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Re: Python pretty-printing [3/6]
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 05:26:06PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Daniel> So the constructor does a lookup. This will be a little weird if we
> Daniel> want to create types from scratch someday (could be very useful).
>
> At that point we can always make the constructor change its behavior
> depending on the runtime type of the argument.
>
> t = Type(gdb.STRUCT) # make a new struct, STRUCT is an int
> t = Type("whatever") # look up "whatever"
OK, that makes sense.
> Daniel> And what happens if name is not given?
>
> This is some relic or misconception in the code... the name need not
> be optional.
Let's fix the docs then.
> Daniel> Anyway, I wonder if there shouldn't be an explicit lookup
> Daniel> routine instead.
>
> I like it ok the way it is. But, if you really want it changed, I
> will do that; now is not a super time to do this, but it will only be
> harder in the future. Thiago, what do you think?
Especially if we have to make other incompatible changes now anyway, I'd rather
have a lookup routine for this than a constructor. But I don't want
to just make work for you.
At some point I know we'll want explicit lookup routines; there's
scope to consider.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery