[v2,4/4] Document two argument form of gdb.Value constructor
Commit Message
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(+)
Comments
> 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.
@@ -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
@@ -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