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1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991-2013 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.
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
24 #define LANGUAGE_H 1
26 /* Forward decls for prototypes. */
27 struct value;
28 struct objfile;
29 struct frame_info;
30 struct expression;
31 struct ui_file;
32 struct value_print_options;
33 struct type_print_options;
35 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims. */
37 /* range_mode ==
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
45 range_mode;
47 /* range_check ==
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
56 range_check;
58 /* case_mode ==
59 case_mode_auto: case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope.
60 case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user. */
62 extern enum case_mode
64 case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
66 case_mode;
68 /* array_ordering ==
69 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order.
70 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order. */
72 extern enum array_ordering
74 array_row_major, array_column_major
76 array_ordering;
79 /* case_sensitivity ==
80 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used.
81 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used. */
83 extern enum case_sensitivity
85 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
87 case_sensitivity;
90 /* macro_expansion ==
91 macro_expansion_no: No macro expansion is available.
92 macro_expansion_c: C-like macro expansion is available. */
94 enum macro_expansion
96 macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
100 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
102 struct language_arch_info
104 /* Its primitive types. This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
105 These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
106 expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
107 actually defines such a type. */
108 struct type **primitive_type_vector;
109 /* Type of elements of strings. */
110 struct type *string_char_type;
112 /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined. */
113 const char *bool_type_symbol;
114 /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type. */
115 struct type *bool_type_default;
118 /* A pointer to a function expected to return nonzero if
119 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME matches the given LOOKUP_NAME.
121 SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME should be a symbol's "search" name.
122 LOOKUP_NAME should be the name of an entity after it has been
123 transformed for lookup. */
125 typedef int (*symbol_name_cmp_ftype) (const char *symbol_search_name,
126 const char *lookup_name);
128 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language. */
130 struct language_defn
132 /* Name of the language. */
134 char *la_name;
136 /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h). */
138 enum language la_language;
140 /* Default range checking. */
142 enum range_check la_range_check;
144 /* Default case sensitivity. */
145 enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
147 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
148 enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
150 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. */
151 enum macro_expansion la_macro_expansion;
153 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
154 dumping. */
156 const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
158 /* Parser function. */
160 int (*la_parser) (void);
162 /* Parser error function. */
164 void (*la_error) (char *);
166 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
167 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
168 its translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
169 for releasing its previous contents, if necessary. If
170 VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression. */
172 void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
174 void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
175 struct ui_file * stream);
177 void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, struct type *elttype,
178 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
179 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
180 const struct value_print_options *);
182 void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
183 struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
185 /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
187 void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, const char *, struct ui_file *, int,
188 int, const struct type_print_options *);
190 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
191 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
192 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
194 void (*la_print_typedef) (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
195 struct ui_file *stream);
197 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language.
199 TYPE is the type of the sub-object to be printed.
201 CONTENTS holds the bits of the value. This holds the entire
202 enclosing object.
204 EMBEDDED_OFFSET is the offset into the outermost object of the
205 sub-object represented by TYPE. This is the object which this
206 call should print. Note that the enclosing type is not
207 available.
209 ADDRESS is the address in the inferior of the enclosing object.
211 STREAM is the stream on which the value is to be printed.
213 RECURSE is the recursion depth. It is zero-based.
215 OPTIONS are the formatting options to be used when
216 printing. */
218 void (*la_val_print) (struct type *type,
219 const gdb_byte *contents,
220 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
221 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
222 const struct value *val,
223 const struct value_print_options *options);
225 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
227 void (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
228 const struct value_print_options *);
230 /* Given a symbol VAR, and a stack frame id FRAME, read the value
231 of the variable an return (pointer to a) struct value containing
232 the value.
234 Throw an error if the variable cannot be found. */
236 struct value *(*la_read_var_value) (struct symbol *var,
237 struct frame_info *frame);
239 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
240 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
241 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
242 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
243 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
245 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
247 /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
248 local variable that refers to the current object instance. */
250 char *la_name_of_this;
252 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
253 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
254 variables. */
256 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
257 const struct block *,
258 const domain_enum);
260 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
261 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
263 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
264 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
266 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
267 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
269 /* Table for printing expressions. */
271 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
273 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
274 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
276 char c_style_arrays;
278 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
279 char string_lower_bound;
281 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
282 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
284 /* Should return a vector of all symbols which are possible
285 completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command on which the
286 completion is being made. If CODE is TYPE_CODE_UNDEF, then all
287 symbols should be examined; otherwise, only STRUCT_DOMAIN
288 symbols whose type has a code of CODE should be matched. */
289 VEC (char_ptr) *(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (const char *text,
290 const char *word,
291 enum type_code code);
293 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
294 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
295 struct language_arch_info *);
297 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
298 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
299 struct ui_file *stream,
300 const struct value_print_options *options);
302 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
303 reference at the language level. */
304 int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
306 /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
307 buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller. If the
308 in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
309 read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
310 otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
311 On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
312 If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
313 characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
314 Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
315 CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string. */
316 void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
317 struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
319 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match
320 a symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME. This is mostly for languages
321 such as Ada where the matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME.
323 This field may be NULL, in which case strcmp_iw will be used
324 to perform the matching. */
325 symbol_name_cmp_ftype (*la_get_symbol_name_cmp) (const char *lookup_name);
327 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
328 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
330 The search is done in BLOCK only.
331 The caller is responsible for iterating up through superblocks
332 if desired.
334 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol and the DATA
335 argument. If CALLBACK returns zero, the iteration ends at that
336 point.
338 This field may not be NULL. If the language does not need any
339 special processing here, 'iterate_over_symbols' should be
340 used as the definition. */
341 void (*la_iterate_over_symbols) (const struct block *block,
342 const char *name,
343 domain_enum domain,
344 symbol_found_callback_ftype *callback,
345 void *data);
347 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
348 /* Magic number for compat checking. */
350 long la_magic;
354 #define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
356 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
357 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
358 it for validity.
360 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
361 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
362 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
363 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
364 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
365 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
366 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
367 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
368 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
369 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
370 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
372 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
374 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
375 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
377 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
379 /* language_mode ==
380 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
381 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
382 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
384 extern enum language_mode
386 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
388 language_mode;
390 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
391 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
393 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
394 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
396 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
397 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
398 const char *name);
401 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
402 evaluator. */
404 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
405 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
407 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
408 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
409 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
410 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
411 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
413 extern void language_info (int);
415 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
418 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
419 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
420 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
421 with the "set language" command. */
423 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags) \
424 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags))
426 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
427 (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
429 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
430 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
431 val,recurse,options))
432 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
433 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
435 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
436 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
437 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
438 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
439 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
440 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
441 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
442 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
443 (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
445 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, options) \
446 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
448 #define LA_ITERATE_OVER_SYMBOLS(BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, DATA) \
449 (current_language->la_iterate_over_symbols (BLOCK, NAME, DOMAIN, CALLBACK, \
450 DATA))
452 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
453 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
454 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
455 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
456 is program language dependent. */
458 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
459 ((c) >= 0x20 \
460 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
461 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
463 /* Type predicates */
465 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
467 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness. */
468 /* FIXME: Does not appear to be used. */
469 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
471 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
473 /* Error messages */
475 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
477 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
479 extern int value_true (struct value *);
481 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
483 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
485 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
487 extern char *language_str (enum language);
489 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
491 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
493 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
495 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
497 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
499 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
500 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
501 const char *mangled, int options);
503 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
504 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
505 const char *physname);
507 /* Splitting strings into words. */
508 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
510 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
511 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
512 struct ui_file *stream,
513 const struct value_print_options *options);
515 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
516 reference at the language level. */
517 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
519 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
520 level. The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
521 independent of this. */
522 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
524 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef. */
525 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
526 struct ui_file *stream);
528 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
529 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
531 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
532 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
534 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */