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<h3 class="section">23.5 Multiple Extension Languages</h3>

<p>The Guile and Python extension languages do not share any state,
and generally do not interfere with each other.
There are some things to be aware of, however.
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<h4 class="subsection">23.5.1 Python comes first</h4>

<p>Python was <small>GDB</small>&rsquo;s first extension language, and to avoid breaking
existing behaviour Python comes first.  This is generally solved by the
&ldquo;first one wins&rdquo; principle.  <small>GDB</small> maintains a list of enabled
extension languages, and when it makes a call to an extension language,
(say to pretty-print a value), it tries each in turn until an extension
language indicates it has performed the request (e.g., has returned the
pretty-printed form of a value).
This extends to errors while performing such requests: If an error happens
while, for example, trying to pretty-print an object then the error is
reported and any following extension languages are not tried.
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