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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:02:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC - doc] Add note about the possibility of symbols getting moved across blocks
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To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Cc: Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:45:15 -0600
> 
> >> A @code{gdb.Block} is iterable.  The iterator returns the symbols
> >> -(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.
> >> +(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.  Users using this
> >> +feature should keep in mind that future improvements to the internal
> >> +representation, of symbols and symbol tables, can move symbols across
> >> +blocks within a symbol table.
> 
> Eli> Thanks.  But I still don't see how the warning is useful.  What should
> Eli> I do or not do if I want to avoid whatever dangers you warn me about?
> 
> You could test new versions of gdb to be sure they conform to your
> expectations.

I meant what should I do or not do as the user of the Python API in
question.

Or maybe I misunderstand what you are saying, sorry.