1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,
4 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
7 of New York at Buffalo.
9 This file is part of GDB.
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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, 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 *, char *, struct ui_file *, int,
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 int (*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_print_options *options);
238 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
240 int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
241 const struct value_print_options *);
243 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
244 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
245 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
246 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
247 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
249 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
251 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
252 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
254 char *la_name_of_this;
256 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
257 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
260 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
262 const struct block *,
265 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
266 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
268 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
269 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
271 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
272 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
274 /* Table for printing expressions */
276 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
278 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
279 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
283 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
284 char string_lower_bound;
286 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
287 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
289 /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
290 are possible completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command
291 on which the completion is being made. */
292 char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
294 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
295 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
296 struct language_arch_info *);
298 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
299 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
300 struct ui_file *stream,
301 const struct value_print_options *options);
303 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
304 reference at the language level. */
305 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
307 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
308 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
309 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
310 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
311 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
312 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
313 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
314 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
315 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
316 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
317 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
318 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
320 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
321 /* Magic number for compat checking */
327 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
329 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
330 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
333 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
334 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
335 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
336 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
337 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
338 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
339 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
340 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
341 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
342 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
343 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
345 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
347 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
348 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
350 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
353 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
354 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
355 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
357 extern enum language_mode
359 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
363 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
364 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
366 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
367 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
369 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
370 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
374 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
377 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
378 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
380 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
381 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
383 /* "cast" really means conversion */
384 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
385 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION (current_language->la_language == language_c || \
386 current_language->la_language == language_cplus || \
387 current_language->la_language == language_objc)
389 extern void language_info (int);
391 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
394 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
395 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
396 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
397 with the "set language" command. */
399 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
400 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
402 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
403 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
405 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,recurse,options) \
406 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
408 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
409 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
411 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
412 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
413 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses,options) \
414 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
415 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
416 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
417 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
418 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
419 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
421 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, optins) \
422 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
424 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
425 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
426 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
427 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
428 is program language dependent. */
430 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
432 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
433 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
435 /* Type predicates */
437 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
439 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
441 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
443 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
445 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
447 extern int character_type (struct type *);
449 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
451 extern int float_type (struct type *);
453 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
455 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
457 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
458 /* FIXME: Does not appear to be used */
459 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
461 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
465 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
467 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
469 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
471 extern int value_true (struct value *);
473 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
475 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
477 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
479 extern char *language_str (enum language);
481 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
483 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
485 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
487 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
489 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
491 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
492 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
493 const char *mangled, int options);
495 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
496 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
497 const char *physname);
499 /* Splitting strings into words. */
500 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
502 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
503 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
504 struct ui_file *stream,
505 const struct value_print_options *options);
507 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
508 reference at the language level. */
509 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
511 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
512 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
513 independent of this. */
514 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
516 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
517 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
518 struct ui_file *stream);
520 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
521 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
523 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
524 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
526 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */