[Bug gdb/13267] New: python: gdb.Value needs a method to get raw memory as a string

[stbya at yahoo dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13267

Bug #: 13267
Summary: python: gdb.Value needs a method to get raw memory as
a string
Product: gdb
Version: 7.3
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: gdb
AssignedTo: ***@sourceware.org
ReportedBy: ***@yahoo.com
Classification: Unclassified


gdb.Value provides a way to get a textual string (gdb.Value.string(...)), but
there's no way to get it as a raw sequence of bytes. Maybe this could be done
with an encoding argument of None?

e.g.

v = gdb.parse_and_eval("var")
data = v.string(None, length=64)

[tromey at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13267

Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com> changed:

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[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13267

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
A method on Value would be fine, but there's also
Inferior.read_memory.