Merge pull request #1282 from cppalliance/gdb

Allow gdb to automatically import detail modules

Author: mborland

.gitignore

@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ gcm.cache/
 
 # Mac option
 *.DS_Store
+
+# Pretty Printers
+*.pyc

doc/modules/ROOT/pages/debugger.adoc

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To load the pretty printer, add the following line to your `.gdbinit`:
 
 [source]
 ----
-python exec(open("/path/to/decimal/extra/decimal_printer_gdb.py").read())
+source /path/to/decimal/extra/decimal_printer_gdb.py
 ----
 
 or you can source it manually in GDB:

extra/decimal_printer_gdb.py

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 # https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
 
+import sys
+import os
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
 from detail.decode_ieee_type import decode_decimal32
 from detail.decode_ieee_type import decode_decimal64
 from detail.decode_ieee_type import decode_decimal128