Allow switching to pretty-printer when using `gdb`
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Description
Can we remove If True: from gdb bindings?
I think it was created for future features, but it was 15 years ago.
Found 2 locations (not testcase for interpreter):
Additional information
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Reporter: Burkov Egor (eburkov@rvision.ru).
Organization: R-Vision (support@rvision.ru).
Linked PRs
- gh-138169
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Research direction
Start in Tools/gdb/libpython.py at the two locations linked in the issue and inspect the surrounding gdb bindings. Confirm how the existing If True guards affect pretty-printer switching; done means the obsolete guards are removed at both locations and the gdb behavior is verified, while checking linked PR gh-138169 first.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100