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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:02 +0000 |
| commit | e20a9657c7974065308e491db26b45f18544a219 (patch) | |
| tree | 1dd57611c2dff635a27022b57fd8795670f3481b /gdb/testsuite | |
| parent | e6401d52cc93dad698d924a430ebdc1295851fba (diff) | |
| download | gdb-e20a9657c7974065308e491db26b45f18544a219.tar.gz | |
Add gdb.lookup_global_symbol python function.
* NEWS: Add entry.
* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): New function.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): Declare it.
* python/python.c (GdbMethods): Add entry for lookup_global_symbol.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document lookup_global_symbol.
Clarify behaviour of lookup_symbol when `block' argument is omitted,
add description of result, fix @defun formatting.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test lookup_global_symbol.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/testsuite')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp | 7 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog index 86a176c4d9b..f7dbde48c08 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-02-22 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> + + * gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test lookup_global_symbol. + 2011-02-22 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> * Makefile.in: Make more clean. diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp index 8e3aec1f617..b30c639a174 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ gdb_load ${binfile} # Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled. if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue } +# Test looking up a global symbol before we runto_main as this is the +# point where we don't have a current frame, and we don't want to +# require one. +gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python main_func = gdb.lookup_global_symbol(\"main\")" "Lookup main" 1 +gdb_test "python print main_func.is_function" "True" "Test main_func.is_function" +gdb_test "python print gdb.lookup_global_symbol(\"junk\")" "None" "Test lookup_global_symbol(\"junk\")" + if ![runto_main] then { fail "Can't run to main" return 0 |