On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:59:45 -0800 (PST) >> From: dje@google.com (Doug Evans) >> >> --- NEWS      15 Feb 2011 21:17:52 -0000      1.426 >> +++ NEWS      18 Feb 2011 23:48:45 -0000 >> @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ >> >>  * Python scripting >> >> +  ** New function gdb.lookup_global_symbol looks up a global symbol. >> + > > This part is okay. > >> -@code{gdb.Block} object.  The optional @var{domain} argument restricts >> +@code{gdb.Block} object.  If elided, the block for the current frame >                                ^^^^^^ > Please use "omitted" instead, it will be understood by more readers > whose first language is not English.  We use "omitted" in this context > elsewhere in the manual. > >> +@defun lookup_symbol name [domain] > > @defun renders its arguments in @code and @var, but you want the > brackets in the normal roman typeface.  So this should be > >  @defun lookup_symbol name @r{[}domain@r{]} > >> +This function searches for a global symbol by name. >> +The search scope can be restricted to by the domain argument. >> + >> +@var{name} is the name of the symbol.  It must be a string. >> +The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type. >> +The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb} >> +module and described later in this chapter. > > Should we tell what happens if the symbol is not found? > > Okay with those changes. > > Thanks. Thanks. Here is what I checked in.