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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index f04dca4..1c96508 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2018-09-13 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> + + * python.texi (Basic Python): Mention the string representation + of GDB Python objects. + 2018-09-12 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> * gdb.texinfo (Skipping Over Functions and Files): Document diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 5e2ab76..6e2bf5c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ methods and classes added by @value{GDBN} are placed in this module. @value{GDBN} automatically @code{import}s the @code{gdb} module for use in all scripts evaluated by the @code{python} command. +Some types of the @code{gdb} module come with a textual representation +(accessible through the @code{repr} or @code{str} functions). These are +offered for debugging purposes only, expect them to change over time. + @findex gdb.PYTHONDIR @defvar gdb.PYTHONDIR A string containing the python directory (@pxref{Python}). |