1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,
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7 of New York at Buffalo.
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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 *,
261 const struct block *,
264 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
265 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
267 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
268 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
270 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
271 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
273 /* Table for printing expressions */
275 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
277 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
278 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
282 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
283 char string_lower_bound;
285 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
286 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
288 /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
289 are possible completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command
290 on which the completion is being made. */
291 char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
293 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
294 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
295 struct language_arch_info *);
297 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
298 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
299 struct ui_file *stream,
300 const struct value_print_options *options);
302 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
303 reference at the language level. */
304 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
306 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
307 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
308 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
309 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
310 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
311 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
312 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
313 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
314 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
315 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
316 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
317 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
319 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
320 /* Magic number for compat checking */
326 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
328 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
329 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
332 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
333 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
334 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
335 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
336 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
337 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
338 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
339 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
340 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
341 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
342 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
344 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
346 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
347 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
349 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
352 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
353 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
354 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
356 extern enum language_mode
358 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
362 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
363 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
365 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
366 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
368 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
369 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
373 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
376 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
377 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
379 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
380 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
382 /* "cast" really means conversion */
383 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
384 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
385 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
386 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
388 extern void language_info (int);
390 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
393 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
394 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
395 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
396 with the "set language" command. */
398 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
399 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
401 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
402 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
404 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,recurse,options) \
405 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
407 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
408 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
410 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
411 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
412 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses,options) \
413 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
414 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
415 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
416 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
417 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
418 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
420 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, optins) \
421 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
423 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
424 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
425 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
426 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
427 is program language dependent. */
429 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
431 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
432 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
434 /* Type predicates */
436 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
438 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
440 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
442 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
444 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
446 extern int character_type (struct type *);
448 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
450 extern int float_type (struct type *);
452 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
454 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
456 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
457 /* FIXME: Does not appear to be used */
458 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
460 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
464 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
466 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
468 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
470 extern int value_true (struct value *);
472 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
474 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
476 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
478 extern char *language_str (enum language);
480 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
482 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
484 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
486 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
488 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
490 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
491 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
492 const char *mangled, int options);
494 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
495 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
496 const char *physname);
498 /* Splitting strings into words. */
499 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
501 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
502 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
503 struct ui_file *stream,
504 const struct value_print_options *options);
506 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
507 reference at the language level. */
508 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
510 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
511 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
512 independent of this. */
513 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
515 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
516 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
517 struct ui_file *stream);
519 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
520 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
522 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
523 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
525 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */