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* gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Clarify block iteration.

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2012-02-22 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Clarify block iteration.
2012-02-17 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
PR python/10753:

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@ -23848,6 +23848,9 @@ frames. Furthermore, see @ref{Stack, ,Examining the Stack}, for more
detailed technical information on @value{GDBN}'s book-keeping of the
stack.
A @code{gdb.Block} is iterable. The iterator returns the symbols
(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.
The following block-related functions are available in the @code{gdb}
module:
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@code{False} if not. A block object can become invalid if the block it
refers to doesn't exist anymore in the inferior. All other
@code{gdb.Block} methods will throw an exception if it is invalid at
the time the method is called. This method is also made available to
the Python iterator object that @code{gdb.Block} provides in an iteration
context and via the Python @code{iter} built-in function.
the time the method is called. The block's validity is also checked
during iteration over symbols of the block.
@end defun
@end table