Re: Using GDB as a Python interpreter

>>>>> "Florian" == Florian Weimer via Gdb <[email protected]> writes:

Florian> I want to run a Python script with GDB, from the shell command line,
Florian> without having to create two files.

Once upon a time, Red Hat had a patch to add a '-P' option to gdb, which
would put it directly into Python scripting.  I think maybe I wrote it
ages ago, but then when Andrew tried to submit it upstream, I basically
rejected it.

That was a mistake on my part.  IIRC he had a pretty good
counter-argument at the time, I don't recall why I didn't recant.

Another option I looked at, way back when, was to compile gdb with -fPIE
and let it be loaded as a shared library.  The idea here was that, with
a few other tweaks, ordinary Python code could just 'import gdb'.

Anyway, I guess now I'd support either of these.  'import gdb' would be
great to have, even with its various limitations.  However it's a bit
trickier to get working than just resurrecting the old -P patch.

Tom