Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] gdb: more fixes for Python limited C API support

[Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com>]

On 09/03/2026 17:56, Matthieu Longo wrote:
> This patch series fixes some of the issues encountered while enabling the Python limited C API in GDB.
> 
> Diff with revision 2: https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/20260303161659.397427-1-matthieu.longo@arm.com/
> - patch 1,3,7 of revision 2 were merged into master.
> - patches 1,3,4,5,6,7 were already present in revision 2, and I addressed comments from Tom Tromey of revision 2.
> - patch 2 makes the configure script fail if the developer selects the build against the Python limited API with an unsupported version of Python.
> 
> All changes were tested by building GDB against the unlimited API of Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14, and the limited API of Python 3.14 (no build regression), and no regressions were observed in the testsuite.
> 
> Regards,
> Matthieu
> 
> 
> Matthieu Longo (7):
>    gdb: introduce rgb_color type to simplify existing code
>    gdb: fail configure if Python version is too old for limited API
>    gdb: add new helpers for retrieving a type's fully qualified name
>    gdb/python: allow ref_ptr<T, Policy>::new_reference to accept subclasses of T
>    gdb/python: flatten functions calling PyObject_New and use gdbpy_ref
>    gdb/python: add gdbpy_dict_wrapper:allocate_dict helper
>    gdb/python: add accessor helpers for __dict__ in Python extension objects
> 
Hi Tom,

FYI I merged all the patches into master, except 2 and 3 for which I am still waiting for your review.

Regards,
Matthieu