Re: [PATCH] python: Add qualified parameter to gdb.Breakpoint

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
> CC: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 17:33:33 -0500
> 
> This patch adds the possibility to pass a qualified=True|False parameter
> when creating a breakpoint in Python.  It is equivalent to using
> -qualified in a linespec.  The parameter actually accepts any Python
> value, and converts it to boolean using Python's standard rules for
> that (https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth).
> 
> Unlike the -source/-line/-function/-label parameters, it is possible to
> use -qualified with a "normal" (non-explicit) linespec.  Therefore, it
> is possible (unlike these other parameters) to use this new parameter
> along with the spec parameter.
> 
> I updated the py-breakpoint.exp test.  To be able to test multiple
> locations using a namespace, I had to switch the test case to compile as
> C++.  If we really wanted to, we could run it as both C and C++, but
> omit the C++-specific parts when running it as C.
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* location.h (string_to_event_location): Add match_type
> 	parameter.
> 	* location.c (string_to_event_location): Likewise.
> 	* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Handle qualified
> 	parameter.
> 
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* python.texi (Manipulating breakpoints using Python): Document
> 	qualified parameter to gdb.Breakpoint.
> 
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.c (foo_ns::multiply): New function.
> 	* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Compile the test case as c++,
> 	call test_bkpt_qualified.
> 	(test_bkpt_qualified): New proc.

OK for the documentation part.  (Do we need a NEWS entry?)