* cli/cli-cmds.c (show_user): Print error when used on a python
command.
(init_cli_cmds): Update documentation strings for "show user" and
"set/show max-user-call-depth" to clarify that it does not apply to
python commands.
* python/py-cmd.c (cmdpy_init): Treat class_user as a valid class in
error check.
(gdbpy_initialize_commands): Add COMMAND_USER as a constant in
gdb python api.
* top.c (execute_command): Only execute a user-defined command as a
legacy macro if c->user_commands is set.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Commands In Python): Put example python macro in
COMMAND_USER category rather than COMMAND_OBSCURE.
Document gdb.COMMAND_USER.
(User-defined Commands): Update documentation to clarify
"set/show max-user-call-depth" and "show user" don't apply to python
commands. Update documentation to clarify "help user-defined" may
also include python commands defined as COMMAND_USER.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-cmd.exp: Add test to verify that python commands can
be put in the user-defined category and that the commands appear in
"help user-defined".
* NEWS: Document them.
* python/py-cmd.c (cmdpy_function): Don't print a traceback if
the exception is gdb.GdbError. Print a second traceback if there's
an error computing the error message.
(gdbpy_string_to_argv): New function.
* python/py-utils.c (gdbpy_obj_to_string): New function.
(gdbpy_exception_to_string): New function.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_string_to_argv): Declare.
(gdbpy_obj_to_string, gdbpy_exception_to_string): Declare.
(gdbpy_gdberror_exc): Declare.
* python/python.c (gdbpy_gdberror_exc): New global.
(_initialize_python): Initialize gdbpy_gdberror_exc and create
gdb.GdbError.
(GdbMethods): Add string_to_argv.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Exception Handling): Document gdb.GdbError.
(Commands In Python): Document gdb.string_to_argv.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-cmd.exp: Add tests for gdb.GdbError and
gdb.string_to_argv.