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c906108c 1/* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
1bac305b 2
3666a048 3 Copyright (C) 1991-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
6 of New York at Buffalo.
7
c5aa993b 8 This file is part of GDB.
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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
a9762ec7 12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
c5aa993b 13 (at your option) any later version.
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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.
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c5aa993b 20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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22
23#if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
24#define LANGUAGE_H 1
25
671afef6 26#include "symtab.h"
268a13a5 27#include "gdbsupport/function-view.h"
e9d9f57e 28#include "expression.h"
671afef6 29
1777feb0 30/* Forward decls for prototypes. */
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31struct value;
32struct objfile;
52f729a7 33struct frame_info;
da3331ec 34struct ui_file;
79a45b7d 35struct value_print_options;
79d43c61 36struct type_print_options;
a53b64ea 37struct lang_varobj_ops;
410a0ff2 38struct parser_state;
9cdfd9a2 39class compile_instance;
a207cff2 40struct completion_match_for_lcd;
699bd4cf 41class innermost_block_tracker;
62dfaa9c 42
1777feb0 43#define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims. */
c906108c 44
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45/* range_check ==
46 range_check_on: Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
47 range_check_warn: Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
48 range_check_off: Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions. */
49
50extern enum range_check
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51 {
52 range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
53 }
54range_check;
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7ca2d3a3 56/* array_ordering ==
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57 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order.
58 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order. */
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59
60extern enum array_ordering
61 {
62 array_row_major, array_column_major
63 }
64array_ordering;
65
66
63872f9d 67/* case_sensitivity ==
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68 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used.
69 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used. */
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70
71extern enum case_sensitivity
72 {
73 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
74 }
75case_sensitivity;
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76
77
78/* macro_expansion ==
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79 macro_expansion_no: No macro expansion is available.
80 macro_expansion_c: C-like macro expansion is available. */
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81
82enum macro_expansion
83 {
84 macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
85 };
86
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88/* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
89
90struct language_arch_info
91{
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92 /* A default constructor. */
93 language_arch_info () = default;
1994afbf 94
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95 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (language_arch_info);
96
97 /* Set the default boolean type to be TYPE. If NAME is not nullptr then
98 before using TYPE a symbol called NAME will be looked up, and the type
99 of this symbol will be used instead. Should only be called once when
100 performing setup for a particular language in combination with a
101 particular gdbarch. */
102 void set_bool_type (struct type *type, const char *name = nullptr)
103 {
104 gdb_assert (m_bool_type_default == nullptr);
105 gdb_assert (m_bool_type_name == nullptr);
106 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
107 m_bool_type_default = type;
108 m_bool_type_name = name;
109 }
110
111 /* Set the type to be used for characters within a string. Should only
112 be called once when performing setup for a particular language in
113 combination with a particular gdbarch. */
114 void set_string_char_type (struct type *type)
115 {
116 gdb_assert (m_string_char_type == nullptr);
117 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
118 m_string_char_type = type;
119 }
120
121 /* Return the type for characters within a string. */
122 struct type *string_char_type () const
123 { return m_string_char_type; }
124
125 /* Return the type to be used for booleans. */
126 struct type *bool_type () const;
127
128 /* Add TYPE to the list of primitive types for this particular language,
129 with this OS/ABI combination. */
130 void add_primitive_type (struct type *type)
131 {
132 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
133 primitive_types_and_symbols.push_back (type_and_symbol (type));
134 }
135
136 /* Lookup a primitive type called NAME. Will return nullptr if no
137 matching type is found. */
138 struct type *lookup_primitive_type (const char *name);
139
140 /* Lookup a primitive type for which FILTER returns true. Will return
141 nullptr if no matching type is found. */
142 struct type *lookup_primitive_type
cbbcd7a7 143 (gdb::function_view<bool (struct type *)> filter);
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145 /* Lookup a primitive type called NAME and return the type as a symbol.
146 LANG is the language for which type is being looked up. */
147 struct symbol *lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const char *name,
148 enum language lang);
149private:
150
151 /* A structure storing a type and a corresponding symbol. The type is
152 defined at construction time, while the symbol is lazily created only
153 when asked for, but is then cached for future use. */
154 struct type_and_symbol
155 {
156 /* Constructor. */
157 explicit type_and_symbol (struct type *type)
158 : m_type (type)
159 { /* Nothing. */ }
160
161 /* Default move constructor. */
162 type_and_symbol (type_and_symbol&&) = default;
163
164 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (type_and_symbol);
165
166 /* Return the type from this object. */
167 struct type *type () const
168 { return m_type; }
169
170 /* Create and return a symbol wrapping M_TYPE from this object. */
171 struct symbol *symbol (enum language lang)
172 {
173 if (m_symbol == nullptr)
174 m_symbol = alloc_type_symbol (lang, m_type);
175 return m_symbol;
176 }
177
178 private:
179 /* The type primitive type. */
180 struct type *m_type = nullptr;
181
182 /* A symbol wrapping M_TYPE, only created when first asked for. */
183 struct symbol *m_symbol = nullptr;
184
185 /* Helper function for type lookup as a symbol. Create the symbol
186 corresponding to type TYPE in language LANG. */
187 static struct symbol *alloc_type_symbol (enum language lang,
188 struct type *type);
189 };
190
191 /* Lookup a type_and_symbol entry from the primitive_types_and_symbols
192 vector for a type matching NAME. Return a pointer to the
193 type_and_symbol object from the vector. This will return nullptr if
194 there is no type matching NAME found. */
195 type_and_symbol *lookup_primitive_type_and_symbol (const char *name);
196
197 /* Vector of the primitive types added through add_primitive_type. These
198 types can be specified by name in parsing types in expressions,
199 regardless of whether the program being debugged actually defines such
200 a type.
201
202 Within the vector each type is paired with a lazily created symbol,
203 which can be fetched by the symbol lookup machinery, should they be
204 needed. */
205 std::vector<type_and_symbol> primitive_types_and_symbols;
1994afbf 206
1777feb0 207 /* Type of elements of strings. */
7bea47f0 208 struct type *m_string_char_type = nullptr;
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210 /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined. */
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211 const char *m_bool_type_name = nullptr;
212
fbb06eb1 213 /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type. */
7bea47f0 214 struct type *m_bool_type_default = nullptr;
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215};
216
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217/* In a language (particularly C++) a function argument of an aggregate
218 type (i.e. class/struct/union) may be implicitly passed by reference
219 even though it is declared a call-by-value argument in the source.
220 The struct below puts together necessary information for GDB to be
221 able to detect and carry out pass-by-reference semantics for a
222 particular type. This type is referred as T in the inlined comments
223 below.
224
225 The default values of the fields are chosen to give correct semantics
226 for primitive types and for simple aggregate types, such as
227
228 class T {
229 int x;
230 }; */
231
232struct language_pass_by_ref_info
233{
234 /* True if an argument of type T can be passed to a function by value
235 (i.e. not through an implicit reference). False, otherwise. */
236 bool trivially_copyable = true;
237
238 /* True if a copy of a value of type T can be initialized by
239 memcpy'ing the value bit-by-bit. False, otherwise.
240 E.g. If T has a user-defined copy ctor, this should be false. */
241 bool trivially_copy_constructible = true;
242
243 /* True if a value of type T can be destructed simply by reclaiming
244 the memory area occupied by the value. False, otherwise.
245 E.g. If T has a user-defined destructor, this should be false. */
246 bool trivially_destructible = true;
247
248 /* True if it is allowed to create a copy of a value of type T.
249 False, otherwise.
250 E.g. If T has a deleted copy ctor, this should be false. */
251 bool copy_constructible = true;
252
253 /* True if a value of type T can be destructed. False, otherwise.
254 E.g. If T has a deleted destructor, this should be false. */
255 bool destructible = true;
256};
257
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258/* Splitting strings into words. */
259extern const char *default_word_break_characters (void);
260
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261/* Base class from which all other language classes derive. */
262
0e25e767 263struct language_defn
0874fd07 264{
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265 language_defn (enum language lang)
266 : la_language (lang)
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267 {
268 /* We should only ever create one instance of each language. */
269 gdb_assert (languages[lang] == nullptr);
270 languages[lang] = this;
271 }
272
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273 /* Which language this is. */
274
275 const enum language la_language;
276
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277 /* Name of the language. */
278
279 virtual const char *name () const = 0;
280
281 /* Natural or official name of the language. */
282
283 virtual const char *natural_name () const = 0;
284
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285 /* Return a vector of file extensions for this language. The extension
286 must include the ".", like ".c". If this language doesn't need to
287 provide any filename extensions, this may be an empty vector (which is
288 the default). */
289
290 virtual const std::vector<const char *> &filename_extensions () const
291 {
292 static const std::vector<const char *> no_extensions;
293 return no_extensions;
294 }
295
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296 /* Print the index of an element of an array. This default
297 implementation prints using C99 syntax. */
298
299 virtual void print_array_index (struct type *index_type,
300 LONGEST index_value,
301 struct ui_file *stream,
302 const value_print_options *options) const;
303
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304 /* Given a symbol VAR, the corresponding block VAR_BLOCK (if any) and a
305 stack frame id FRAME, read the value of the variable and return (pointer
306 to a) struct value containing the value.
307
308 VAR_BLOCK is needed if there's a possibility for VAR to be outside
309 FRAME. This is what happens if FRAME correspond to a nested function
310 and VAR is defined in the outer function. If callers know that VAR is
311 located in FRAME or is global/static, NULL can be passed as VAR_BLOCK.
312
313 Throw an error if the variable cannot be found. */
314
315 virtual struct value *read_var_value (struct symbol *var,
316 const struct block *var_block,
317 struct frame_info *frame) const;
318
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319 /* Return information about whether TYPE should be passed
320 (and returned) by reference at the language level. The default
321 implementation returns a LANGUAGE_PASS_BY_REF_INFO initialised in its
322 default state. */
323
324 virtual struct language_pass_by_ref_info pass_by_reference_info
325 (struct type *type) const
326 {
327 return {};
328 }
329
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330 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
331
332 virtual void language_arch_info (struct gdbarch *,
333 struct language_arch_info *) const = 0;
334
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335 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
336
337 virtual struct type *lookup_transparent_type (const char *name) const
338 {
339 return basic_lookup_transparent_type (name);
340 }
341
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342 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
343 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
344
345 The search is done in BLOCK only.
346 The caller is responsible for iterating up through superblocks
347 if desired.
