From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
To: Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] gdb/python: eval_python_command returns result of the evaluation
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:24:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lddfb3ts.fsf@tromey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e36772c7-b88f-4327-8af0-a7e0532cd0e8@arm.com> (Matthieu Longo's message of "Mon, 18 May 2026 15:37:35 +0100")
>>>>> Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com> writes:
> (1)
> if (eval_python_command (...) == nullptr)
> VS (2)
> if (! eval_python_command (...))
> As you can see below, (1) is significantly more verbose than (2) and
> makes more difficult to respect the "80 characters per line" rule.
I'm probably not the best person to advocate for this, since in olden
times I routinely wrote checks in the concise style, but anyway I think
the rationale is that of the competing interests at play, being clear &
explicit wins out over formatting.
> - if (eval_python_command (code, Py_file_input) == 0)
> + if (eval_python_command (code, Py_file_input) != nullptr)
Should this be == nullptr instead?
thanks,
Tom
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 16:24 [PATCH v2 0/4] gdb/python: more fixes again for Python limited C API support Matthieu Longo
2026-04-28 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] gdb/python: add gdbpy_borrowed_ref Matthieu Longo
2026-05-15 16:56 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-18 14:25 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-19 19:25 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-20 16:04 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-21 14:35 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-21 23:18 ` Tom Tromey
2026-04-28 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] gdb/python: eval_python_command returns result of the evaluation Matthieu Longo
2026-05-15 16:51 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-18 14:37 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-19 19:24 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2026-05-20 10:07 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-20 15:06 ` Tom Tromey
2026-04-28 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] gdb/python: migrate Python initialization to use the new config API (PEP 741) Matthieu Longo
2026-05-14 19:25 ` Tom Tromey
2026-04-28 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] gdb/python: work around missing symbols not yet part of Python limited API Matthieu Longo
2026-05-14 19:26 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-15 10:10 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-14 10:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] gdb/python: more fixes again for Python limited C API support Matthieu Longo
2026-05-14 19:27 ` Tom Tromey
2026-05-15 9:26 ` Matthieu Longo
2026-05-15 14:48 ` Tom Tromey
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