From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 54705 invoked by alias); 12 Sep 2018 22:10:54 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 54696 invoked by uid 89); 12 Sep 2018 22:10:54 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=blanket, water X-HELO: smtp.polymtl.ca Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca (HELO smtp.polymtl.ca) (132.207.4.11) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:10:53 +0000 Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id w8CMAkIf011869 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:10:51 -0400 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 112) id 97E401E5A4; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:10:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from simark.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0551E4B5; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:10:45 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:10:00 -0000 From: Simon Marchi To: Tom Tromey Cc: Simon Marchi , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] python: Provide textual representation for Inferior and Objfile In-Reply-To: <87zhwmid4p.fsf@tromey.com> References: <20180912205449.12836-1-simon.marchi@ericsson.com> <87zhwmid4p.fsf@tromey.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: simon.marchi@polymtl.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.6 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00380.txt.bz2 On 2018-09-12 18:07, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi writes: > > Simon> This makes printing debug traces more difficult than it should > be. This > Simon> patch provides some repr() implementation for these two types > (more to > Simon> come if people agree with the idea, but I want to test the water > first). > > I think it is a good idea. > > Simon> In your opinion, does this require an announcement in NEWS and > an entry > Simon> in the manual? I don't think the output of repr() should be > considered > Simon> stable, as we could change it over time to make it more useful. > Maybe > Simon> that should be documented? > > That seems like a reasonable rule to me. One idea would be to make > this > a general rule for the gdb Python layer and document it in the "Basic > Python" node. Good idea, a blanket warning (for string repr of all object types) in there should be enough. I'll do it that. > I could go either way about a NEWS entry. It seems more like a > debugging convenience feature maybe? Dunno. That's what I think too. Thanks, Simon