* [python] Mention Python help command and keyword arguments convention.
@ 2009-02-27 20:00 Thiago Jung Bauermann
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From: Thiago Jung Bauermann @ 2009-02-27 20:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: archer ml
Hi,
Just pushed this.
gdb/doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Python API): Mention python help command and
convention for accepting keyword arguments.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@cindex python api
@cindex programming in python
+You can get quick online help for @value{GDBN}'s Python API by issuing
+the command @w{@kbd{python help (gdb)}}.
+
+Functions and methods which have two or more optional arguments allow
+them to be specified using keyword syntax. This allows passing some
+optional arguments while skipping others. Example:
+@w{@code{gdb.some_function ('foo', bar = 1, baz = 2)}}.
+
@cindex python stdout
@cindex python pagination
At startup, @value{GDBN} overrides Python's @code{sys.stdout} and
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