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From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [rfc] expose gdb values to python
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:49:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gbf56m$tv9$2@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3skrv92wf.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Thiago" == Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com> writes:
> There are some tradeoffs here.  The "invisible access" approach is
> convenient.  However, it runs into issues with odd programs -- say,
> multiple inheritance where a given name refers to multiple fields.

Adding a way to do casting in python solves this, right?

> I tend to like something toward the raw side, partly because any
> cooked approach will still need some second way to deal with the
> underlying explicit types.

Sorry, I didn't understand "deal with the underlying explicit types".

> I propose we decide these questions and implement this before checking
> in this patch.  The semantics of Value are critical.

Right. I suggest people to take a look at the testcase to see what the
syntax looks like, and speak up if there are any concerns or preferences.
-- 
[]'s
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-09-25  4:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-12  6:05 Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-20 21:29 ` Tom Tromey
2008-09-21  4:27   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-09-25  4:33     ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-25 11:47       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-09-26  2:00         ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-26  9:30           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-28  1:19             ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-28 18:19               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-29 16:16                 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-29 17:00                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-09-30  4:07                     ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-30 12:41                       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-10-01  3:18                         ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-10-01 11:40                           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-09-29 18:52                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-26 20:57           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-10-01  5:39           ` Joel Brobecker
2008-10-04 22:14             ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-09-25  4:49   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann [this message]
2008-09-26 23:08     ` Tom Tromey
2008-10-01  5:48   ` Joel Brobecker
2008-10-01 15:12     ` Tom Tromey
2008-10-01 16:04       ` Joel Brobecker
2008-10-04 22:21       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-10-05  0:00         ` Tom Tromey
2008-10-06 18:49           ` Joel Brobecker
2008-10-06 21:15           ` Daniel Jacobowitz

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