From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23326 invoked by alias); 9 Nov 2009 16:25:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 23316 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Nov 2009 16:25:27 -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; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.18]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA9GPLcp031781; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:25:21 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nA9GPLNj021561; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:25:21 -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 nA9GPKcJ000699; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:25:20 -0500 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 456653782CF; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:25:20 -0700 (MST) From: Tom Tromey To: Arjun Roy Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Python Scripting Question References: <4AF63479.7010602@gmail.com> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:16:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4AF63479.7010602@gmail.com> (Arjun Roy's message of "Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:01:13 -0800") 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: 2009-11/txt/msg00088.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Arjun" == Arjun Roy writes: Arjun> Traceback (most recent call last): Arjun> File "", line 2, in Arjun> TypeError: argument 1 must be string without null bytes, not str Arjun> Error while executing Python code. Arjun> Is this a bug, am I misunderstanding the right way to do it, or what? It is a bug. Arjun> 2. Ideally, I'd like to write a really simple script that: Arjun> - starts running a program Arjun> - steps through each instruction one by one, recording the opcode for Arjun> each instruction performed Arjun> - and stops when the program is over. Arjun> Does gdb-python support that? Not yet. Better execution control is on our wish-list. There was a SoC project to implement some of this; the patches need a bit of reworking though. Tom