Re: how to get current function?

[Skip Montanaro]

Following up to my own post...

I wrote:

> From within gdb I'd like to print a representation of the Python stack.

I now have something that seems to work (albeit slowly).  I'm wondering if
there is a better way to achieve the same effect (either more foolproof or
faster).  Here's what I've come up with so far:

    define ppystack
        set $__fr = 0
        select-frame $__fr
        while $pc < Py_Main || $pc > Py_GetArgcArgv
            if $pc > eval_code2 && $pc < set_exc_info
                set $__fn = PyString_AsString(co->co_filename)
                set $__n = PyString_AsString(co->co_name)
                printf "%s (%d): %s\n",  $__fn, f->f_lineno, $__n
            end
            set $__fr = $__fr + 1
            select-frame $__fr
        end
        select-frame 0
    end

The condition on the while loop is an attempt to see if I've popped up far
enough on the stack to have seen all the eval_code2 stack frames.  The condition
on the first if statement is a test to see if the current stack frame is
within eval_code2.  Both rely on the fact that there are other functions
immediately following the functions of interest.  I'm not sure how reliable
those tests are.

Any insights/improvements appreciated,

Skip