From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5382 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2018 13:39:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 5356 invoked by uid 89); 13 Sep 2018 13:39:01 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:38:59 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0Rpd-0007cQ-Rw for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:38:57 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34856) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0Rpd-0007bi-OF; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:38:53 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4239 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1g0Rpd-0006Xl-AD; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:38:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:39:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83lg85ldpb.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Simon Marchi CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20180912225001.8701-1-simon.marchi@ericsson.com> (message from Simon Marchi on Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:50:01 -0400) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2, doc] python: Provide textual representation for Inferior and Objfile References: <20180912225001.8701-1-simon.marchi@ericsson.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00415.txt.bz2 > From: Simon Marchi > CC: Simon Marchi > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:50:01 -0400 > > [New in v2: the doc part] Thanks. > +Some types of the @code{gdb} module come with a textual representation > +(accessible through @code{repr()} or @code{str()}). These are offered for > +debugging purposes only, expect them to change over time. Please use @code{repr}, without the parens. GNU Coding Standards frown on using the latter to indicate a function: Please do not write '()' after a function name just to indicate it is a function. 'foo ()' is not a function, it is a function call with no arguments. Otherwise OK.