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| author |   Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> | 2019-07-30 11:04:37 -0500 |
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| committer | Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> | 2019-07-30 11:04:37 -0500 |
| commit | 2906593ffecef89f8d64e0f1ca21494be71d0ebd (patch) | |
| tree | 8749c60aa8e9da72303e4be797345492dc3018a7 /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | Add missing changelog entry (diff) | |
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[PR/24474] Add gdb.lookup_static_symbol to the python API
Similar to lookup_global_symbol, except that it checks the
STATIC_SCOPE.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
PR/24474: Add a function to lookup static variables.
* NEWS: Mention this new function.
* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol): New function.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol): New function.
* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add new function.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Document new function
gdb.lookup_static_symbol.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb.python/py-symbol.c: Add a static variable and one in an anonymous
namespace.
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test gdb.lookup_static_symbol.
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@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ there are no filters, or when the 'backtrace' '-no-filters' option is given. + ** The new function gdb.lookup_static_symbol can be used to look up + symbols with static linkage. + ** gdb.Objfile has new methods 'lookup_global_symbol' and 'lookup_static_symbol' to lookup a symbol from this objfile only. |