[Vol-dev] question on the code

[Jun Koi]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 PM, AAron Walters <awalters at 4tphi.net> wrote:
>
> Jun,
>
> The types variable is instantiated from vtypes.py.  This is the part of the
> Profile used to describe the operating system's data types.

What a trap!

Thanks,
J




> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Jun Koi wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to read the code, and found this in vmodules.py:
>>
>> def get_connections(cmdname, argv):
>
>  >    """
>>
>>   Function prints a list of open connections
>>   """
>>   op = get_standard_parser(cmdname)
>>   opts, args = op.parse_args(argv)
>>
>>   star_line = '*'*72
>>
>>   (addr_space, symtab, types) = load_and_identify_image(op, opts)  # <--
>> Here
>>
>>   connections = tcb_connections(addr_space, types, symtab)
>> ....
>>
>> I dont understand what the "types" variable above means. Even track
>> back the source, I dont see how it is produced.
>>
>> Anybody could explain a bit, so I can continue to dig? (sorry that my
>> Python skill is still very modest)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> J
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