1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
6 of New York at Buffalo.
8 This file is part of GDB.
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21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
28 /* Forward decls for prototypes. */
34 struct value_print_options;
35 struct type_print_options;
36 struct lang_varobj_ops;
38 struct compile_instance;
40 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims. */
43 range_mode_auto: range_check set automatically to default of language.
44 range_mode_manual: range_check set manually by user. */
46 extern enum range_mode
48 range_mode_auto, range_mode_manual
53 range_check_on: Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
54 range_check_warn: Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
55 range_check_off: Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions. */
57 extern enum range_check
59 range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
64 case_mode_auto: case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope.
65 case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user. */
69 case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
74 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order.
75 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order. */
77 extern enum array_ordering
79 array_row_major, array_column_major
84 /* case_sensitivity ==
85 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used.
86 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used. */
88 extern enum case_sensitivity
90 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
96 macro_expansion_no: No macro expansion is available.
97 macro_expansion_c: C-like macro expansion is available. */
101 macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
105 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
107 struct language_arch_info
109 /* Its primitive types. This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
110 These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
111 expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
112 actually defines such a type. */
113 struct type **primitive_type_vector;
115 /* Symbol wrappers around primitive_type_vector, so that the symbol lookup
116 machinery can return them. */
117 struct symbol **primitive_type_symbols;
119 /* Type of elements of strings. */
120 struct type *string_char_type;
122 /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined. */
123 const char *bool_type_symbol;
124 /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type. */
125 struct type *bool_type_default;
128 /* A pointer to a function expected to return nonzero if
129 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME matches the given LOOKUP_NAME.
131 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME should be a symbol's "search" name.
132 LOOKUP_NAME should be the name of an entity after it has been
133 transformed for lookup. */
135 typedef int (*symbol_name_cmp_ftype) (const char *symbol_search_name,
136 const char *lookup_name);
138 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language. */
142 /* Name of the language. */
146 /* Natural or official name of the language. */
148 const char *la_natural_name;
150 /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h). */
152 enum language la_language;
154 /* Default range checking. */
156 enum range_check la_range_check;
158 /* Default case sensitivity. */
159 enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
161 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
162 enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
164 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. */
165 enum macro_expansion la_macro_expansion;
167 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
170 const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
172 /* Parser function. */
174 int (*la_parser) (struct parser_state *);
176 /* Parser error function. */
178 void (*la_error) (char *);
180 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
181 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
182 its translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
183 for releasing its previous contents, if necessary. If
184 VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression. */
186 void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
188 void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
189 struct ui_file * stream);
191 void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, struct type *elttype,
192 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
193 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
194 const struct value_print_options *);
196 void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
197 struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
199 /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
201 void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, const char *, struct ui_file *, int,
202 int, const struct type_print_options *);
204 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
205 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
206 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
208 void (*la_print_typedef) (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
209 struct ui_file *stream);
211 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language.
213 TYPE is the type of the sub-object to be printed.
215 CONTENTS holds the bits of the value. This holds the entire
218 EMBEDDED_OFFSET is the offset into the outermost object of the
219 sub-object represented by TYPE. This is the object which this
220 call should print. Note that the enclosing type is not
223 ADDRESS is the address in the inferior of the enclosing object.
225 STREAM is the stream on which the value is to be printed.
227 RECURSE is the recursion depth. It is zero-based.
229 OPTIONS are the formatting options to be used when
232 void (*la_val_print) (struct type *type,
233 const gdb_byte *contents,
234 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
235 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
236 const struct value *val,
237 const struct value_print_options *options);
239 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
241 void (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
242 const struct value_print_options *);
244 /* Given a symbol VAR, and a stack frame id FRAME, read the value
245 of the variable an return (pointer to a) struct value containing
248 Throw an error if the variable cannot be found. */
250 struct value *(*la_read_var_value) (struct symbol *var,
251 struct frame_info *frame);
253 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
254 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
255 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
256 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
257 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
259 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
261 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
262 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
264 char *la_name_of_this;
266 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
267 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
270 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const struct language_defn *,
272 const struct block *,
275 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
276 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
278 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
279 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
281 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
282 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
284 /* Table for printing expressions. */
286 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
288 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
289 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
293 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
294 char string_lower_bound;
296 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
297 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
299 /* Should return a vector of all symbols which are possible
300 completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command on which the
301 completion is being made. If CODE is TYPE_CODE_UNDEF, then all
302 symbols should be examined; otherwise, only STRUCT_DOMAIN
303 symbols whose type has a code of CODE should be matched. */
304 VEC (char_ptr) *(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (const char *text,
306 enum type_code code);
308 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
309 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
310 struct language_arch_info *);
312 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
313 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
314 struct ui_file *stream,
315 const struct value_print_options *options);
317 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
318 reference at the language level. */
319 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
321 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
322 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
323 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
324 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
325 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
326 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
327 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
328 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
329 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
330 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
331 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
332 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
334 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match
335 a symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME. This is mostly for languages
336 such as Ada where the matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME.
