Re: [RFA][patch 1/9] Yet another respin of the patch with initial Python support

Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-07-26T17:40:28Z

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 08:05:31PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> So are you saying that adding Python will enable features that are
> beyond user-defined commands (a.k.a. scripting)? If so, what are
> those features?

I don't know what any of them are yet. Some examples we've discussed
are support for transparent pretty-printing (much more flexible than
the existing print macros which just produce text - it will allow you
to explore nested objects using gdb's normal value operations, for
instance); support for new formats of shared libraries and core files;
custom backtracing support for interrupts; and new callable functions
in GDB's expression evaluator which produce typed values as if they
were inferior function calls.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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