* 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.
+2011-02-22 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
+
+ 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.
+
2011-02-22 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* language.c (language_class_name_from_physname): Rename
* Python scripting
+ ** New function gdb.lookup_global_symbol looks up a global symbol.
+
** GDB values in Python are now callable if the value represents a
function. For example, if 'some_value' represents a function that
takes two integer parameters and returns a value, you can call
+2011-02-22 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
+
+ * 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.
+
2011-02-21 Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
* agentexpr.texi (Bytecode Descriptions): Add printf.
module:
@findex gdb.lookup_symbol
-@defun lookup_symbol name [block] [domain]
+@defun lookup_symbol name @r{[}block@r{]} @r{[}domain@r{]}
This function searches for a symbol by name. The search scope can be
restricted to the parameters defined in the optional domain and block
arguments.
@var{name} is the name of the symbol. It must be a string. The
optional @var{block} argument restricts the search to symbols visible
in that @var{block}. The @var{block} argument must be a
-@code{gdb.Block} object. The optional @var{domain} argument restricts
+@code{gdb.Block} object. If omitted, the block for the current frame
+is used. The optional @var{domain} argument restricts
the search to the domain type. The @var{domain} argument must be a
domain constant defined in the @code{gdb} module and described later
in this chapter.
+
+The result is a tuple of two elements.
+The first element is a @code{gdb.Symbol} object or @code{None} if the symbol
+is not found.
+If the symbol is found, the second element is @code{True} if the symbol
+is a field of a method's object (e.g., @code{this} in @code{C++}),
+otherwise it is @code{False}.
+If the symbol is not found, the second element is @code{False}.
+@end defun
+
+@findex gdb.lookup_global_symbol
+@defun lookup_global_symbol name @r{[}domain@r{]}
+This function searches for a global symbol by name.
+The search scope can be restricted to by the domain argument.
+
+@var{name} is the name of the symbol. It must be a string.
+The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type.
+The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
+module and described later in this chapter.
+
+The result is a @code{gdb.Symbol} object or @code{None} if the symbol
+is not found.
@end defun
A @code{gdb.Symbol} object has the following attributes:
A tuple with 2 elements is always returned. The first is the symbol
object or None, the second is a boolean with the value of
is_a_field_of_this (see comment in lookup_symbol_in_language). */
+
PyObject *
gdbpy_lookup_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
{
return ret_tuple;
}
+/* Implementation of
+ gdb.lookup_global_symbol (name [, domain]) -> symbol or None. */
+
+PyObject *
+gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+ int domain = VAR_DOMAIN;
+ const char *name;
+ static char *keywords[] = { "name", "domain", NULL };
+ struct symbol *symbol;
+ PyObject *sym_obj;
+
+ if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kw, "s|i", keywords, &name,
+ &domain))
+ return NULL;
+
+ symbol = lookup_symbol_global (name, NULL, domain);
+
+ if (symbol)
+ {
+ sym_obj = symbol_to_symbol_object (symbol);
+ if (!sym_obj)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ sym_obj = Py_None;
+ Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+ }
+
+ return sym_obj;
+}
+
/* This function is called when an objfile is about to be freed.
Invalidate the symbol as further actions on the symbol would result
in bad data. All access to obj->symbol should be gated by
PyObject *gdbpy_breakpoints (PyObject *, PyObject *);
PyObject *gdbpy_frame_stop_reason_string (PyObject *, PyObject *);
PyObject *gdbpy_lookup_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw);
+PyObject *gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
+ PyObject *kw);
PyObject *gdbpy_newest_frame (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
PyObject *gdbpy_selected_frame (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
PyObject *gdbpy_block_for_pc (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
Return a tuple with the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None) and\n\
a boolean indicating if name is a field of the current implied argument\n\
`this' (when the current language is object-oriented)." },
+ { "lookup_global_symbol", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol,
+ METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+ "lookup_global_symbol (name [, domain]) -> symbol\n\
+Return the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None)." },
{ "block_for_pc", gdbpy_block_for_pc, METH_VARARGS,
"Return the block containing the given pc value, or None." },
{ "solib_name", gdbpy_solib_name, METH_VARARGS,
+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.
# 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