338 This field may be NULL, in which case strcmp_iw will be used
339 to perform the matching. */
340 symbol_name_cmp_ftype (*la_get_symbol_name_cmp) (const char *lookup_name);
342 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
343 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
345 The search is done in BLOCK only.
346 The caller is responsible for iterating up through superblocks
349 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol and the DATA
350 argument. If CALLBACK returns zero, the iteration ends at that
353 This field may not be NULL. If the language does not need any
354 special processing here, 'iterate_over_symbols' should be
355 used as the definition. */
356 void (*la_iterate_over_symbols) (const struct block *block,
359 symbol_found_callback_ftype *callback,
362 /* Various operations on varobj. */
363 const struct lang_varobj_ops *la_varobj_ops;
365 /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line,
366 this method should be non-NULL. When called it should return
367 an instance of struct gcc_context appropriate to the language.
368 When defined this method must never return NULL; instead it
369 should throw an exception on failure. The returned compiler
370 instance is owned by its caller and must be deallocated by
371 calling its 'destroy' method. */
373 struct compile_instance *(*la_get_compile_instance) (void);
375 /* This method must be defined if 'la_get_gcc_context' is defined.
376 If 'la_get_gcc_context' is not defined, then this method is
379 This takes the user-supplied text and returns a newly malloc'd
380 bit of code to compile. The caller owns the result.
382 INST is the compiler instance being used.
383 INPUT is the user's input text.
384 GDBARCH is the architecture to use.
385 EXPR_BLOCK is the block in which the expression is being
387 EXPR_PC is the PC at which the expression is being parsed. */
389 char *(*la_compute_program) (struct compile_instance *inst,
391 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
392 const struct block *expr_block,
395 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
396 /* Magic number for compat checking. */
402 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
404 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
405 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
408 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
409 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
410 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
411 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
412 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
413 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
414 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
415 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
416 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
417 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
418 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
420 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
422 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
423 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
425 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
428 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
429 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
430 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
432 extern enum language_mode
434 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
438 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
439 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
441 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
442 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
444 /* Look up type NAME in language L, and return its definition for architecture
445 GDBARCH. Returns NULL if not found. */
447 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type (const struct language_defn *l,
448 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
451 /* Wrapper around language_lookup_primitive_type to return the
452 corresponding symbol. */
455 language_lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const struct language_defn *l,
456 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
460 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
463 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
464 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
466 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
467 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
468 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
469 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
470 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
472 extern void language_info (int);
474 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
477 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
478 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
479 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
480 with the "set language" command. */
482 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags) \
483 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags))
485 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
486 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
488 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
489 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
490 val,recurse,options))
491 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
492 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
494 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
495 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
496 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
497 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
498 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
499 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
500 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
501 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
502 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
504 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, options) \
505 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
507 #define LA_ITERATE_OVER_SYMBOLS(BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, DATA) \
508 (current_language->la_iterate_over_symbols (BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, \
511 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
512 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
513 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
514 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
515 is program language dependent. */
517 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
519 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
520 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
522 /* Type predicates */
524 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
528 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
530 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
532 extern int value_true (struct value *);
534 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
536 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
538 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
540 extern const char *language_str (enum language);
542 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
544 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
546 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
548 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
550 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
552 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
553 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
554 const char *mangled, int options);
556 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
557 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
558 const char *physname);
560 /* Splitting strings into words. */
561 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
563 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
564 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
565 struct ui_file *stream,
566 const struct value_print_options *options);
568 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
569 reference at the language level. */
570 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
572 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
573 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
574 independent of this. */
575 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
577 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
578 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
579 struct ui_file *stream);
581 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
582 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
584 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
585 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
587 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */