[v2,3/7] Documentation for gdb.thread_from_thread_handle
Commit Message
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Threads In Python): Add description for function
gdb.thread_from_thread_handle.
---
gdb/doc/python.texi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
Comments
On 2017-04-09 02:07, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>
> * python.texi (Threads In Python): Add description for function
> gdb.thread_from_thread_handle.
> ---
> gdb/doc/python.texi | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
> index ce5810e..81543d3 100644
> --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
> +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
> @@ -3008,6 +3008,12 @@ This function returns the thread object for the
> selected thread. If there
> is no selected thread, this will return @code{None}.
> @end defun
>
> +@defun gdb.thread_from_thread_handle (thread_handle)
> +Return the thread object corresponding to the thread handle,
> +@var{thread_handle}, a thread library specific data structure such as
The comma before @var{thread_handle} feels unnecessary. And I think you
could shorten it to "... corresponding to @var{thread_handle}, ..."
without loss of clarity.
> +@code{pthread_t} for pthreads library implementations.
> +@end defun
> +
> A @code{gdb.InferiorThread} object has the following attributes:
>
> @defvar InferiorThread.name
Eli, do you have something to say about this patch?
Thanks,
Simon
> Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 00:01:31 -0400
> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, eliz@gnu.org
>
> > +@defun gdb.thread_from_thread_handle (thread_handle)
> > +Return the thread object corresponding to the thread handle,
> > +@var{thread_handle}, a thread library specific data structure such as
>
> The comma before @var{thread_handle} feels unnecessary. And I think you
> could shorten it to "... corresponding to @var{thread_handle}, ..."
> without loss of clarity.
Both variants are OK.
> Eli, do you have something to say about this patch?
Sorry, I missed it at the time. It's fine with me.
Thanks.
On Fri, 05 May 2017 00:01:31 -0400
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> wrote:
> > +@defun gdb.thread_from_thread_handle (thread_handle)
> > +Return the thread object corresponding to the thread handle,
> > +@var{thread_handle}, a thread library specific data structure such as
>
> The comma before @var{thread_handle} feels unnecessary. And I think you
> could shorten it to "... corresponding to @var{thread_handle}, ..."
> without loss of clarity.
I like your proposed (re)wording. Since it's okay with Eli, that's
what I've incorporated into the new patch which I will post shortly.
Kevin
@@ -3008,6 +3008,12 @@ This function returns the thread object for the selected thread. If there
is no selected thread, this will return @code{None}.
@end defun
+@defun gdb.thread_from_thread_handle (thread_handle)
+Return the thread object corresponding to the thread handle,
+@var{thread_handle}, a thread library specific data structure such as
+@code{pthread_t} for pthreads library implementations.
+@end defun
+
A @code{gdb.InferiorThread} object has the following attributes:
@defvar InferiorThread.name