* NEWS: Mention new "type" attribute of python gdb.Symbol objects.

* python/py-symbol.c (sympy_get_type): New function.
	(symbol_object_getset): Add "type".

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document symbol.type.

	testsuite/
	* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add test for symbol.type.
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2011-08-12 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* NEWS: Mention new "type" attribute of python gdb.Symbol objects.
* python/py-symbol.c (sympy_get_type): New function.
(symbol_object_getset): Add "type".
2011-08-12 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
PR tui/13073

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'data-directory'/python/gdb/function are now automatically loaded
on GDB start-up.
** Symbols now provide the "type" attribute, the type of the symbol.
* libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: $sdir and $pdir.
$sdir specifies the default system locations of shared libraries.
$pdir specifies the directory where the libpthread used by the application

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2011-08-12 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document symbol.type.
2011-08-09 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Python): Document command and function

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A @code{gdb.Symbol} object has the following attributes:
@table @code
@defivar Symbol type
The type of the symbol or @code{None} if no type is recorded.
This attribute is represented as a @code{gdb.Type} object.
@xref{Types In Python}. This attribute is not writable.
@end defivar
@defivar Symbol symtab
The symbol table in which the symbol appears. This attribute is
represented as a @code{gdb.Symtab} object. @xref{Symbol Tables In

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return result;
}
static PyObject *
sympy_get_type (PyObject *self, void *closure)
{
struct symbol *symbol = NULL;
SYMPY_REQUIRE_VALID (self, symbol);
if (SYMBOL_TYPE (symbol) == NULL)
{
Py_INCREF (Py_None);
return Py_None;
}
return type_to_type_object (SYMBOL_TYPE (symbol));
}
static PyObject *
sympy_get_symtab (PyObject *self, void *closure)
{
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static PyGetSetDef symbol_object_getset[] = {
{ "type", sympy_get_type, NULL,
"Type of the symbol.", NULL },
{ "symtab", sympy_get_symtab, NULL,
"Symbol table in which the symbol appears.", NULL },
{ "name", sympy_get_name, NULL,

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2011-08-12 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add test for symbol.type.
2011-08-12 Ulrich Weigand <ulrich.weigand@linaro.org>
* gdb.threads/pthreads.exp: Enable on non-native configurations.

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gdb_test "python print t\[0\].is_argument" "False" "Test t.is_argument"
gdb_test "python print t\[0\].is_function" "False" "Test t.is_function"
gdb_test "python print t\[0\].addr_class == gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_CONST" "True" "Test t.addr_class"
# Test type attribute.
gdb_test "python print t\[0\].type" "enum tag" "Get type"
# Test symtab attribute.
gdb_test "python print t\[0\].symtab" "gdb.python/py-symbol.c.*" "Get symtab"
# C++ tests