1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991-1995, 1998-2000, 2003-2004, 2007-2012 Free
4 Software Foundation, Inc.
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7 of New York at Buffalo.
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22 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
24 #if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
27 /* Forward decls for prototypes. */
33 struct value_print_options;
35 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims. */
38 range_mode_auto: range_check set automatically to default of language.
39 range_mode_manual: range_check set manually by user. */
41 extern enum range_mode
43 range_mode_auto, range_mode_manual
48 range_check_on: Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
49 range_check_warn: Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
50 range_check_off: Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions. */
52 extern enum range_check
54 range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
59 type_mode_auto: type_check set automatically to default of language.
60 type_mode_manual: type_check set manually by user. */
64 type_mode_auto, type_mode_manual
69 type_check_on: Types are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
70 type_check_warn: Types are checked, producing warnings.
71 type_check_off: Types are not checked in GDB expressions. */
73 extern enum type_check
75 type_check_off, type_check_warn, type_check_on
80 case_mode_auto: case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope.
81 case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user. */
85 case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
90 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order.
91 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order. */
93 extern enum array_ordering
95 array_row_major, array_column_major
100 /* case_sensitivity ==
101 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used.
102 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used. */
104 extern enum case_sensitivity
106 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
111 /* macro_expansion ==
112 macro_expansion_no: No macro expansion is available.
113 macro_expansion_c: C-like macro expansion is available. */
117 macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
121 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
123 struct language_arch_info
125 /* Its primitive types. This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
126 These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
127 expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
128 actually defines such a type. */
129 struct type **primitive_type_vector;
130 /* Type of elements of strings. */
131 struct type *string_char_type;
133 /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined. */
134 const char *bool_type_symbol;
135 /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type. */
136 struct type *bool_type_default;
139 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language. */
143 /* Name of the language. */
147 /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h). */
149 enum language la_language;
151 /* Default range checking. */
153 enum range_check la_range_check;
155 /* Default type checking. */
157 enum type_check la_type_check;
159 /* Default case sensitivity. */
160 enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
162 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
163 enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
165 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. */
166 enum macro_expansion la_macro_expansion;
168 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
171 const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
173 /* Parser function. */
175 int (*la_parser) (void);
177 /* Parser error function. */
179 void (*la_error) (char *);
181 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
182 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
183 its translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
184 for releasing its previous contents, if necessary. If
185 VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression. */
187 void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
189 void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
190 struct ui_file * stream);
192 void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, struct type *elttype,
193 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
194 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
195 const struct value_print_options *);
197 void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
198 struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
200 /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
202 void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, const char *, struct ui_file *, int,
205 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
206 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
207 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
209 void (*la_print_typedef) (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
210 struct ui_file *stream);
212 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language.
214 TYPE is the type of the sub-object to be printed.
216 CONTENTS holds the bits of the value. This holds the entire
219 EMBEDDED_OFFSET is the offset into the outermost object of the
220 sub-object represented by TYPE. This is the object which this
221 call should print. Note that the enclosing type is not
224 ADDRESS is the address in the inferior of the enclosing object.
226 STREAM is the stream on which the value is to be printed.
228 RECURSE is the recursion depth. It is zero-based.
230 OPTIONS are the formatting options to be used when
233 int (*la_val_print) (struct type *type,
234 const gdb_byte *contents,
235 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
236 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
237 const struct value *val,
238 const struct value_print_options *options);
240 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
242 int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
243 const struct value_print_options *);
245 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
246 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
247 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
248 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
249 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
251 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
253 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
254 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
256 char *la_name_of_this;
258 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
259 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
262 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
263 const struct block *,
266 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
267 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
269 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
270 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
272 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
273 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
275 /* Table for printing expressions. */
277 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
279 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
280 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
284 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
285 char string_lower_bound;
287 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
288 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
290 /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
291 are possible completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command
292 on which the completion is being made. */
293 char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
295 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
296 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
297 struct language_arch_info *);
299 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
300 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
301 struct ui_file *stream,
302 const struct value_print_options *options);
304 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
305 reference at the language level. */
306 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
308 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
309 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
310 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
311 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
312 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
313 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
314 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
315 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
316 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
317 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
318 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
319 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
321 /* Compare two symbol names according to language rules. For
322 instance, in C++, we might want to ignore whitespaces in
323 the symbol name. Or some case-insensitive language might
324 want to ignore casing during the match.
326 Both STR1 and STR2 are expected to be demangled name, except
327 for Ada, where STR1 and STR2 are expected to be encoded names.
328 The latter is because searches are performed using the encoded
331 The return value follows the same spirit as strcmp. */
333 int (*la_symbol_name_compare) (const char *str1, const char *str2);
335 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
336 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
338 The search starts with BLOCK. This function iterates upward
339 through blocks. When the outermost block has been finished,
340 the function returns.
342 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol and the DATA
343 argument. If CALLBACK returns zero, the iteration ends at that
346 This field can be NULL, meaning that this language doesn't need
347 any special code aside from ordinary searches of the symbol
349 void (*la_iterate_over_symbols) (const struct block *block,
352 int (*callback) (struct symbol *, void *),
355 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
356 /* Magic number for compat checking. */
362 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
364 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
365 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
368 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
369 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
370 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
371 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
372 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
373 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
374 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
375 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
376 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
377 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
378 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
380 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
382 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
383 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
385 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
388 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
389 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
390 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
392 extern enum language_mode
394 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
398 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
399 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
401 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
402 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
404 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
405 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
409 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
412 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
413 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
415 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
416 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
418 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
419 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
420 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
421 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
422 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
424 extern void language_info (int);
426 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
429 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
430 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
431 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
432 with the "set language" command. */
434 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
435 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
437 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
438 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
440 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
441 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
442 val,recurse,options))
443 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
444 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
446 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
447 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
448 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
449 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
450 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
451 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
452 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
453 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
454 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
456 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, options) \
457 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
459 #define LA_ITERATE_OVER_SYMBOLS(BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, DATA) \
460 (current_language->la_iterate_over_symbols (BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, \
463 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
464 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
465 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
466 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
467 is program language dependent. */
469 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
471 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
472 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
474 /* Type predicates */
476 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
478 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness. */
479 /* FIXME: Does not appear to be used. */
480 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
482 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
486 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
488 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
490 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
492 extern int value_true (struct value *);
494 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
496 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
498 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
500 extern char *language_str (enum language);
502 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
504 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
506 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
508 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
510 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
512 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
513 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
514 const char *mangled, int options);
516 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
517 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
518 const char *physname);
520 /* Splitting strings into words. */
521 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
523 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
524 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
525 struct ui_file *stream,
526 const struct value_print_options *options);
528 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
529 reference at the language level. */
530 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
532 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
533 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
534 independent of this. */
535 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
537 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
538 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
539 struct ui_file *stream);
541 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
542 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
544 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
545 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
547 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */