Shouldn't there be a change to python/Makefile.am so that xmethods.py gets installed alongside printers.py? Otherwise you can use these new xmethods in the libstdc++ testssuite, but they're not available to users.
I'd also expect something to call the register_libstdcxx_xmethods function automatically, as in the attached patch, although this doesn't work for me. How am I expected to use these xmethods?
commit 3b04eb18e94cace91cfbc2cd80c0acd0bf7d7d86 Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwak...@redhat.com> Date: Tue Aug 26 18:52:39 2014 +0100 * python/Makefile.am (nobase_python_DATA): Add xmethods.py. * python/Makefile.in: Regenerate. * python/hook.in: Load the xmethods. diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.am b/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.am index ac7341a..c34c860 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.am +++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.am @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ all-local: gdb.py nobase_python_DATA = \ libstdcxx/v6/printers.py \ + libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py \ libstdcxx/v6/__init__.py \ libstdcxx/__init__.py diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.in b/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.in index 21d74a90..7d0c8ac 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.in +++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/Makefile.in @@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = $(GLIBCXX_INCLUDES) @ENABLE_PYTHONDIR_TRUE@pythondir = $(prefix)/$(python_mod_dir) nobase_python_DATA = \ libstdcxx/v6/printers.py \ + libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py \ libstdcxx/v6/__init__.py \ libstdcxx/__init__.py diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/hook.in b/libstdc++-v3/python/hook.in index 3620523..29c0f3c 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/python/hook.in +++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/hook.in @@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ if gdb.current_objfile () is not None: # Load the pretty-printers. from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers register_libstdcxx_printers (gdb.current_objfile ()) + +if hasattr(gdb, 'xmethod'): + # Load the xmethods + from libstdcxx.v6.xmethods import register_libstdcxx_xmethods + register_libstdcxx_xmethods (gdb.current_objfile ())