Re: Question Regarding Int Cast Error in GDB Python

>>>>> ">" == Vacha Bhavsar via Gdb <[email protected]> writes:

>> v = gdb.parse_and_eval(reg)
>> report(str(v.type) == "uint8_t", "size of %s" % (reg))
>> report(int(v) == 0x1, "%s is 0x%x" % (reg, 0x1))

>> This results in the following error:

>> Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'>: That operation is not available
>> on integers of more than 8 bytes.

I think this is just a bug.  Would you mind filing it in bugzilla?

python/py-value.c:valpy_long uses value_as_long.  However if it used
value_as_mpz instead, it could handle types wider than 64 bits.

Tom