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[external/binutils.git] / gdb / typeprint.c

diff --git a/gdb/typeprint.c b/gdb/typeprint.c
index 44f1a77..f090231 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/typeprint.c
+++ b/gdb/typeprint.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Language independent support for printing types for GDB, the GNU debugger.
 
    Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999,
-   2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GDB.
 
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@
 #include "cp-abi.h"
 #include "typeprint.h"
 #include "gdb_string.h"
+#include "exceptions.h"
+#include "valprint.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 
-/* For real-type printing in whatis_exp() */
-extern int objectprint;                /* Controls looking up an object's derived type
-                                  using what we find in its vtables.  */
-
 extern void _initialize_typeprint (void);
 
 static void ptype_command (char *, int);
@@ -81,6 +79,33 @@ type_print (struct type *type, char *varstring, struct ui_file *stream,
   LA_PRINT_TYPE (type, varstring, stream, show, 0);
 }
 
+/* Print TYPE to a string, returning it.  The caller is responsible for
+   freeing the string.  */
+
+char *
+type_to_string (struct type *type)
+{
+  char *s = NULL;
+  struct ui_file *stb;
+  struct cleanup *old_chain;
+  volatile struct gdb_exception except;
+
+  stb = mem_fileopen ();
+  old_chain = make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
+
+  TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+    {
+      type_print (type, "", stb, -1);
+      s = ui_file_xstrdup (stb, NULL);
+    }
+  if (except.reason < 0)
+    s = NULL;
+
+  do_cleanups (old_chain);
+
+  return s;
+}
+
 /* Print type of EXP, or last thing in value history if EXP == NULL.
    show is passed to type_print.  */
 
@@ -95,6 +120,7 @@ whatis_exp (char *exp, int show)
   int full = 0;
   int top = -1;
   int using_enc = 0;
+  struct value_print_options opts;
 
   if (exp)
     {
@@ -107,7 +133,8 @@ whatis_exp (char *exp, int show)
 
   type = value_type (val);
 
-  if (objectprint)
+  get_user_print_options (&opts);
+  if (opts.objectprint)
     {
       if (((TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
           || (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_REF))
@@ -208,7 +235,7 @@ print_type_scalar (struct type *type, LONGEST val, struct ui_file *stream)
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_CHAR:
-      LA_PRINT_CHAR ((unsigned char) val, stream);
+      LA_PRINT_CHAR ((unsigned char) val, type, stream);
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_BOOL: