3 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBSymbol.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBSymbol.h
index 6315794fab3..ddfff277650 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBSymbol.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBSymbol.h
@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ public:
     bool
     GetDescription (lldb::SBStream &description);
 
+    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Returns true if the symbol is externally visible in the module that
+    // it is defined in
+    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    bool
+    IsExternal();
+
+    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Returns true if the symbol was synthetically generated from something
+    // other than the actual symbol table itself in the object file.
+    //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    bool
+    IsSynthetic();
+
 protected:
 
     lldb_private::Symbol *
diff --git a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBSymbol.i b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBSymbol.i
index 0b5342a53f6..4995c4f9c49 100644
--- a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBSymbol.i
+++ b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBSymbol.i
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ public:
 
     bool
     GetDescription (lldb::SBStream &description);
-    
+
+    bool
+    IsExternal();
+
+    bool
+    IsSynthetic();
+
     %pythoncode %{
         def get_instructions_from_current_target (self):
             return self.GetInstructions (target)
@@ -77,6 +83,13 @@ public:
         
         __swig_getmethods__["instructions"] = get_instructions_from_current_target
         if _newclass: x = property(get_instructions_from_current_target, None)
+
+        __swig_getmethods__["external"] = IsExternal
+        if _newclass: x = property(IsExternal, None)
+
+        __swig_getmethods__["synthetic"] = IsSynthetic
+        if _newclass: x = property(IsSynthetic, None)
+
         
     %}
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBSymbol.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBSymbol.cpp
index 4a89567f3bb..9b82f368acd 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBSymbol.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBSymbol.cpp
@@ -199,3 +199,20 @@ SBSymbol::GetType ()
         return m_opaque_ptr->GetType();
     return eSymbolTypeInvalid;
 }
+
+bool
+SBSymbol::IsExternal()
+{
+    if (m_opaque_ptr)
+        return m_opaque_ptr->IsExternal();
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool
+SBSymbol::IsSynthetic()
+{
+    if (m_opaque_ptr)
+        return m_opaque_ptr->IsSynthetic();
+    return false;
+}
+