gdb: Convert language la_get_compile_instance field to a method

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / language.h

diff --git a/gdb/language.h b/gdb/language.h
index 0880ced3bcde8fa0399baca52155fe501c424d7b..57f0adb3d608a32bc948c71e79843774e757cb69 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/language.h
+++ b/gdb/language.h
@@ -392,16 +392,6 @@ struct language_data
     /* Various operations on varobj.  */
     const struct lang_varobj_ops *la_varobj_ops;
 
-    /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line,
-       this method should be non-NULL.  When called it should return
-       an instance of struct gcc_context appropriate to the language.
-       When defined this method must never return NULL; instead it
-       should throw an exception on failure.  The returned compiler
-       instance is owned by its caller and must be deallocated by
-       calling its 'destroy' method.  */
-
-    compile_instance *(*la_get_compile_instance) (void);
-
     /* This method must be defined if 'la_get_gcc_context' is defined.
        If 'la_get_gcc_context' is not defined, then this method is
        ignored.
@@ -511,6 +501,19 @@ struct language_defn : language_data
     return ::iterate_over_symbols (block, name, domain, callback);
   }
 
+  /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line, then
+     this method will return an instance of struct gcc_context appropriate
+     to the language.  If compilation for this language is generally
+     supported, but something goes wrong then an exception is thrown.  The
+     returned compiler instance is owned by its caller and must be
+     deallocated by the caller.  If compilation is not supported for this
+     language then this method returns NULL.  */
+
+  virtual compile_instance *get_compile_instance () const
+  {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   /* List of all known languages.  */
   static const struct language_defn *languages[nr_languages];
 };