Add an objfile getter to gdb.Type

This allows users of the Python API to find the objfile where a type
was defined.

gdb/ChangeLog:

gdb/ChangeLog
2019-06-04  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>

	Add objfile property to gdb.Type.
	* gdb/NEWS: Mention Python API addition.
	* gdb/python/py-type.c (typy_get_objfile): New method.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-06-04  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>

	* gdb/doc/python.texi: Document new gdb.Type.objfile property.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-06-04  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>

	* gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-type.exp: Test for new
	  gdb.Type.objfile property.
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Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches 2019-05-23 16:37:29 -05:00 committed by Tom Tromey
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2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
Add objfile property to gdb.Type.
* gdb/NEWS: Mention Python API addition.
* gdb/python/py-type.c (typy_get_objfile): New method.
2019-06-03 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* NEWS: Mention the new set|show style [title|highlight].

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@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
'array_indexes', 'symbols', 'unions', 'deref_refs', 'actual_objects',
'static_members', 'max_elements', 'repeat_threshold', and 'format'.
** gdb.Type has a new property 'objfile' which returns the objfile the
type was defined in.
* New built-in convenience variables $_shell_exitcode and $_shell_exitsignal
provide the exitcode or exit status of the shell commands launched by
GDB commands such as "shell", "pipe" and "make".

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@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb/doc/python.texi: Document new gdb.Type.objfile property.
2019-06-03 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (Help): Document the new -v apropos flag.

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@ -1087,6 +1087,11 @@ languages have this concept. If this type has no tag name, then
@code{None} is returned.
@end defvar
@defvar Type.objfile
The @code{gdb.Objfile} that this type was defined in, or @code{None} if
there is no associated objfile.
@end defvar
The following methods are provided:
@defun Type.fields ()

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@ -413,6 +413,18 @@ typy_get_tag (PyObject *self, void *closure)
return PyString_FromString (tagname);
}
/* Return the type's objfile, or None. */
static PyObject *
typy_get_objfile (PyObject *self, void *closure)
{
struct type *type = ((type_object *) self)->type;
struct objfile *objfile = TYPE_OBJFILE (type);
if (objfile == nullptr)
Py_RETURN_NONE;
return objfile_to_objfile_object (objfile).release ();
}
/* Return the type, stripped of typedefs. */
static PyObject *
typy_strip_typedefs (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
@ -1419,6 +1431,8 @@ static gdb_PyGetSetDef type_object_getset[] =
"The size of this type, in bytes.", NULL },
{ "tag", typy_get_tag, NULL,
"The tag name for this type, or None.", NULL },
{ "objfile", typy_get_objfile, NULL,
"The objfile this type was defined in, or None.", NULL },
{ NULL }
};

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2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-type.exp: Test for new
gdb.Type.objfile property.
2019-06-03 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* lib/gdb.exp (help_list_trailer): New regexp variable

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@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ proc test_fields {lang} {
gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "print (st)" "print value (st)" 1
gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python st = gdb.history (0)" "get value (st) from history" 1
gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python fields = st.type.fields()" "get fields from st.type" 1
gdb_test "python print (st.type.objfile.filename == gdb.current_progspace ().filename)" "True" \
"check type.objfile"
gdb_test "python print (len(fields))" "2" "check number of fields (st)"
gdb_test "python print (fields\[0\].name)" "a" "check structure field a name"
gdb_test "python print (fields\[1\].name)" "b" "check structure field b name"
@ -269,6 +271,8 @@ if { [build_inferior "${binfile}" "c"] == 0 } {
# Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled.
if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue }
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_type ('char').objfile)" "None"
gdb_test "python print(gdb.lookup_type('char').array(1, 0))" \
"char \\\[0\\\]"