Re: [RFC][patch 3/9] export hooks mechanism to Python

Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-06-17T16:14:17Z

Zitat von Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:35:19PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
>> Funnily enough I was just thinking about this code today.
>> In particular I was wondering if we ought to expose observers to
>> Python more directly -- say by having a generic way for a Python
>> object to register with a given observer.
>
> I don't think that's a good idea; it ties the Python exposed
> interfaces too closely to GDB's internal interfaces. I don't want
> hacking on GDB to break Python programs unexpectedly.

Observers look like a useful feature in GDB to be used by scripts,
IMHO we should think about ways to make it available to python, and consider
turning it into a stable exported interface...

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center