Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] Port libstdc++ pretty-printers to Python 2 + Python 3

Samuel Bronson
2014-07-26T04:44:51Z

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Samuel> +# FIXME: The handling of e.g. std::basic_string (at least on char)
> Samuel> +# probably needs updating to work with Python 3's new string rules.
> Samuel> +#
> Samuel> +# In particular, Python 3 has a separate type (called byte) for
> Samuel> +# bytestrings, and a special b"" syntax for the byte literals; the old
> Samuel> +# str() type has been redefined to always store Unicode text.
> Samuel> +#
> Samuel> +# We probably can't do much about this until GDB get their act
> Samuel> +# together: <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17138>
>
> I don't think this comment is applicable.
> The libstdc++ pretty-printers use gdb.Value.lazy_string, not the
> built-in Python types.

Hmm, doesn't that just make it a timebomb -- a value that will explode
if, at some point in the future, someone tries to treat it as a string?

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