diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 640998b..fb73e9d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-02-03  Zoltan Varga  <vargaz@gmail.com>
+
+	* cil-script.c python/python-cmd.c: Allow registration of pre/post hooks from 
+	python.
+	
+	* symfile.c (add_symbol_file_command): Comment out verbose messages.
+
 2009-02-03  Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
 
 	* gdb/c-lang.c (c_get_string): Remove superfluous parenthesis from
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-script.c b/gdb/cli/cli-script.c
index 835d29c..3941aa5 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-script.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-script.c
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ execute_user_command (struct cmd_list_element *c, char *args)
   static int user_call_depth = 0;
   extern int max_user_call_depth;
 
+  /* Might be a user defined command implemented in Python */
+  if (!c->user_commands && c->func)
+	{
+	  (*c->func) (c, args, FALSE);
+	  return;
+	}
+	
   old_chain = setup_user_args (args);
 
   cmdlines = c->user_commands;
diff --git a/gdb/python/python-cmd.c b/gdb/python/python-cmd.c
index 61d5e5d..a3fbc08 100644
--- a/gdb/python/python-cmd.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python-cmd.c
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ gdbpy_parse_command_name (char *text, struct cmd_list_element ***base_list,
 
 /* Object initializer; sets up gdb-side structures for command.
 
-   Use: __init__(NAME, CMDCLASS, [COMPLETERCLASS, [PREFIX]]).
+   Use: __init__(NAME, CMDCLASS, [completerclass=COMPLETERCLASS, prefix=PREFIX,
+                 pre_hook_of=PREHOOK_OF, post_hook_of=POSTHOOK_OF]).
 
    NAME is the name of the command.  It may consist of multiple words,
    in which case the final word is the name of the new command, and
@@ -354,6 +355,11 @@ gdbpy_parse_command_name (char *text, struct cmd_list_element ***base_list,
 
    If PREFIX is True, then this command is a prefix command.
 
+   PREHOOK_OF is the name of a gdb command this command becomes a 
+   pre-execution hook of, same as if this command was defined using 
+   "define hook-<cmdname>"
+   POSTHOOK_OF is the same for post-execution hooks.
+
    The documentation for the command is taken from the doc string for
    the python class.
    
@@ -362,15 +368,18 @@ static int
 cmdpy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
   cmdpy_object *obj = (cmdpy_object *) self;
-  char *name;
+  char *name, *pre_hook_of = NULL, *post_hook_of = NULL;
   int cmdtype;
   int completetype = -1;
   char *docstring = NULL;
   volatile struct gdb_exception except;
   struct cmd_list_element **cmd_list;
+  struct cmd_list_element *pre_hookc = NULL, *post_hookc = NULL;
   char *cmd_name, *pfx_name;
   PyObject *is_prefix = NULL;
   int cmp;
+  static char *kwlist[] = {"name", "cmdclass", "completerclass", "prefix", 
+						   "pre_hook_of", "post_hook_of", NULL};
 
   if (obj->command)
     {
@@ -381,8 +390,9 @@ cmdpy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
       return -1;
     }
 
-  if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "si|iO", &name, &cmdtype,
-			  &completetype, &is_prefix))
+  if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kwds, "si|iOss", kwlist, &name, &cmdtype,
+									 &completetype, &is_prefix, &pre_hook_of,
+									 &post_hook_of))
     return -1;
 
   if (cmdtype != no_class && cmdtype != class_run
@@ -402,6 +412,30 @@ cmdpy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
       return -1;
     }
 
+  if (pre_hook_of)
+	{
+	  char *text = pre_hook_of;
+
+	  pre_hookc = lookup_cmd_1 (&text, cmdlist, NULL, 1);
+	  if (! pre_hookc)
+		{
+		  PyErr_Format (PyExc_RuntimeError, _("command name given by pre_hook argument not found"));
+		  return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+  if (post_hook_of)
+	{
+	  char *text = post_hook_of;
+
+	  post_hookc = lookup_cmd_1 (&text, cmdlist, NULL, 1);
+	  if (! post_hookc)
+		{
+		  PyErr_Format (PyExc_RuntimeError, _("command name given by post_hook argument not found"));
+		  return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
   cmd_name = gdbpy_parse_command_name (name, &cmd_list, &cmdlist);
   if (! cmd_name)
     return -1;
@@ -470,6 +504,18 @@ cmdpy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
       cmd->func = cmdpy_function;
       cmd->destroyer = cmdpy_destroyer;
 
+	  if (pre_hookc)
+		{
+		  pre_hookc->hook_pre = cmd;
+		  cmd->hookee_pre = pre_hookc;
+		}
+
+	  if (post_hookc)
+		{
+		  post_hookc->hook_post = cmd;
+		  cmd->hookee_post = post_hookc;
+		}
+
       obj->command = cmd;
       set_cmd_context (cmd, self);
       set_cmd_completer (cmd, ((completetype == -1) ? cmdpy_completer
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
index 14cb7b8..6d0bb40 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile.c
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ add_symbol_file_command (char *args, int from_tty)
      statements because hex_string returns a local static
      string. */
 
-  printf_unfiltered (_("add symbol table from file \"%s\" at\n"), filename);
+  /* printf_unfiltered (_("add symbol table from file \"%s\" at\n"), filename); */
   section_addrs = alloc_section_addr_info (section_index);
   make_cleanup (xfree, section_addrs);
   for (i = 0; i < section_index; i++)
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ add_symbol_file_command (char *args, int from_tty)
          entered on the command line. */
       section_addrs->other[sec_num].name = sec;
       section_addrs->other[sec_num].addr = addr;
-      printf_unfiltered ("\t%s_addr = %s\n", sec, paddress (addr));
+      /* printf_unfiltered ("\t%s_addr = %s\n", sec, paddress (addr)); */
       sec_num++;
 
       /* The object's sections are initialized when a