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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
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2 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 2c4b291..beca846 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-03-26 Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Document is_optimized_out + attribute. + 2009-03-25 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> * observer.texi (thread_exit): Add "silent" parameter. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 134919d..8db5679 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18325,13 +18325,23 @@ bar = some_val['foo'] Again, @code{bar} will also be a @code{gdb.Value} object. -For pointer data types, @code{gdb.Value} provides a method for -dereferencing the pointer to obtain the object it points to. +The following attribute is provided: +@table @code +@cindex optimized out value in Python +@defmethod Value is_optimized_out +This read-only boolean attribute is true if the compiler optimized out +this value, thus it is not available for fetching from the inferior. +@end defmethod +@end table + +The following methods are provided: + +@table @code @defmethod Value dereference -This method returns a new @code{gdb.Value} object whose contents is -the object pointed to by the pointer. For example, if @code{foo} is -a C pointer to an @code{int}, declared in your C program as +For pointer data types, this method returns a new @code{gdb.Value} object +whose contents is the object pointed to by the pointer. For example, if +@code{foo} is a C pointer to an @code{int}, declared in your C program as @smallexample int *foo; @@ -18375,6 +18385,7 @@ will be used, if the current language is able to supply one. The optional @var{errors} argument is the same as the corresponding argument to Python's @code{string.decode} method. @end defmethod +@end table @node Commands In Python @subsubsection Commands In Python |