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##### 23.3.2.35 Registers In Python

Python code can request from a `gdb.Architecture` information about the set of registers available (see `Architecture.registers`). The register information is returned as a `gdb.RegisterDescriptorIterator`, which is an iterator that in turn returns `gdb.RegisterDescriptor` objects.

A `gdb.RegisterDescriptor` does not provide the value of a register (see `Frame.read_register` for reading a register's value), instead the `RegisterDescriptor` is a way to discover which registers are available for a particular architecture.

A `gdb.RegisterDescriptor` has the following read-only properties:

— Variable: RegisterDescriptor.name

> The name of this register.

It is also possible to lookup a register descriptor based on its name using the following `gdb.RegisterDescriptorIterator` function:

— Function: RegisterDescriptorIterator.find (name)

> Takes name as an argument, which must be a string, and returns a `gdb.RegisterDescriptor` for the register with that name, or `None` if there is no register with that name.

Python code can also request from a `gdb.Architecture` information about the set of register groups available on a given architecture (see `Architecture.register_groups`).

Every register can be a member of zero or more register groups. Some register groups are used internally within gdb to control things like which registers must be saved when calling into the program being debugged (see Calling Program Functions). Other register groups exist to allow users to easily see related sets of registers in commands like `info registers` (see `info registers` reggroup).

The register groups information is returned as a `gdb.RegisterGroupsIterator`, which is an iterator that in turn returns `gdb.RegisterGroup` objects.

A `gdb.RegisterGroup` object has the following read-only properties:

— Variable: RegisterGroup.name

> A string that is the name of this register group.