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[v2,4/4] Document two argument form of gdb.Value constructor

Message ID 20190219144553.4c6d873f@f29-4.lan
State New, archived
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Kevin Buettner Feb. 19, 2019, 9:45 p.m. UTC 
  gdb/ChangeLog:

	* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
	of Value.__init__.
---
 gdb/NEWS            | 3 +++
 gdb/doc/python.texi | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

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Eli Zaretskii Feb. 20, 2019, 3:35 a.m. UTC | #1 
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:45:53 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.
> 
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
> 	of Value.__init__.

OK for this part.  Thanks.
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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index eaef6aa384..9ad7ff4885 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@  FreeBSD/riscv			riscv*-*-freebsd*
      gdb.SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN are now deprecated.  These were never
      correct and did not work properly.
 
+  ** The gdb.Value type has a new constructor, which is used to construct a
+     gdb.Value from a Python buffer object and a gdb.Type.
+
 * Configure changes
 
 --enable-ubsan
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 2860361c33..7f6f52c4df 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -735,6 +735,14 @@  its result is used.
 @end table
 @end defun
 
+@defun Value.__init__ (@var{val}, @r{[}, type @r{]})
+This second form of the @code{gdb.Value} constructor returns a
+@code{gdb.Value} of type @var{type} where the value contents are taken
+from the Python buffer object specified by @var{val}.  The number of
+bytes in the Python buffer object must be greater than or equal to the
+size of @var{type}.
+@end defun
+
 @defun Value.cast (type)
 Return a new instance of @code{gdb.Value} that is the result of
 casting this instance to the type described by @var{type}, which must