Re: [PATCH] gdb/python: prevent conversion from pointer to bool in to_python()

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vrany <jan@vrany.io> writes:

Jan> While converting some Python code to use new "safety" APIs I realized
Jan> that calling to_python() with a pointer like (for example):

Jan>    to_python (symtab->compunit ().objfile ())

Jan> calls to_python(bool) which is unlikely to be what the user wants.
Jan> This commit changes the code to make it a compile-time error.

Jan> After trying several approaches, the least intrusive seemed to be
Jan> handling bool specially in to_python() template for integral types and
Jan> removing to_python(bool) altogether. This way, the above example fails
Jan> with:

Jan>     error: no matching function for call to ‘to_python(objfile*)’

Reading this made me wonder if we'd prefer a template function that
accepts pointer types but then causes a compile error.

But I think this approach is fine too.

Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

Tom