2009-03-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	Add support for convenience functions in Python.
	* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_PYTHON_OBS): Add python-function.o.
	(SUBDIR_PYTHON_SRCS): Add python-function.c.
	(python-function.o): New target.
	* eval.c: Include "python/python.h" and <ctype.h>.
	(evaluate_subexp_standard): Handle values of type
	TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION.
	* gdbtypes.h (type_code): Add TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION.
	* parse.c (write_exp_string): Remove duplicate word in comment.
	* python/python-function.c: New file.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_initialize_functions): Add
	prototype.
	* python/python.c (_initialize_python): Call
	gdbpy_initialize_functions.
	* valprint.c (value_check_printable): Handle values of type
	TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION.
	* value.c: Include "cli/cli-decode.h".
	(internal_function): New struct.
	(functionlist, internal_fn_type): New static variables.
	(lookup_only_internalvar,
	lookup_internalvar): Add const qualifier to name argument.
	(create_internalvar): Likewise.  Initialize new field.
	(set_internal_var): Fix typo in comment.  Don't allow assignment
	to canonical variable.
	(value_create_internal_function, value_internal_function_name,
	call_internal_function, function_command, function_destroyer,
	add_internal_function): New functions.
	(_initialize_values): Create `function' placeholder command.
	Initialize internal_fn_type.
	* value.h (lookup_only_internalvar, create_internalvar,
	lookup_internalvar): Add const qualifier to name argument.
	(internal_function_fn, add_internal_function, call_internal_function,
	value_internal_function_name): Add prototypes.
	(struct internalvar) <canonical>: New field.

gdb/doc/
2008-03-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Convenience Vars): Document convenience functions.
	(Functions In Python): New node.
	(Python API): Update.

gdb/testsuite/
2009-03-05  Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>

	* gdb.python/python-function.exp: New file.
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@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ write_exp_elt_intern (struct internalvar *expelt)
strings with embedded null bytes, as is required for some languages.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the string is null byte terminated,
this is strictly for the convenience of debugging gdb itself. Gdb
this is strictly for the convenience of debugging gdb itself.
Gdb does not depend up the string being null terminated, since the
actual length is recorded in expression elements at each end of the
string. The null byte is taken into consideration when computing how