From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15901 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2011 21:56:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 15893 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Feb 2011 21:56:30 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:56:21 +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 p1MLuHM2013141 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:56:18 -0500 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 p1MLuHfJ019736; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:56:17 -0500 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (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 p1MLuGCs017874; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:56:16 -0500 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 75BEF3784FF; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:56:16 -0700 (MST) From: Tom Tromey To: dje@google.com (Doug Evans) Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch, doc RFA]: New python function lookup_global_symbol References: <20110218235945.997602461AA@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:50:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20110218235945.997602461AA@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> (Doug Evans's message of "Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:59:45 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2011-02/txt/msg00629.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans writes: Doug> I couldn't figure out how to lookup up a global symbol without Doug> having a running program and without knowing the block it is in. Doug> Plus lookup_symbol already has a specified behaviour when the Doug> `block' argument is elided: use the current frame. Doug> So it seemed best to add a new function. FWIW, it seems fine to me. Tom