Re: [RFA/python+doco/NEWS] Add gdb.Type.name attribute.

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:37:25 +0400
> 
> Consider the following declarations:
> 
>     typedef long our_time_t;
>     our_time_t current_time = 1384395743;
> 
> The purpose of this patch is to allow the use of a pretty-printer
> for variables of type our_time_t.  Normally, pretty-printing sniffers
> use the tag name in order to determine which, if any, pretty-printer
> should be used. But in the case above, the tag name is not set, since
> it does not apply to integral types.
> 
> This patch extends the gdb.Type list of attributes to also include
> the name of the type, thus allowing the sniffer to match against
> that name. With that change, I was able to write a pretty-printer
> which displays our variable as follow:
> 
>     (gdb) print current_time
>     $1 = Thu Nov 14 02:22:23 2013 (1384395743)
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
>         * python/py-type.c (typy_get_name): New function.
>         (type_object_getset): Add entry for attribute "name".
>         * NEWS: Add entry mentioning this new attribute.
> 
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> 
>         * gdb.texinfo (Types In Python): Document new attribute Types.name.
> 
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.python:
> 
>         * py-pp-integral.c: New file.
>         * py-pp-integral.py: New file.
>         * py-pp-integral.exp: New file.
> 
> Tested on x86_64-linux. OK to commit?

OK for the documentation parts.

Thanks.