Re: Patch: implement new dynamic varobj spec

[nickrob at snap dot net dot nz (Nick Roberts)]

 > Nick> In fact it would also make things easier if the "exp" field of
 > Nick> -var-list-children was just a number and this would make it
 > Nick> consistent with ordinary arrays.
 > 
 > The children might not actually represent an array.  For example, they
 > may conceptually be fields of a struct.
 > 
 > Nick> +	  /* Strip square brackets from string.  */
 > Nick> +	  len = strlen (py_name);
 > Nick> +	  name = strndup (py_name + 1, len - 2);
 > 
 > There is nothing guaranteeing square brackets about the name.  The name
 > is determined wholly by the Python pretty-printer, which can return
 > anything at all.

OK. As it came out of PyArg_ParseTuple, I had presumed it was part of Python
syntax.

 > I would prefer not to change this.  I think front ends simply have to
 > treat the child name as an arbitrary string.  They can use the display
 > hint to decide how and if to display the name.

For collections, it would seem useful to have some kind of index number.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob