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Subject: [Bug python/28856] Python pretty printer causes stack overflow when
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--- Comment #3 from Hannes Domani <ssbssa at sourceware dot org> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #2)
> Should I not be even attempting to use gdb.parse_and_eval('$__cat->name()=
')
> like that in a printer? Is there a better way to call a virtual member
> function given a pointer to a polymorphic object?

If you need to call it, then I don't think there is a better way.

I would only use a function call in a pretty printer if there is no way to
avoid it, even more so because it wouldn't work for core files.

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