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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16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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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, the corresponding block VAR_BLOCK (if any) and a
245 stack frame id FRAME, read the value of the variable and return (pointer
246 to a) struct value containing the value.
248 VAR_BLOCK is needed if there's a possibility for VAR to be outside
249 FRAME. This is what happens if FRAME correspond to a nested function
250 and VAR is defined in the outer function. If callers know that VAR is
251 located in FRAME or is global/static, NULL can be passed as VAR_BLOCK.
253 Throw an error if the variable cannot be found. */
255 struct value *(*la_read_var_value) (struct symbol *var,
256 const struct block *var_block,
257 struct frame_info *frame);
259 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
260 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
261 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
262 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
263 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
265 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
267 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
268 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
270 char *la_name_of_this;
272 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
273 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
276 struct block_symbol (*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal)
277 (const struct language_defn *,
279 const struct block *,
282 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
283 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
285 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
286 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
288 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
289 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
291 /* Table for printing expressions. */
293 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
295 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
296 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
300 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
301 char string_lower_bound;
303 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
304 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
306 /* Should return a vector of all symbols which are possible
307 completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command on which the
308 completion is being made. If CODE is TYPE_CODE_UNDEF, then all
309 symbols should be examined; otherwise, only STRUCT_DOMAIN
310 symbols whose type has a code of CODE should be matched. */
311 VEC (char_ptr) *(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (const char *text,
313 enum type_code code);
315 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
316 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
317 struct language_arch_info *);
319 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
320 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
321 struct ui_file *stream,
322 const struct value_print_options *options);
324 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
325 reference at the language level. */
326 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
328 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
329 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
330 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
331 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
332 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
333 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
334 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
335 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
336 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
337 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
338 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
339 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
341 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match
342 a symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME. This is mostly for languages
343 such as Ada where the matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME.
345 This field may be NULL, in which case strcmp_iw will be used
346 to perform the matching. */
347 symbol_name_cmp_ftype (*la_get_symbol_name_cmp) (const char *lookup_name);
349 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
350 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
352 The search is done in BLOCK only.
353 The caller is responsible for iterating up through superblocks
356 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol and the DATA
357 argument. If CALLBACK returns zero, the iteration ends at that
360 This field may not be NULL. If the language does not need any
361 special processing here, 'iterate_over_symbols' should be
362 used as the definition. */
363 void (*la_iterate_over_symbols) (const struct block *block,
366 symbol_found_callback_ftype *callback,
369 /* Various operations on varobj. */
370 const struct lang_varobj_ops *la_varobj_ops;
372 /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line,
373 this method should be non-NULL. When called it should return
374 an instance of struct gcc_context appropriate to the language.
375 When defined this method must never return NULL; instead it
376 should throw an exception on failure. The returned compiler
377 instance is owned by its caller and must be deallocated by
378 calling its 'destroy' method. */
380 struct compile_instance *(*la_get_compile_instance) (void);
382 /* This method must be defined if 'la_get_gcc_context' is defined.
383 If 'la_get_gcc_context' is not defined, then this method is
386 This takes the user-supplied text and returns a newly malloc'd
387 bit of code to compile. The caller owns the result.
389 INST is the compiler instance being used.
390 INPUT is the user's input text.
391 GDBARCH is the architecture to use.
392 EXPR_BLOCK is the block in which the expression is being
394 EXPR_PC is the PC at which the expression is being parsed. */
396 char *(*la_compute_program) (struct compile_instance *inst,
398 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
399 const struct block *expr_block,
402 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
403 /* Magic number for compat checking. */
409 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
411 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
412 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
415 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
416 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
417 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
418 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
419 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
420 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
421 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
422 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
423 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
424 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
425 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
427 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
429 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
430 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
432 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
435 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
436 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
437 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
439 extern enum language_mode
441 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
445 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
446 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
448 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
449 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
451 /* Look up type NAME in language L, and return its definition for architecture
452 GDBARCH. Returns NULL if not found. */
454 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type (const struct language_defn *l,
455 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
458 /* Wrapper around language_lookup_primitive_type to return the
459 corresponding symbol. */
462 language_lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const struct language_defn *l,
463 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
467 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
470 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
471 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
473 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
474 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
475 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
476 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
477 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
479 extern void language_info (int);
481 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
484 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
485 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
486 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
487 with the "set language" command. */
489 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags) \
490 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags))
492 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
493 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
495 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
496 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
497 val,recurse,options))
498 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
499 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
501 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
502 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
503 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
504 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
505 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
506 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
507 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
508 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
509 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
511 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, options) \
512 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
514 #define LA_ITERATE_OVER_SYMBOLS(BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, DATA) \
515 (current_language->la_iterate_over_symbols (BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, \
518 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
519 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
520 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
521 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
522 is program language dependent. */
524 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
526 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
527 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
529 /* Type predicates */
531 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
535 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
537 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
539 extern int value_true (struct value *);
541 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
543 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
545 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
547 extern const char *language_str (enum language);
549 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
551 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
553 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
555 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
557 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
558 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
559 const char *mangled, int options);
561 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
562 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
563 const char *physname);
565 /* Splitting strings into words. */
566 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
568 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
569 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
570 struct ui_file *stream,
571 const struct value_print_options *options);
573 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
574 reference at the language level. */
575 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
577 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
578 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
579 independent of this. */
580 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
582 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
583 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
584 struct ui_file *stream);
586 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
587 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
589 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
590 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
592 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */