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1 /* Line completion stuff for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "symtab.h"
22 #include "gdbtypes.h"
23 #include "expression.h"
24 #include "filenames.h" /* For DOSish file names. */
25 #include "language.h"
26 #include "gdb_assert.h"
28 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
30 /* FIXME: This is needed because of lookup_cmd_1 (). We should be
31 calling a hook instead so we eliminate the CLI dependency. */
32 #include "gdbcmd.h"
34 /* Needed for rl_completer_word_break_characters() and for
35 rl_filename_completion_function. */
36 #include "readline/readline.h"
38 /* readline defines this. */
39 #undef savestring
41 #include "completer.h"
43 /* Prototypes for local functions. */
44 static
45 char *line_completion_function (const char *text, int matches,
46 char *line_buffer,
47 int point);
49 /* readline uses the word breaks for two things:
50 (1) In figuring out where to point the TEXT parameter to the
51 rl_completion_entry_function. Since we don't use TEXT for much,
52 it doesn't matter a lot what the word breaks are for this purpose, but
53 it does affect how much stuff M-? lists.
54 (2) If one of the matches contains a word break character, readline
55 will quote it. That's why we switch between
56 current_language->la_word_break_characters() and
57 gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters. I'm not sure when
58 we need this behavior (perhaps for funky characters in C++ symbols?). */
60 /* Variables which are necessary for fancy command line editing. */
62 /* When completing on command names, we remove '-' from the list of
63 word break characters, since we use it in command names. If the
64 readline library sees one in any of the current completion strings,
65 it thinks that the string needs to be quoted and automatically supplies
66 a leading quote. */
67 static char *gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters =
68 " \t\n!@#$%^&*()+=|~`}{[]\"';:?/>.<,";
70 /* When completing on file names, we remove from the list of word
71 break characters any characters that are commonly used in file
72 names, such as '-', '+', '~', etc. Otherwise, readline displays
73 incorrect completion candidates. */
74 #ifdef HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
75 /* MS-DOS and MS-Windows use colon as part of the drive spec, and most
76 programs support @foo style response files. */
77 static char *gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters = " \t\n*|\"';?><@";
78 #else
79 static char *gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters = " \t\n*|\"';:?><";
80 #endif
82 /* These are used when completing on locations, which can mix file
83 names and symbol names separated by a colon. */
84 static char *gdb_completer_loc_break_characters = " \t\n*|\"';:?><,";
86 /* Characters that can be used to quote completion strings. Note that we
87 can't include '"' because the gdb C parser treats such quoted sequences
88 as strings. */
89 static char *gdb_completer_quote_characters = "'";
91 /* Accessor for some completer data that may interest other files. */
93 char *
94 get_gdb_completer_quote_characters (void)
96 return gdb_completer_quote_characters;
99 /* Line completion interface function for readline. */
101 char *
102 readline_line_completion_function (const char *text, int matches)
104 return line_completion_function (text, matches, rl_line_buffer, rl_point);
107 /* This can be used for functions which don't want to complete on symbols
108 but don't want to complete on anything else either. */
109 char **
110 noop_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, char *text, char *prefix)
112 return NULL;
115 /* Complete on filenames. */
116 char **
117 filename_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, char *text, char *word)
119 int subsequent_name;
120 char **return_val;
121 int return_val_used;
122 int return_val_alloced;
124 return_val_used = 0;
125 /* Small for testing. */
126 return_val_alloced = 1;
127 return_val = (char **) xmalloc (return_val_alloced * sizeof (char *));
129 subsequent_name = 0;
130 while (1)
132 char *p, *q;
133 p = rl_filename_completion_function (text, subsequent_name);
134 if (return_val_used >= return_val_alloced)
136 return_val_alloced *= 2;
137 return_val =
138 (char **) xrealloc (return_val,
139 return_val_alloced * sizeof (char *));
141 if (p == NULL)
143 return_val[return_val_used++] = p;
144 break;
146 /* We need to set subsequent_name to a non-zero value before the
147 continue line below, because otherwise, if the first file seen
148 by GDB is a backup file whose name ends in a `~', we will loop
149 indefinitely. */
150 subsequent_name = 1;
151 /* Like emacs, don't complete on old versions. Especially useful
152 in the "source" command. */
153 if (p[strlen (p) - 1] == '~')
155 xfree (p);
156 continue;
159 if (word == text)
160 /* Return exactly p. */
161 return_val[return_val_used++] = p;
162 else if (word > text)
164 /* Return some portion of p. */
165 q = xmalloc (strlen (p) + 5);
166 strcpy (q, p + (word - text));
167 return_val[return_val_used++] = q;
168 xfree (p);
170 else
172 /* Return some of TEXT plus p. */
173 q = xmalloc (strlen (p) + (text - word) + 5);
174 strncpy (q, word, text - word);
175 q[text - word] = '\0';
176 strcat (q, p);
177 return_val[return_val_used++] = q;
178 xfree (p);
181 #if 0
182 /* There is no way to do this just long enough to affect quote inserting
183 without also affecting the next completion. This should be fixed in
184 readline. FIXME. */
185 /* Ensure that readline does the right thing
186 with respect to inserting quotes. */
187 rl_completer_word_break_characters = "";
188 #endif
189 return return_val;
192 /* Complete on locations, which might be of two possible forms:
194 file:line
196 symbol+offset
198 This is intended to be used in commands that set breakpoints etc. */
199 char **
200 location_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, char *text, char *word)
202 int n_syms = 0, n_files = 0;
203 char ** fn_list = NULL;
204 char ** list = NULL;
205 char *p;
206 int quote_found = 0;
207 int quoted = *text == '\'' || *text == '"';
208 int quote_char = '\0';
209 char *colon = NULL;
210 char *file_to_match = NULL;
211 char *symbol_start = text;
212 char *orig_text = text;
213 size_t text_len;
215 /* Do we have an unquoted colon, as in "break foo.c::bar"? */
216 for (p = text; *p != '\0'; ++p)
218 if (*p == '\\' && p[1] == '\'')
219 p++;
220 else if (*p == '\'' || *p == '"')
222 quote_found = *p;
223 quote_char = *p++;
224 while (*p != '\0' && *p != quote_found)
226 if (*p == '\\' && p[1] == quote_found)
227 p++;
228 p++;
231 if (*p == quote_found)
232 quote_found = 0;
233 else
234 break; /* Hit the end of text. */
236 #if HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
237 /* If we have a DOS-style absolute file name at the beginning of
238 TEXT, and the colon after the drive letter is the only colon
239 we found, pretend the colon is not there. */
240 else if (p < text + 3 && *p == ':' && p == text + 1 + quoted)
242 #endif
243 else if (*p == ':' && !colon)
245 colon = p;
246 symbol_start = p + 1;
248 else if (strchr (current_language->la_word_break_characters(), *p))
249 symbol_start = p + 1;
252 if (quoted)
253 text++;
254 text_len = strlen (text);
256 /* Where is the file name? */
257 if (colon)
259 char *s;
261 file_to_match = (char *) xmalloc (colon - text + 1);
262 strncpy (file_to_match, text, colon - text + 1);
263 /* Remove trailing colons and quotes from the file name. */
264 for (s = file_to_match + (colon - text);
265 s > file_to_match;
266 s--)
267 if (*s == ':' || *s == quote_char)
268 *s = '\0';
270 /* If the text includes a colon, they want completion only on a
271 symbol name after the colon. Otherwise, we need to complete on
272 symbols as well as on files. */
273 if (colon)
275 list = make_file_symbol_completion_list (symbol_start, word,
276 file_to_match);
277 xfree (file_to_match);
279 else
281 list = make_symbol_completion_list (symbol_start, word);
282 /* If text includes characters which cannot appear in a file
283 name, they cannot be asking for completion on files. */
284 if (strcspn (text,
285 gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters) == text_len)
286 fn_list = make_source_files_completion_list (text, text);
289 /* How many completions do we have in both lists? */
290 if (fn_list)
291 for ( ; fn_list[n_files]; n_files++)
293 if (list)
294 for ( ; list[n_syms]; n_syms++)
297 /* Make list[] large enough to hold both lists, then catenate
298 fn_list[] onto the end of list[]. */
299 if (n_syms && n_files)
301 list = xrealloc (list, (n_syms + n_files + 1) * sizeof (char *));
302 memcpy (list + n_syms, fn_list, (n_files + 1) * sizeof (char *));
303 xfree (fn_list);
305 else if (n_files)
307 /* If we only have file names as possible completion, we should
308 bring them in sync with what rl_complete expects. The
309 problem is that if the user types "break /foo/b TAB", and the
310 possible completions are "/foo/bar" and "/foo/baz"
311 rl_complete expects us to return "bar" and "baz", without the
312 leading directories, as possible completions, because `word'
313 starts at the "b". But we ignore the value of `word' when we
314 call make_source_files_completion_list above (because that
315 would not DTRT when the completion results in both symbols
316 and file names), so make_source_files_completion_list returns
317 the full "/foo/bar" and "/foo/baz" strings. This produces
318 wrong results when, e.g., there's only one possible
319 completion, because rl_complete will prepend "/foo/" to each
320 candidate completion. The loop below removes that leading
321 part. */
322 for (n_files = 0; fn_list[n_files]; n_files++)
324 memmove (fn_list[n_files], fn_list[n_files] + (word - text),
325 strlen (fn_list[n_files]) + 1 - (word - text));
327 /* Return just the file-name list as the result. */
328 list = fn_list;
330 else if (!n_syms)
332 /* No completions at all. As the final resort, try completing
333 on the entire text as a symbol. */
334 list = make_symbol_completion_list (orig_text, word);
335 xfree (fn_list);
337 else
338 xfree (fn_list);
340 return list;
343 /* Helper for expression_completer which recursively counts the number
344 of named fields and methods in a structure or union type. */
345 static int
346 count_struct_fields (struct type *type)
348 int i, result = 0;
350 CHECK_TYPEDEF (type);
351 for (i = 0; i < TYPE_NFIELDS (type); ++i)
353 if (i < TYPE_N_BASECLASSES (type))
354 result += count_struct_fields (TYPE_BASECLASS (type, i));
355 else if (TYPE_FIELD_NAME (type, i))
356 ++result;
359 for (i = TYPE_NFN_FIELDS (type) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
361 if (TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_NAME (type, i))
362 ++result;
365 return result;
368 /* Helper for expression_completer which recursively adds field and
369 method names from TYPE, a struct or union type, to the array
370 OUTPUT. This function assumes that OUTPUT is correctly-sized. */
371 static void
372 add_struct_fields (struct type *type, int *nextp, char **output,
373 char *fieldname, int namelen)
375 int i;
376 int computed_type_name = 0;
377 char *type_name = NULL;
379 CHECK_TYPEDEF (type);
380 for (i = 0; i < TYPE_NFIELDS (type); ++i)
382 if (i < TYPE_N_BASECLASSES (type))
383 add_struct_fields (TYPE_BASECLASS (type, i), nextp, output,
384 fieldname, namelen);
385 else if (TYPE_FIELD_NAME (type, i)
386 && ! strncmp (TYPE_FIELD_NAME (type, i), fieldname, namelen))
388 output[*nextp] = xstrdup (TYPE_FIELD_NAME (type, i));
389 ++*nextp;
393 for (i = TYPE_NFN_FIELDS (type) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
395 char *name = TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_NAME (type, i);
396 if (name && ! strncmp (name, fieldname, namelen))
398 if (!computed_type_name)
400 type_name = type_name_no_tag (type);
401 computed_type_name = 1;
403 /* Omit constructors from the completion list. */
404 if (type_name && strcmp (type_name, name))
406 output[*nextp] = xstrdup (name);
407 ++*nextp;
413 /* Complete on expressions. Often this means completing on symbol
414 names, but some language parsers also have support for completing
415 field names. */
416 char **
417 expression_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, char *text, char *word)
419 struct type *type;
420 char *fieldname, *p;
422 /* Perform a tentative parse of the expression, to see whether a
423 field completion is required. */
424 fieldname = NULL;
425 type = parse_field_expression (text, &fieldname);
426 if (fieldname && type)
428 for (;;)
430 CHECK_TYPEDEF (type);
431 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
432 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
433 break;
434 type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);
437 if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_UNION
438 || TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_STRUCT)
440 int alloc = count_struct_fields (type);
441 int flen = strlen (fieldname);
442 int out = 0;
443 char **result = (char **) xmalloc ((alloc + 1) * sizeof (char *));
445 add_struct_fields (type, &out, result, fieldname, flen);
446 result[out] = NULL;
447 xfree (fieldname);
448 return result;
451 xfree (fieldname);
453 /* Commands which complete on locations want to see the entire
454 argument. */
455 for (p = word;
456 p > text && p[-1] != ' ' && p[-1] != '\t';
457 p--)
460 /* Not ideal but it is what we used to do before... */
461 return location_completer (ignore, p, word);
464 /* Here are some useful test cases for completion. FIXME: These should
465 be put in the test suite. They should be tested with both M-? and TAB.
467 "show output-" "radix"
468 "show output" "-radix"
469 "p" ambiguous (commands starting with p--path, print, printf, etc.)
470 "p " ambiguous (all symbols)
471 "info t foo" no completions
472 "info t " no completions
473 "info t" ambiguous ("info target", "info terminal", etc.)
474 "info ajksdlfk" no completions
475 "info ajksdlfk " no completions
476 "info" " "
477 "info " ambiguous (all info commands)
478 "p \"a" no completions (string constant)
479 "p 'a" ambiguous (all symbols starting with a)
480 "p b-a" ambiguous (all symbols starting with a)
481 "p b-" ambiguous (all symbols)
482 "file Make" "file" (word break hard to screw up here)
483 "file ../gdb.stabs/we" "ird" (needs to not break word at slash)
486 typedef enum
488 handle_brkchars,
489 handle_completions,
490 handle_help
492 complete_line_internal_reason;
495 /* Internal function used to handle completions.
498 TEXT is the caller's idea of the "word" we are looking at.
500 LINE_BUFFER is available to be looked at; it contains the entire text
501 of the line. POINT is the offset in that line of the cursor. You
502 should pretend that the line ends at POINT.
504 REASON is of type complete_line_internal_reason.
506 If REASON is handle_brkchars:
507 Preliminary phase, called by gdb_completion_word_break_characters function,
508 is used to determine the correct set of chars that are word delimiters
509 depending on the current command in line_buffer.
510 No completion list should be generated; the return value should be NULL.
511 This is checked by an assertion in that function.
513 If REASON is handle_completions:
514 Main phase, called by complete_line function, is used to get the list
515 of posible completions.
517 If REASON is handle_help:
518 Special case when completing a 'help' command. In this case,
519 once sub-command completions are exhausted, we simply return NULL.
522 static char **
523 complete_line_internal (const char *text, char *line_buffer, int point,
524 complete_line_internal_reason reason)
526 char **list = NULL;
527 char *tmp_command, *p;
528 /* Pointer within tmp_command which corresponds to text. */
529 char *word;
530 struct cmd_list_element *c, *result_list;
532 /* Choose the default set of word break characters to break completions.
533 If we later find out that we are doing completions on command strings
534 (as opposed to strings supplied by the individual command completer
535 functions, which can be any string) then we will switch to the
536 special word break set for command strings, which leaves out the
537 '-' character used in some commands. */
538 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
539 current_language->la_word_break_characters();
541 /* Decide whether to complete on a list of gdb commands or on symbols. */
542 tmp_command = (char *) alloca (point + 1);
543 p = tmp_command;
545 strncpy (tmp_command, line_buffer, point);
546 tmp_command[point] = '\0';
547 /* Since text always contains some number of characters leading up
548 to point, we can find the equivalent position in tmp_command
549 by subtracting that many characters from the end of tmp_command. */
550 word = tmp_command + point - strlen (text);
552 if (point == 0)
554 /* An empty line we want to consider ambiguous; that is, it
555 could be any command. */
556 c = (struct cmd_list_element *) -1;
557 result_list = 0;
559 else
561 c = lookup_cmd_1 (&p, cmdlist, &result_list, 1);
564 /* Move p up to the next interesting thing. */
565 while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t')
567 p++;
570 if (!c)
572 /* It is an unrecognized command. So there are no
573 possible completions. */
574 list = NULL;
576 else if (c == (struct cmd_list_element *) -1)
578 char *q;
580 /* lookup_cmd_1 advances p up to the first ambiguous thing, but
581 doesn't advance over that thing itself. Do so now. */
582 q = p;
583 while (*q && (isalnum (*q) || *q == '-' || *q == '_'))
584 ++q;
585 if (q != tmp_command + point)
587 /* There is something beyond the ambiguous
588 command, so there are no possible completions. For
589 example, "info t " or "info t foo" does not complete
590 to anything, because "info t" can be "info target" or
591 "info terminal". */
592 list = NULL;
594 else
596 /* We're trying to complete on the command which was ambiguous.
597 This we can deal with. */
598 if (result_list)
600 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
601 list = complete_on_cmdlist (*result_list->prefixlist, p,
602 word);
604 else
606 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
607 list = complete_on_cmdlist (cmdlist, p, word);
609 /* Ensure that readline does the right thing with respect to
610 inserting quotes. */
611 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
612 gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters;
615 else
617 /* We've recognized a full command. */
619 if (p == tmp_command + point)
621 /* There is no non-whitespace in the line beyond the command. */
623 if (p[-1] == ' ' || p[-1] == '\t')
625 /* The command is followed by whitespace; we need to complete
626 on whatever comes after command. */
627 if (c->prefixlist)
629 /* It is a prefix command; what comes after it is
630 a subcommand (e.g. "info "). */
631 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
632 list = complete_on_cmdlist (*c->prefixlist, p, word);
634 /* Ensure that readline does the right thing
635 with respect to inserting quotes. */
636 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
637 gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters;
639 else if (reason == handle_help)
640 list = NULL;
641 else if (c->enums)
643 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
644 list = complete_on_enum (c->enums, p, word);
645 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
646 gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters;
648 else
650 /* It is a normal command; what comes after it is
651 completed by the command's completer function. */
652 if (c->completer == filename_completer)
654 /* Many commands which want to complete on
655 file names accept several file names, as
656 in "run foo bar >>baz". So we don't want
657 to complete the entire text after the
658 command, just the last word. To this
659 end, we need to find the beginning of the
660 file name by starting at `word' and going
661 backwards. */
662 for (p = word;
663 p > tmp_command
664 && strchr (gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters, p[-1]) == NULL;
665 p--)
667 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
668 gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters;
670 else if (c->completer == location_completer)
672 /* Commands which complete on locations want to
673 see the entire argument. */
674 for (p = word;
675 p > tmp_command
676 && p[-1] != ' ' && p[-1] != '\t';
677 p--)
680 if (reason != handle_brkchars && c->completer != NULL)
681 list = (*c->completer) (c, p, word);
684 else
686 /* The command is not followed by whitespace; we need to
687 complete on the command itself. e.g. "p" which is a
688 command itself but also can complete to "print", "ptype"
689 etc. */
690 char *q;
692 /* Find the command we are completing on. */
693 q = p;
694 while (q > tmp_command)
696 if (isalnum (q[-1]) || q[-1] == '-' || q[-1] == '_')
697 --q;
698 else
699 break;
702 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
703 list = complete_on_cmdlist (result_list, q, word);
705 /* Ensure that readline does the right thing
706 with respect to inserting quotes. */
707 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
708 gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters;
711 else if (reason == handle_help)
712 list = NULL;
713 else
715 /* There is non-whitespace beyond the command. */
717 if (c->prefixlist && !c->allow_unknown)
719 /* It is an unrecognized subcommand of a prefix command,
720 e.g. "info adsfkdj". */
721 list = NULL;
723 else if (c->enums)
725 if (reason != handle_brkchars)
726 list = complete_on_enum (c->enums, p, word);
728 else
730 /* It is a normal command. */
731 if (c->completer == filename_completer)
733 /* See the commentary above about the specifics
734 of file-name completion. */
735 for (p = word;
736 p > tmp_command
737 && strchr (gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters, p[-1]) == NULL;
738 p--)
740 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
741 gdb_completer_file_name_break_characters;
743 else if (c->completer == location_completer)
745 for (p = word;
746 p > tmp_command
747 && p[-1] != ' ' && p[-1] != '\t';
748 p--)
751 if (reason != handle_brkchars && c->completer != NULL)
752 list = (*c->completer) (c, p, word);
757 return list;
759 /* Generate completions all at once. Returns a NULL-terminated array
760 of strings. Both the array and each element are allocated with
761 xmalloc. It can also return NULL if there are no completions.
763 TEXT is the caller's idea of the "word" we are looking at.
765 LINE_BUFFER is available to be looked at; it contains the entire text
766 of the line.
