows: + +@smallexample +val3 = val1 + val2 +@end smallexample + +@noindent +The result of the operation @code{val3} is also a @code{gdb.Value} +object corresponding to the value returned by the overloaded @code{+} +operator. In general, overloaded operators are invoked for the +following operations: @code{+} (binary addition), @code{-} (binary +subtraction), @code{*} (multiplication), @code{/}, @code{%}, @code{<<}, +@code{>>}, @code{|}, @code{&}, @code{^}. Inferior values that are structures or instances of some class can be accessed using the Python @dfn{dictionary syntax}. For example, if |