From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13660 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2010 20:59:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 13610 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Jun 2010 20:59:52 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.9 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; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:59:45 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o5NKxgva013615 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:59:42 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o5NKxgjj018789; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:59:42 -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 o5NKxfi2031468; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:59:41 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2DF9A48034; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:59:41 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Steffen Dettmer Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: gdb "automation" question References: Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:59:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Steffen Dettmer's message of "Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:11:55 +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-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-06/txt/msg00115.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Steffen" == Steffen Dettmer writes: Steffen> Ohh, until now I did not even knew that there is a Steffen> python-enabled gdb. I found Steffen> http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Python.html. Steffen> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/PythonGdb sounds as this would Steffen> be an experimental feature. Are the parts I need stable? Steffen> Should I work on branch origin/archer-tromey-python on a git Steffen> clone? You don't need the git branch; you can probably do what you want with the 7.1 release, or current gdb CVS. >> What you do is write a new convenience function in Python. Steffen> sounds promising. Steffen> Where can I learn more? Convenience functions are documented in the manual. >> This is ugly, but it does seem to work. Steffen> (python extended gdb seems as it could become a lovely feature! :)) Steffen> I'd have interesting things to learn (GIT, python, gdb...). Steffen> Is there some recommended tutorial? I wrote a series about it on my blog. A lot of that is still relevant, though some details have changed, and not all the changes have been merged. Start here: http://tromey.com/blog/?p=494 >> define target ours >> target remote etc [...] Steffen> (the "target" inside the define uses the original "target"? Steffen> Shouldn't it recurse...) This define adds a new subcommand to target, called "ours". It doesn't override "target" itself. Tom