Introduce class completion_tracker & rewrite completion<->readline interaction
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1 /* Header for GDB line completion.
2 Copyright (C) 2000-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
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11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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13
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15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
16
17 #if !defined (COMPLETER_H)
18 #define COMPLETER_H 1
19
20 #include "gdb_vecs.h"
21 #include "command.h"
22
23 /* Types of functions in struct match_list_displayer. */
24
25 struct match_list_displayer;
26
27 typedef void mld_crlf_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *);
28 typedef void mld_putch_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *, int);
29 typedef void mld_puts_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *,
30 const char *);
31 typedef void mld_flush_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *);
32 typedef void mld_erase_entire_line_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *);
33 typedef void mld_beep_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *);
34 typedef int mld_read_key_ftype (const struct match_list_displayer *);
35
36 /* Interface between CLI/TUI and gdb_match_list_displayer. */
37
38 struct match_list_displayer
39 {
40 /* The screen dimensions to work with when displaying matches. */
41 int height, width;
42
43 /* Print cr,lf. */
44 mld_crlf_ftype *crlf;
45
46 /* Not "putc" to avoid issues where it is a stdio macro. Sigh. */
47 mld_putch_ftype *putch;
48
49 /* Print a string. */
50 mld_puts_ftype *puts;
51
52 /* Flush all accumulated output. */
53 mld_flush_ftype *flush;
54
55 /* Erase the currently line on the terminal (but don't discard any text the
56 user has entered, readline may shortly re-print it). */
57 mld_erase_entire_line_ftype *erase_entire_line;
58
59 /* Ring the bell. */
60 mld_beep_ftype *beep;
61
62 /* Read one key. */
63 mld_read_key_ftype *read_key;
64 };
65
66 /* A list of completion candidates. Each element is a malloc string,
67 because ownership of the strings is transferred to readline, which
68 calls free on each element. */
69 typedef std::vector<gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>> completion_list;
70
71 /* The final result of a completion that is handed over to either
72 readline or the "completion" command (which pretends to be
73 readline). Mainly a wrapper for a readline-style match list array,
74 though other bits of info are included too. */
75
76 struct completion_result
77 {
78 /* Create an empty result. */
79 completion_result ();
80
81 /* Create a result. */
82 completion_result (char **match_list, size_t number_matches,
83 bool completion_suppress_append);
84
85 /* Destroy a result. */
86 ~completion_result ();
87
88 /* Disable copying, since we don't need it. */
89 completion_result (const completion_result &rhs) = delete;
90 void operator= (const completion_result &rhs) = delete;
91
92 /* Move a result. */
93 completion_result (completion_result &&rhs);
94
95 /* Release ownership of the match list array. */
96 char **release_match_list ();
97
98 /* Sort the match list. */
99 void sort_match_list ();
100
101 private:
102 /* Destroy the match list array and its contents. */
103 void reset_match_list ();
104
105 public:
106 /* (There's no point in making these fields private, since the whole
107 point of this wrapper is to build data in the layout expected by
108 readline. Making them private would require adding getters for
109 the "complete" command, which would expose the same
110 implementation details anyway.) */
111
112 /* The match list array, in the format that readline expects.
113 match_list[0] contains the common prefix. The real match list
114 starts at index 1. The list is NULL terminated. If there's only
115 one match, then match_list[1] is NULL. If there are no matches,
116 then this is NULL. */
117 char **match_list;
118 /* The number of matched completions in MATCH_LIST. Does not
119 include the NULL terminator or the common prefix. */
120 size_t number_matches;
121
122 /* Whether readline should suppress appending a whitespace, when
123 there's only one possible completion. */
124 bool completion_suppress_append;
125 };
126
127 /* Object used by completers to build a completion match list to hand
128 over to readline. It tracks:
129
130 - How many unique completions have been generated, to terminate
131 completion list generation early if the list has grown to a size
132 so large as to be useless. This helps avoid GDB seeming to lock
133 up in the event the user requests to complete on something vague
134 that necessitates the time consuming expansion of many symbol
135 tables.
136 */
137 class completion_tracker
138 {
139 public:
140 completion_tracker ();
141 ~completion_tracker ();
142
143 /* Disable copy. */
144 completion_tracker (const completion_tracker &rhs) = delete;
145 void operator= (const completion_tracker &rhs) = delete;
146
147 /* Add the completion NAME to the list of generated completions if
148 it is not there already. If too many completions were already
149 found, this throws an error. */
150 void add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name);
151
152 /* Add all completions matches in LIST. Elements are moved out of
153 LIST. */
154 void add_completions (completion_list &&list);
155
156 /* True if we have any completion match recorded. */
157 bool have_completions () const
158 { return !m_entries_vec.empty (); }
159
160 /* Build a completion_result containing the list of completion
161 matches to hand over to readline. The parameters are as in
162 rl_attempted_completion_function. */
163 completion_result build_completion_result (const char *text,
164 int start, int end);
165
166 private:
167
168 /* Add the completion NAME to the list of generated completions if
169 it is not there already. If false is returned, too many
170 completions were found. */
171 bool maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name);
172
173 /* Given a new match, recompute the lowest common denominator (LCD)
174 to hand over to readline. */
175 void recompute_lowest_common_denominator (const char *new_match);
176
177 /* The completion matches found so far, in a vector. */
178 completion_list m_entries_vec;
179
180 /* The completion matches found so far, in a hash table, for
181 duplicate elimination as entries are added. Otherwise the user
182 is left scratching his/her head: readline and complete_command
183 will remove duplicates, and if removal of duplicates there brings
184 the total under max_completions the user may think gdb quit
185 searching too early. */
186 htab_t m_entries_hash;
187
188 /* Our idea of lowest common denominator to hand over to readline. */
189 char *m_lowest_common_denominator = NULL;
190
191 /* If true, the LCD is unique. I.e., all completion candidates had
192 the same string. */
193 bool m_lowest_common_denominator_unique = false;
194 };
195
196 extern void gdb_display_match_list (char **matches, int len, int max,
197 const struct match_list_displayer *);
198
199 extern const char *get_max_completions_reached_message (void);
200
201 extern void complete_line (completion_tracker &tracker,
202 const char *text,
203 const char *line_buffer,
204 int point);
205
206 extern char **gdb_rl_attempted_completion_function (const char *text,
207 int start, int end);
208
209 extern void noop_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
210 completion_tracker &tracker,
211 const char *, const char *);
212
213 extern void filename_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
214 completion_tracker &tracker,
215 const char *, const char *);
216
217 extern void expression_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
218 completion_tracker &tracker,
219 const char *, const char *);
220
221 extern void location_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
222 completion_tracker &tracker,
223 const char *, const char *);
224
225 extern void symbol_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
226 completion_tracker &tracker,
227 const char *, const char *);
228
229 extern void command_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
230 completion_tracker &tracker,
231 const char *, const char *);
232
233 extern void signal_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
234 completion_tracker &tracker,
235 const char *, const char *);
236
237 extern void reg_or_group_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
238 completion_tracker &tracker,
239 const char *, const char *);
240
241 extern void reggroup_completer (struct cmd_list_element *,
242 completion_tracker &tracker,
243 const char *, const char *);
244
245 extern const char *get_gdb_completer_quote_characters (void);
246
247 extern char *gdb_completion_word_break_characters (void);
248
249 /* Set the word break characters array to BREAK_CHARS. This function
250 is useful as const-correct alternative to direct assignment to
251 rl_completer_word_break_characters, which is "char *",
252 not "const char *". */
253 extern void set_rl_completer_word_break_characters (const char *break_chars);
254
255 /* Get the matching completer_handle_brkchars_ftype function for FN.
256 FN is one of the core completer functions above (filename,
257 location, symbol, etc.). This function is useful for cases when
258 the completer doesn't know the type of the completion until some
259 calculation is done (e.g., for Python functions). */
260
261 extern completer_handle_brkchars_ftype *
262 completer_handle_brkchars_func_for_completer (completer_ftype *fn);
263
264 /* Exported to linespec.c */
265
266 extern const char *skip_quoted_chars (const char *, const char *,
267 const char *);
268
269 extern const char *skip_quoted (const char *);
270
271 /* Maximum number of candidates to consider before the completer
272 bails by throwing MAX_COMPLETIONS_REACHED_ERROR. Negative values
273 disable limiting. */
274
275 extern int max_completions;
276
277 #endif /* defined (COMPLETER_H) */
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