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 /* A pointer to a function expected to return nonzero if
140 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME matches the given LOOKUP_NAME.
142 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME should be a symbol's "search" name.
143 LOOKUP_NAME should be the name of an entity after it has been
144 transformed for lookup. */
146 typedef int (*symbol_name_match_p_ftype) (const char *symbol_search_name,
147 const char *lookup_name);
149 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language. */
153 /* Name of the language. */
157 /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h). */
159 enum language la_language;
161 /* Default range checking. */
163 enum range_check la_range_check;
165 /* Default type checking. */
167 enum type_check la_type_check;
169 /* Default case sensitivity. */
170 enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
172 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
173 enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
175 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. */
176 enum macro_expansion la_macro_expansion;
178 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
181 const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
183 /* Parser function. */
185 int (*la_parser) (void);
187 /* Parser error function. */
189 void (*la_error) (char *);
191 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
192 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
193 its translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
194 for releasing its previous contents, if necessary. If
195 VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression. */
197 void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
199 void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
200 struct ui_file * stream);
202 void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, struct type *elttype,
203 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
204 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
205 const struct value_print_options *);
207 void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
208 struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
210 /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
212 void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, const char *, struct ui_file *, int,
215 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
216 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
217 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
219 void (*la_print_typedef) (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
220 struct ui_file *stream);
222 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language.
224 TYPE is the type of the sub-object to be printed.
226 CONTENTS holds the bits of the value. This holds the entire
229 EMBEDDED_OFFSET is the offset into the outermost object of the
230 sub-object represented by TYPE. This is the object which this
231 call should print. Note that the enclosing type is not
234 ADDRESS is the address in the inferior of the enclosing object.
236 STREAM is the stream on which the value is to be printed.
238 RECURSE is the recursion depth. It is zero-based.
240 OPTIONS are the formatting options to be used when
243 int (*la_val_print) (struct type *type,
244 const gdb_byte *contents,
245 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
246 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
247 const struct value *val,
248 const struct value_print_options *options);
250 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
252 int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
253 const struct value_print_options *);
255 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
256 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
257 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
258 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
259 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
261 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
263 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
264 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
266 char *la_name_of_this;
268 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
269 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
272 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
273 const struct block *,
276 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
277 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
279 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
280 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
282 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
283 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
285 /* Table for printing expressions. */
287 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
289 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
290 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
294 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
295 char string_lower_bound;
297 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
298 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
300 /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
301 are possible completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command
302 on which the completion is being made. */
303 char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
305 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
306 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
307 struct language_arch_info *);
309 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
310 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
311 struct ui_file *stream,
312 const struct value_print_options *options);
314 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
315 reference at the language level. */
316 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
318 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
319 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
320 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
321 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
322 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
323 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
324 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
325 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
326 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
327 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
328 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
329 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
331 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match
332 a symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME. This is mostly for languages
333 such as Ada where the matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME.
335 This field may be NULL, in which case strcmp_iw will be used
336 to perform the matching. */
337 symbol_name_match_p_ftype (*la_get_symbol_name_match_p)
338 (const char *lookup_name);
340 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
341 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
343 The search starts with BLOCK. This function iterates upward
344 through blocks. When the outermost block has been finished,
345 the function returns.
347 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol and the DATA
348 argument. If CALLBACK returns zero, the iteration ends at that
351 This field can be NULL, meaning that this language doesn't need
352 any special code aside from ordinary searches of the symbol
354 void (*la_iterate_over_symbols) (const struct block *block,
357 int (*callback) (struct symbol *, void *),
360 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
361 /* Magic number for compat checking. */
367 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
369 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
370 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
373 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
374 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
375 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
376 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
377 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
378 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
379 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
380 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
381 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
382 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
383 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
385 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
387 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
388 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
390 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
393 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
394 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
395 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
397 extern enum language_mode
399 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
403 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
404 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
406 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
407 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
409 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
410 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
414 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
417 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
418 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
420 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
421 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
423 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
424 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
425 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
426 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
427 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
429 extern void language_info (int);
431 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
434 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
435 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
436 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
437 with the "set language" command. */
439 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
440 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
442 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
443 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
445 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
446 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
447 val,recurse,options))
448 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
449 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
451 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
452 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
453 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
454 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
455 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
456 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
457 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
458 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
459 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
461 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, options) \
462 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
464 #define LA_ITERATE_OVER_SYMBOLS(BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, DATA) \
465 (current_language->la_iterate_over_symbols (BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, \
468 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
469 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
470 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
471 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
472 is program language dependent. */
474 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
476 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
477 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
479 /* Type predicates */
481 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
483 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness. */
484 /* FIXME: Does not appear to be used. */
485 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
487 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
491 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
493 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
495 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
497 extern int value_true (struct value *);
499 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
501 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
503 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
505 extern char *language_str (enum language);
507 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
509 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
511 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
513 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
515 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
517 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
518 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
519 const char *mangled, int options);
521 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
522 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
523 const char *physname);
525 /* Splitting strings into words. */
526 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
528 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
529 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
530 struct ui_file *stream,
531 const struct value_print_options *options);
533 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
534 reference at the language level. */
535 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
537 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
538 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
539 independent of this. */
540 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
542 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
543 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
544 struct ui_file *stream);
546 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
547 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
549 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
550 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
552 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */