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Subject: Re: cast in gdb python results in virtual baseclass botch
From: Christoph Mathys <eraserix@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Andr=C3=A9 P=C3=B6nitz <andre.poenitz@noki=
a.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 April 2011 19:08:17 ext Christoph Mathys wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Andr=C3=A9 P=C3=B6nitz <andre.poenitz@n=
okia.com> wrote:
>> > I don't think you have to cast.
>> >
>> > inner =3D item.value["px"].dereference() =C2=A0 has already the correc=
t type.
>>
>> I expressed myself badly:
>>
> Then
>
> =C2=A0item.value["px"].dereference().cast(gdb.lookup_type("IXmlNode").poi=
nter())["m_pNode"]
>
> or something similar might do the trick.

Thanks for the input. That's what I do really, except that I cast to
XmlNode pointer and not the interface. The cast works for most of the
instance variables, except for some, and I don't know why. But well,
it is good enough for now...

Christoph