gdb/

2009-02-05  Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
	    Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* python/python-utils.c (target_string_to_unicode): New function.
	* python/python-internal.h (target_string_to_unicode): New prototype.
	* python/python-value.c (valpy_string): New function.
	(value_object_methods): Add `string' entry.

gdb/doc/
2009-02-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Document Value.string.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-02-05  Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
+	    Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* python/python-utils.c (target_string_to_unicode): New function.
+	* python/python-internal.h (target_string_to_unicode): New prototype.
+	* python/python-value.c (valpy_string): New function.
+	(value_object_methods): Add `string' entry.
+
 2009-02-05  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* target.h (target_tid_to_str): Delete.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Document Value.string.
+
 2009-02-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Basic Python): Document execute's from_tty

gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo

@@ -18219,6 +18219,33 @@ The result @code{bar} will be a @code{gdb.Value} object holding the
 value pointed to by @code{foo}.
 @end defmethod
 
+@defmethod Value string @r{[}encoding @r{[}errors@r{]}@r{]}
+If this @code{gdb.Value} represents a string, then this method
+converts the contents to a Python string.  Otherwise, this method will
+throw an exception.
+
+Strings are recognized in a language-specific way; whether a given
+@code{gdb.Value} represents a string is determined by the current
+language.
+
+For C-like languages, a value is a string if it is a pointer to or an
+array of characters or ints.  The string is assumed to be terminated
+by a zero of the appropriate width.
+
+If the optional @var{encoding} argument is given, it must be a string
+naming the encoding of the string in the @code{gdb.Value}, such as
+@code{"ascii"}, @code{"iso-8859-6"} or @code{"utf-8"}.  It accepts
+the same encodings as the corresponding argument to Python's
+@code{string.decode} method, and the Python codec machinery will be used
+to convert the string.  If @var{encoding} is not given, or if
+@var{encoding} is the empty string, then either the @code{target-charset}
+(@pxref{Character Sets}) will be used, or a language-specific encoding
+will be used, if the current language is able to supply one.
+
+The optional @var{errors} argument is the same as the corresponding
+argument to Python's @code{string.decode} method.
+@end defmethod
+
 @node Interpreters
 @chapter Command Interpreters
 @cindex command interpreters

gdb/python/python-internal.h

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ PyObject *python_string_to_unicode (PyObject *obj);
 char *unicode_to_target_string (PyObject *unicode_str);
 char *python_string_to_target_string (PyObject *obj);
 char *python_string_to_host_string (PyObject *obj);
+PyObject *target_string_to_unicode (const gdb_byte *str, int length);
 int gdbpy_is_string (PyObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* GDB_PYTHON_INTERNAL_H */

gdb/python/python-utils.c

@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ python_string_to_host_string (PyObject *obj)
   return unicode_to_encoded_string (str, host_charset ());
 }
 
+/* Converts a target string of LENGTH bytes in the target's charset to a
+   Python Unicode string. If LENGTH is -1, convert until a null byte is found.
+
+   Returns NULL on error, with a python exception set.  */
+PyObject *
+target_string_to_unicode (const gdb_byte *str, int length)
+{
+  if (length == -1)
+    length = strlen (str);
+
+  return PyUnicode_Decode (str, length, target_charset (), NULL);
+}
+
 /* Return true if OBJ is a Python string or unicode object, false
    otherwise.  */
 

gdb/python/python-value.c

@@ -143,6 +143,37 @@ valpy_address (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   return value_to_value_object (res_val);
 }
 
+/* Return Unicode string with value contents (assumed to be encoded in the
+   target's charset).  */
+static PyObject *
+valpy_string (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  int length, ret = 0;
+  gdb_byte *buffer;
+  struct value *value = ((value_object *) self)->value;
+  volatile struct gdb_exception except;
+  PyObject *unicode;
+  const char *encoding = NULL;
+  const char *errors = NULL;
+  const char *user_encoding = NULL;
+  const char *la_encoding = NULL;
+
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "|ss", &user_encoding, &errors))
+    return NULL;
+
+  TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+    {
+      LA_GET_STRING (value, &buffer, &length, &la_encoding);
+    }
+  GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
+
+  encoding = (user_encoding && *user_encoding) ? user_encoding : la_encoding;
+  unicode = PyUnicode_Decode (buffer, length, encoding, errors);
+  xfree (buffer);
+
+  return unicode;
+}
+
 static Py_ssize_t
 valpy_length (PyObject *self)
 {
@@ -794,6 +825,8 @@ gdbpy_initialize_values (void)
 static PyMethodDef value_object_methods[] = {
   { "address", valpy_address, METH_NOARGS, "Return the address of the value." },
   { "dereference", valpy_dereference, METH_NOARGS, "Dereferences the value." },
+  { "string", valpy_string, METH_VARARGS,
+    "Return Unicode string representation of the value." },
   {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
 };