Re: [PATCH v1] py-gdb-readline: replace deprecated interfaces in GdbRemoveReadlineFinder

Tom de Vries <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:17:40 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gdb.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/13/26 5:25 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Matthieu" == Matthieu Longo <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Matthieu> A previous patch [1] enabled readline in Python in a GDB-specific way
> Matthieu> and blocked the standard Python readline module to prevent conflicts
> Matthieu> with GDB by adding a custom importer raising an exception for the readline
> Matthieu> module.
> 
> I wonder if gdb could do better here.  To be clear, not your problem.
> 
> Matthieu> This patch uses Patryk Sondej's approach detailed in bug 32473, but with
> Matthieu> a slight variation regarding the finder insertion in sys.meta_path.
> Matthieu> It also adds a new test to prevent future regression.
> 
> Seems reasonable to me, though this isn't an area I know very well.
> 
> Approved-By: Tom Tromey <[email protected]>

I reproduced this regression on the gdb-17-branch with python 3.6 (and 
later as well), and can confirm that backporting the patch to the 
gdb-17-branch fixes it.

I'm not able to test with python 3.4 though, otherwise I would apply it 
to the branch.

Thanks,
- Tom

> 
> Tom