[Bug python/15108] New: add a way to access section data from Python

[Bug python/15108] New: add a way to access section data from Python

[tromey at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15108

             Bug #: 15108
           Summary: add a way to access section data from Python
           Product: gdb
           Version: unknown
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: python
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: tromey@redhat.com
    Classification: Unclassified


It would occasionally be nice to be able to get the
raw bits of a section from an objfile using Python.

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[Bug python/15108] add a way to access section data from Python

[dje at google dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15108

dje at google dot com changed:

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[Bug python/15108] add a way to access section data from Python

[dje at google dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15108

--- Comment #1 from dje at google dot com 2013-02-08 23:27:04 UTC ---
Or even a libelf-like API for Python (and also something similar but with a bfd
implementation for non-ELF).

I've always wanted gdb to export basic handles for basic objects that I can
then use with APIs that are quite gdb-independent.
[E.g., if gdb exported the fd of an objfile, one could have a libelf_openfd
routine.  And now we're on our way to building a much bigger ecosystem.]

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[Bug python/15108] add a way to access section data from Python

[dje at google dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15108

--- Comment #2 from dje at google dot com 2013-02-08 23:39:36 UTC ---
IWBN if GDB could export an underlying file IO object that a libelf-like API
could use.  Then the latter could be used with a remote target.

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