Re: gdb python and 'complete'

[Jeroen Dobbelaere <jeroen dot dobbelaere at gmail dot com>]

Hi,

that will indeed give me the data members.
Is there also a way to retrieve the available methods ?

Thanks,

Jeroen

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Michel METZGER <michel.metzger@st.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You could used the lookup_type method.
> Something like:
>
> type = gdb.lookup_type("MyClass")
>
> and then iterate over the type.field() collection.
> Take a look at section 23.2.2.5 of the GDB doc to see what is available in
> the Field object.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michel Metzger.
>
>
> Jeroen Dobbelaere wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to create some helper commands using python with gdb-7.1.
>>
>> One of the things I want to do, is to retrieve the members of a c++
>> class, do some filtering and
>> present the result in a nice way.
>>
>> I tried doing this, by delegating part of the request to the
>> 'complete' command, like in :
>>
>> class ShowNiceRepresentation(gdb.Command):
>> ...
>>
>> ? def retrieveFunctionSummary(self):
>> ? ? ?member_list=gdb.execute("complete b 'MyClass::").split("\n")
>> ? ? ?....
>>
>> Now, the 'complete' command is indeed retrieving all the member
>> functions, but it will output them in the terminal in stead of feeding
>> it back to 'member_list'.
>>
>> Is there a way to redirect the output, so that the python program can
>> investigate it ?
>> Or is there a more appropriate way to access the members of a c++
>> class form within python ?
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Jeroen Dobbelaere
>>
>
>



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Jeroen Dobbelaere