768 POINT is the offset in that line of the cursor. You
769 should pretend that the line ends at POINT. */
771 char **
772 complete_line (const char *text, char *line_buffer, int point)
774 return complete_line_internal (text, line_buffer, point, handle_completions);
777 /* Complete on command names. Used by "help". */
778 char **
779 command_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore, char *text, char *word)
781 return complete_line_internal (word, text, strlen (text), handle_help);
784 /* Get the list of chars that are considered as word breaks
785 for the current command. */
787 char *
788 gdb_completion_word_break_characters (void)
790 char ** list;
791 list = complete_line_internal (rl_line_buffer, rl_line_buffer, rl_point,
792 handle_brkchars);
793 gdb_assert (list == NULL);
794 return rl_completer_word_break_characters;
797 /* Generate completions one by one for the completer. Each time we are
798 called return another potential completion to the caller.
799 line_completion just completes on commands or passes the buck to the
800 command's completer function, the stuff specific to symbol completion
801 is in make_symbol_completion_list.
803 TEXT is the caller's idea of the "word" we are looking at.
805 MATCHES is the number of matches that have currently been collected from
806 calling this completion function. When zero, then we need to initialize,
807 otherwise the initialization has already taken place and we can just
808 return the next potential completion string.
810 LINE_BUFFER is available to be looked at; it contains the entire text
811 of the line. POINT is the offset in that line of the cursor. You
812 should pretend that the line ends at POINT.
814 Returns NULL if there are no more completions, else a pointer to a string
815 which is a possible completion, it is the caller's responsibility to
816 free the string. */
818 static char *
819 line_completion_function (const char *text, int matches,
820 char *line_buffer, int point)
822 static char **list = (char **) NULL; /* Cache of completions. */
823 static int index; /* Next cached completion. */
824 char *output = NULL;
826 if (matches == 0)
828 /* The caller is beginning to accumulate a new set of completions, so
829 we need to find all of them now, and cache them for returning one at
830 a time on future calls. */
832 if (list)
834 /* Free the storage used by LIST, but not by the strings inside.
835 This is because rl_complete_internal () frees the strings.
836 As complete_line may abort by calling `error' clear LIST now. */
837 xfree (list);
838 list = NULL;
840 index = 0;
841 list = complete_line (text, line_buffer, point);
844 /* If we found a list of potential completions during initialization then
845 dole them out one at a time. The vector of completions is NULL
846 terminated, so after returning the last one, return NULL (and continue
847 to do so) each time we are called after that, until a new list is
848 available. */
850 if (list)
852 output = list[index];
853 if (output)
855 index++;
859 #if 0
860 /* Can't do this because readline hasn't yet checked the word breaks
861 for figuring out whether to insert a quote. */
862 if (output == NULL)
863 /* Make sure the word break characters are set back to normal for the
864 next time that readline tries to complete something. */
865 rl_completer_word_break_characters =
866 current_language->la_word_break_characters();
867 #endif
869 return (output);
872 /* Skip over the possibly quoted word STR (as defined by the quote
873 characters QUOTECHARS and the the word break characters
874 BREAKCHARS). Returns pointer to the location after the "word". If
875 either QUOTECHARS or BREAKCHARS is NULL, use the same values used
876 by the completer. */
878 char *
879 skip_quoted_chars (char *str, char *quotechars, char *breakchars)
881 char quote_char = '\0';
882 char *scan;
884 if (quotechars == NULL)
885 quotechars = gdb_completer_quote_characters;
887 if (breakchars == NULL)
888 breakchars = current_language->la_word_break_characters();
890 for (scan = str; *scan != '\0'; scan++)
892 if (quote_char != '\0')
894 /* Ignore everything until the matching close quote char. */
895 if (*scan == quote_char)
897 /* Found matching close quote. */
898 scan++;
899 break;
902 else if (strchr (quotechars, *scan))
904 /* Found start of a quoted string. */
905 quote_char = *scan;
907 else if (strchr (breakchars, *scan))
909 break;
913 return (scan);
916 /* Skip over the possibly quoted word STR (as defined by the quote
917 characters and word break characters used by the completer).
918 Returns pointer to the location after the "word". */
920 char *
921 skip_quoted (char *str)
923 return skip_quoted_chars (str, NULL, NULL);