From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2099 invoked by alias); 16 Oct 2009 18:49:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 2090 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Oct 2009 18:49:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_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; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:49:14 +0000 Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n9GInARZ010893; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:49:10 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n9GIn91B004774; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:49:09 -0400 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 n9GIn8cx032740; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:49:08 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 16B0F37820F; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:49:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: pmuldoon@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch][doc] PR python/10781 References: <4AD82247.3070503@redhat.com> <838wfbixtf.fsf@gnu.org> <8363afi3hf.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Tom Tromey Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:49:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <8363afi3hf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:43:40 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (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: 2009-10/txt/msg00370.txt.bz2 Eli> Then how about "Cast an instance of @code{gdb.Value} ..."? Maybe "this instance". It is not any instance. >> I think it is generally preferable to name parameters according to their >> use. Eli> No, they should be named according to their essence, i.e. what they Eli> are. It must be a type -- an instance of gdb.Type. >> gdb.Type represents a type in the inferior. Eli> Sorry, I still don't understand. gdb.Type is a class. An instance of this class represents a type in the user's program. It is a representation because it is not actually the type, but a way of describing the type. Tom