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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
Cc: Andrew Oakley <andrew@ado.is-a-geek.net>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org,        gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Some Python ideas, looking for feedback
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>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

Daniel> I don't suppose we can avoid exposing this internal C wart to Python,
Daniel> and expose it some other way... ?

I think it depends on whether we have shipped it or not.
If we have, then perhaps someone is using it; in that case I would
rather not break it.

However, even in that case, we can still add a new attribute with a
better name and recommend that people use it.

Tom