Some Python bugs

Some Python bugs

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

I recently wrote a Python script to search through debug info and
generate some XML data I needed.  Here's a few issues I noticed
(from memory, please excuse typos):

* The Python bindings do not expose array bounds.  I had to use sizeof
to determine the size and assume the array was zero-indexed (which is
C-specific).

* Calling type.fields on an array type crashes.  It accesses
TYPE_N_BASECLASSES; cplus_stuff isn't allocated for non-structs.

* The archer branch calls PyGILState_Ensure in several places where it
should call ensure_python_env.  So python_language was often unset if
I tried 'gdb -ex "source -p file.py"'.  To work around it, I had the
end of file.py register a new gdb.Command, and called the command.

* There's no way to get at macro definitions (e.g. info macro).  Also,
GDB doesn't offer a list of all macros defined... I had to use
"complete print " and pass them all to info macro.

* It would be really useful to temporarily redirect GDB output to a
memory buffer, i.e. a version of gdb.execute that captured the
command's output.  Especially where there aren't specific Python
bindings for what I wanted.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

Re: Some Python bugs

[Phil Muldoon]

On 10/13/2009 08:16 PM, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> I recently wrote a Python script to search through debug info and
> generate some XML data I needed.  Here's a few issues I noticed
> (from memory, please excuse typos):
>    

Daniel and I chatted on irc about these bugs/enhancements, and I 
volunteered to turn them into bugs so we could track them in bugzilla.

Cheers, Phil

List:

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GDB.Values do not expose array bounds.

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10804

GDB Type.fields() crashes on non-struct/class types

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10805

Use ensure_python_env over PyGilState_Ensure

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10806

Expose macro definitions to GDB Python API

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10807

Allow GDB/Python API to capture and store GDB output

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10808