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From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/14] Mention virtual tables in Python dynamic_type documentation
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 20:14:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180908201417.13444-13-tom@tromey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180908201417.13444-1-tom@tromey.com>

PR python/16461 asks that the Python dynamic_type documentation
mention virtual tables; this patch implements that request.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-08  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/16461:
	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Mention use of virtual
	table.
---
 gdb/doc/ChangeLog   |  6 ++++++
 gdb/doc/python.texi | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 6eccc2b1154..e310c16c0a9 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -658,14 +658,14 @@ The type of this @code{gdb.Value}.  The value of this attribute is a
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar Value.dynamic_type
-The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}.  This uses C@t{++} run-time
-type information (@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the
-value.  If this value is of class type, it will return the class in
-which the value is embedded, if any.  If this value is of pointer or
-reference to a class type, it will compute the dynamic type of the
-referenced object, and return a pointer or reference to that type,
-respectively.  In all other cases, it will return the value's static
-type.
+The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}.  This uses the object's
+virtual table and the C@t{++} run-time type information
+(@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the value.  If this
+value is of class type, it will return the class in which the value is
+embedded, if any.  If this value is of pointer or reference to a class
+type, it will compute the dynamic type of the referenced object, and
+return a pointer or reference to that type, respectively.  In all
+other cases, it will return the value's static type.
 
 Note that this feature will only work when debugging a C@t{++} program
 that includes @acronym{RTTI} for the object in question.  Otherwise,
-- 
2.13.6


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-09-08 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-08 20:14 [PATCH 00/14] Many small Python documentation fixes Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 05/14] Avoid warnings from makeinfo Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 01/14] Update Python Block.end documentation Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 04/14] Fix help text for "python" command Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 06/14] Reword gdb.GdbError text Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:16   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2018-09-08 21:13   ` [PATCH 12/14] Mention virtual tables in Python dynamic_type documentation Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 03/14] Document that Frame.block can throw Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:07   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 11/14] Small typo fix in Basic Python node Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:08   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 07/14] Update Python frame filter documentation Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 08/14] Fix gdb.events.inferior_call documentation Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:10   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 10/14] Mention Python versions in the documentation Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:16   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 13/14] Swap two sentences in the Pretty Printing API node Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:11   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 14/14] Remove periods from Python section titles Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:14   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:14 ` [PATCH 02/14] Fix typo in pretty-printer example Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:12   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 20:22 ` [PATCH 09/14] Update Python unwinder documentation Tom Tromey
2018-09-08 21:18   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 13:44 ` [PATCH 00/14] Many small Python documentation fixes Tom Tromey

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