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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index b92f634..078fdb9 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-02-28 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Frames In Python): Add block parameter and + description to read_var text. + 2010-02-26 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index f6105b7..460d0d5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -20799,9 +20799,13 @@ Return the frame's symtab and line object. @xref{Symbol Tables In Python}. @end defmethod -@defmethod Frame read_var variable -Return the value of the given variable in this frame. @var{variable} must -be a string. +@defmethod Frame read_var variable @r{[}block@r{]} +Return the value of @var{variable} in this frame. If the optional +argument @var{block} is provided, search for the variable from that +block; otherwise start at the frame's current block (which is +determined by the frame's current program counter). @var{variable} +must be a string or a @code{gdb.Symbol} object. @var{block} must be a +@code{gdb.Block} object. @end defmethod @defmethod Frame select |