Add gdb.lookup_global_symbol python function.

* NEWS: Add entry.
	* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): New function.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): Declare it.
	* python/python.c (GdbMethods): Add entry for lookup_global_symbol.

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document lookup_global_symbol.
	Clarify behaviour of lookup_symbol when `block' argument is omitted,
	add description of result, fix @defun formatting.

	testsuite/
	* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test lookup_global_symbol.
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Doug Evans
2011-02-22 22:48:12 +00:00
parent 1d41d745ca
commit 6e6fbe60bc
9 changed files with 92 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -1145,6 +1145,10 @@ Return a Type corresponding to the given name." },
Return a tuple with the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None) and\n\
a boolean indicating if name is a field of the current implied argument\n\
`this' (when the current language is object-oriented)." },
{ "lookup_global_symbol", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol,
METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
"lookup_global_symbol (name [, domain]) -> symbol\n\
Return the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None)." },
{ "block_for_pc", gdbpy_block_for_pc, METH_VARARGS,
"Return the block containing the given pc value, or None." },
{ "solib_name", gdbpy_solib_name, METH_VARARGS,