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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>
Cc: Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC - Python scripting] New methods Symtab.global_block and Symtab.static_block (docs included)
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>>>>> "Siva" == Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com> writes:

Siva> Is there a way to iterate over all blocks of a Symtab right after
Siva> loading?

Nope.

Siva> This part addresses Symtab => Block part but not completely; good
Siva> enough for my immediate needs though.

I'm curious if you're going to implement iteration over sub-blocks.

Siva> However, in the case of this patch, is there a
Siva> chance that a symtab->blockvector->nblocks == 0?

I don't believe so.

Tom