gdb: Make python display_hint None handling defined behaviour

The documentation say that the display_hint method must return a
string to serve as a display hint, and then goes on to list some
acceptable strings.

However, if we don't supply the display_hint method then we get a
default display style behaviour and there's currently no way (in the
python api) to force this default behaviour.

The guile api allows #f to be used in order to force the default
display style behaviour, and this is documented.

Currently, using None in the python api also forces the default
display behaviour.

This commit extends the documentation to make returning None from the
display_hint method an official mechanism by which the user can get
the default display style.

I've extended one of the existing tests to cover this case.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Document use of None for the
	display_hint.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c (struct container) <is_map_p>: New
	field.
	(make_container): Initialise new field.
	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Add new tests.
	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (class ContainerPrinter)
	<display_hint>: New method.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 1f41498..87e20d3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-03-26  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+       * python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Document use of None for the
+       display_hint.
+
 2019-03-22  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
            Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 

diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 6fadaff..56c925d 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ consumer as a @samp{displayhint} attribute of the variable being
 printed.
 
 This method is optional.  If it does exist, this method must return a
-string.
+string or the special value @code{None}.
 
 Some display hints are predefined by @value{GDBN}:
 
@@ -1317,6 +1317,9 @@ string-printing function to format the string.  For the CLI this means
 adding quotation marks, possibly escaping some characters, respecting
 @code{set print elements}, and the like.
 @end table
+
+The special value @code{None} causes @value{GDBN} to apply the default
+display rules.
 @end defun
 
 @defun pretty_printer.to_string (self)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 04a90fc..e283f68 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 2019-03-26  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
+       * gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c (struct container) <is_map_p>: New
+       field.
+       (make_container): Initialise new field.
+       * gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Add new tests.
+       * gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (class ContainerPrinter)
+       <display_hint>: New method.
+
+2019-03-26  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
        * gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Use gdb_breakpoint and
        gdb_continue_to_breakpoint more throughout this test.
        (run_lang_tests) Supply unique test names, and use

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c
index 01fdf8a..1b9aeb4 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct container
   string name;
   int len;
   int *elements;
+  int is_map_p;
 };
 
 typedef struct container zzz_type;
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ make_container (const char *s)
   result.name = make_string (s);
   result.len = 0;
   result.elements = 0;
+  result.is_map_p = 0;
 
   return result;
 }

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp
index 3359082..82e7e65 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ proc run_lang_tests {exefile lang} {
     gdb_test_no_output "set python print-stack full"
     gdb_test "print hint_error" "Exception: hint failed\r\nhint_error_val"
 
-    gdb_test "print c" " = container \"container\" with 2 elements = {$nl *.0. = 23,$nl *.1. = 72$nl}"
+    gdb_test "print c" " = container \"container\" with 2 elements = {$nl *.0. = 23,$nl *.1. = 72$nl}" \
+       "print c, pretty printing on, default display hint"
+
+    gdb_test_no_output "set variable c.is_map_p=1"
+    gdb_test "print c" " = container \"container\" with 2 elements = \{$nl  \\\[23\\\] = 72$nl\}" \
+       "print c, pretty printing on, display hint is now map"
 
     gdb_test "print nstype" " = {$nl *.0. = 7,$nl *.1. = 42$nl}"
 
@@ -117,6 +122,14 @@ proc run_lang_tests {exefile lang} {
     gdb_test "print nstype" " = {.0. = 7, .1. = 42}" \
        "print nstype on one line"
 
+    # Now we have pretty printing turned off, try printing 'c' again.
+    gdb_test "print c" " = container \"container\" with 2 elements = \{\\\[23\\\] = 72\}" \
+       "print c, pretty printing off, display hint is now map"
+
+    gdb_test_no_output "set variable c.is_map_p=0"
+    gdb_test "print c" " = container \"container\" with 2 elements = \{\\\[0\\\] = 23, \\\[1\\\] = 72\}" \
+       "print c, pretty printing off, default display hint"
+
     # Check that GDB doesn't lose typedefs when looking for a printer.
     gdb_test "print an_int" " = -1"
     gdb_test "print (int) an_int" " = -1"

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py
index 92fe815..43727f7 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class ContainerPrinter (object):
     def children(self):
         return _iterator(self.val['elements'], self.val['len'])
 
+    def display_hint (self):
+        if (self.val['is_map_p']):
+            return 'map'
+        else:
+            return None
+
 # Treats a container as array.
 class ArrayPrinter (object):
     def __init__(self, val):