From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22619 invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2012 17:30:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 22604 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Apr 2012 17:30:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-qa0-f41.google.com (HELO mail-qa0-f41.google.com) (209.85.216.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:29:58 +0000 Received: by qafl39 with SMTP id l39so1749102qaf.14 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-system-of-record :x-gm-message-state; bh=0Pet/LwyBkEdZUZeXa6rNgS2jCaU3XsMsqlfTBV/SfM=; b=AF0hujlXtehBU5fFLNO92ZgiCd6cPwqElGmW/WcYAHzyPIC0rKaXmqqcxMlS7N1cdI z/KzE9nV42N21qk6s+WhTbLBxn2CC7vVxz7pedTx78S9GsG80qggtzvoR8HzZBZsSuYi +F1q0mAQMzr9RcDML7nocOv9YovGxIpj+FlDmL5IN00VEi2ItYwcFDDwoIfCbbC4BEqf letGbQb4VCYfbZpHTV9bXlXHE2SbFjBKpAu6CP1m0Ge4Wt1QeqZ0QlNi7Myz+Cx7ez6g 8cArX+hvU46Ah+K6hCtCO4bRFS+oEuRf0XcA+s5J4kWuLKb2HaybMoCBpsmC2T6M34Y2 4Apg== Received: by 10.224.207.131 with SMTP id fy3mr4178279qab.74.1334856597225; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.207.131 with SMTP id fy3mr4178251qab.74.1334856597074; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.35.2 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878vhsojgd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> References: <831unms3jy.fsf@gnu.org> <4F8F187D.3050402@redhat.com> <878vhsojgd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:33:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC - Python scripting] New methods Symtab.global_block and Symtab.static_block (docs included) From: Siva Chandra To: Tom Tromey Cc: Phil Muldoon , Eli Zaretskii , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Doug Evans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-System-Of-Record: true X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlHcinrNZAx99mekxDBSeKZfJVVSw3b2XaMPaD7mUi01lspSoTQ/+GfVVs2YN0rBfQJcclf7vMnVPHQkCH+fX7Yb/0mwB1D3fK/RrO1V+jn1ulE3ua5dUK9+Xkn+l8H8CsW2kTJawfq5xKdIDZWtUcrBN5dqg== X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-04/txt/msg00640.txt.bz2 Phil> FWIW, I would still like to see a clarification of the static/global Phil> documentation regarding the "this might change" comment. =A0Sorry to = be Phil> a stickler on this, but I think it is important we don't start hinting Phil> at API breakages without an adequate explanation as to what may Phil> change, and why. =A0(Given that there is a need to put that disclaimer Phil> in there in the first place). Tom> I agree this text is a bit on the terse side. Tom> Tom> An issue I see with it is that, as a Python developer, you can't take Tom> any action to insulate yourself. =A0Perhaps being more specific about = what Tom> "identical" means would be useful. OK. I will wait for Doug to clarify on this. /Siva Chandra