From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19127 invoked by alias); 10 Oct 2011 18:27:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 19117 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Oct 2011 18:27:17 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:26:57 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9AIQu6e019638 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:26:56 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9AIQuc3014146; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:26:56 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9AIQtO0003471; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:26:55 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: pmuldoon@redhat.com Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [python] [patch] PR python/12656 (API for special blocks) References: Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:27:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Phil Muldoon's message of "Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:34:03 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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: 2011-10/txt/msg00281.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Muldoon writes: Phil> +@defun Block.is_global () Phil> +@defun Block.is_static () Tom> Why are these methods rather than attributes? Phil> Because is_valid is a method in py-block.c, and I decided to continue Phil> the is_* APIs to be methods. It confuses my *why* is_valid is a method Phil> over an attribute, too. Just history. I think these should be attributes. Value.is_optimized_out is one. Symbol has various is_* attributes. Tom