[Bug python/18305] New: python error in disable pretty-printer command

[Bug python/18305] New: python error in disable pretty-printer command

[dje at google dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18305

            Bug ID: 18305
           Summary: python error in disable pretty-printer command
           Product: gdb
           Version: HEAD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: python
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: dje at google dot com

(gdb) disable pretty stl-vector libstdc++-v6;.*vector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/gdb/python/gdb/command/pretty_printers.py", line 359, in
invoke
    do_enable_pretty_printer(arg, False)
  File "/usr/share/gdb/python/gdb/command/pretty_printers.py", line 281, in
do_enable_pretty_printer
    (object_re, name_re, subname_re) = parse_printer_regexps(arg)
  File "/usr/share/gdb/python/gdb/command/pretty_printers.py", line 63, in
parse_printer_regexps
    name_re = re.compile (name_regexp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 190, in compile
    return _compile(pattern, flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 242, in _compile
    raise error, v # invalid expression
sre_constants.error: multiple repeat
Error occurred in Python command: multiple repeat

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[Bug python/18305] python error in disable pretty-printer command

[dje at google dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18305

--- Comment #1 from dje at google dot com ---
Forgetting to escape the ++ in libstdc++ is probably not uncommon.
We should catch this exception and provide a better error message.

This only occurs with "set python print-stack full",
but OTOH this is a user error, not a coding error.

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[Bug python/18305] python error in disable pretty-printer command

[dje at google dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18305

--- Comment #2 from dje at google dot com ---
See also bug 14169.

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[Bug python/18305] python error in disable pretty-printer command

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18305

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |DUPLICATE
                 CC|                            |tromey at sourceware dot org

--- Comment #3 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
Seems fully covered by the other bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 14169 ***

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