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Subject: Python: should gdb.Value array indexing check bounds?
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Currently, if a gdb.Value object corresponds to an array, array indexing is=
 done C-style: no bounds checking, just pointer arithmetic.=A0 That's somew=
hat unnatural to Python.=A0 Should it do a range check instead, and raise I=
ndexError for out of range index values?

That wouldn't affect indexing of pointers, since those don't have a range s=
o the only possible approach is the C one.

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