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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add python method gdb.InferiorThread.thread_handle


>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:

Kevin> This four part series adds a python method named "thread_handle"
Kevin> which is used to fetch the thread handle from a thread object.

Kevin> It will eventually be used as part of the implementation of the
Kevin> "thread parent" operation for the OpenMP work that I've been doing.

Could you explain more about thread handles -- what they are and why
they are needed?  I do not really understand the motivation for this,
but I would like to.

Tom


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