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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Johns <chris@contemporary.net.au>, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Reading a static variable in Python
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:58:00 -0000
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>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> writes:

Phil> Not sure if it is possible to construct a value from a symbol
Phil> without the frame in all cases?

Not in all cases, but we could throw an exception if a frame is required.

Tom