348
349 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol. If CALLBACK
350 returns false, the iteration ends at that point.
351
352 This field may not be NULL. If the language does not need any
353 special processing here, 'iterate_over_symbols' should be
354 used as the definition. */
355 virtual bool iterate_over_symbols
356 (const struct block *block, const lookup_name_info &name,
357 domain_enum domain,
358 gdb::function_view<symbol_found_callback_ftype> callback) const
359 {
360 return ::iterate_over_symbols (block, name, domain, callback);
361 }
362
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363 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match a
364 symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME, according to this language's
365 rules. The matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME. For
366 example, on Ada, the matching algorithm depends on the symbol
367 name (wild/full/verbatim matching), and on whether we're doing
368 a normal lookup or a completion match lookup.
369
370 As Ada wants to capture symbol matching for all languages in some
371 cases, then this method is a non-overridable interface. Languages
372 should override GET_SYMBOL_NAME_MATCHER_INNER if they need to. */
373
374 symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher
375 (const lookup_name_info &lookup_name) const;
376
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377 /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line,
378 then this method will return an instance of struct gcc_context
379 appropriate to the language. If compilation for this language is
380 generally supported, but something goes wrong then an exception
381 is thrown. If compilation is not supported for this language
382 then this method returns NULL. */
383
384 virtual std::unique_ptr<compile_instance> get_compile_instance () const;
8e25bafe 385
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386 /* This method must be overridden if 'get_compile_instance' is
387 overridden.
388
389 This takes the user-supplied text and returns a new bit of code
390 to compile.
391
392 INST is the compiler instance being used.
393 INPUT is the user's input text.
394 GDBARCH is the architecture to use.
395 EXPR_BLOCK is the block in which the expression is being
396 parsed.
397 EXPR_PC is the PC at which the expression is being parsed. */
398
399 virtual std::string compute_program (compile_instance *inst,
400 const char *input,
401 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
402 const struct block *expr_block,
403 CORE_ADDR expr_pc) const
404 {
405 gdb_assert_not_reached ("language_defn::compute_program");
406 }
407
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408 /* Hash the given symbol search name. */
409 virtual unsigned int search_name_hash (const char *name) const;
410
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411 /* Demangle a symbol according to this language's rules. Unlike
412 la_demangle, this does not take any options.
413
414 *DEMANGLED will be set by this function.
415
416 If this function returns false, then *DEMANGLED must always be set
417 to NULL.
418
419 If this function returns true, the implementation may set this to
420 a xmalloc'd string holding the demangled form. However, it is
421 not required to. The string, if any, is owned by the caller.
422
423 The resulting string should be of the form that will be
424 installed into a symbol. */
425 virtual bool sniff_from_mangled_name (const char *mangled,
426 char **demangled) const
427 {
428 *demangled = nullptr;
429 return false;
430 }
431
0a50df5d 432 /* Return demangled language symbol version of MANGLED, or NULL. */
5399db93 433 virtual char *demangle_symbol (const char *mangled, int options) const
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434 {
435 return nullptr;
436 }
437
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438 /* Print TYPE to STREAM using syntax appropriate for this language.
439 LEVEL is the depth to indent lines by. VARSTRING, if not NULL or the
440 empty string, is the name of a variable and TYPE should be printed in
441 the form of a declaration of a variable named VARSTRING. */
442
443 virtual void print_type (struct type *type, const char *varstring,
444 struct ui_file *stream, int show, int level,
445 const struct type_print_options *flags) const = 0;
fbfb0a46 446
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447 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
448 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language, return
449 the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0 if it isn't a
450 language tramp for this language. */
451 virtual CORE_ADDR skip_trampoline (struct frame_info *fi, CORE_ADDR pc) const
452 {
453 return (CORE_ADDR) 0;
454 }
455
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456 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
457 virtual char *class_name_from_physname (const char *physname) const
458 {
459 return nullptr;
460 }
461
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462 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
463 virtual const char *word_break_characters (void) const
464 {
465 return default_word_break_characters ();
466 }
467
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468 /* Add to the completion tracker all symbols which are possible
469 completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command on which the
470 completion is being made. If CODE is TYPE_CODE_UNDEF, then all
471 symbols should be examined; otherwise, only STRUCT_DOMAIN symbols
472 whose type has a code of CODE should be matched. */
473
474 virtual void collect_symbol_completion_matches
475 (completion_tracker &tracker,
476 complete_symbol_mode mode,
477 symbol_name_match_type name_match_type,
478 const char *text,
479 const char *word,
480 enum type_code code) const
481 {
482 return default_collect_symbol_completion_matches_break_on
483 (tracker, mode, name_match_type, text, word, "", code);
484 }
485
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486 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
487 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
488 variables. This default implements the basic C lookup rules. */
489
490 virtual struct block_symbol lookup_symbol_nonlocal
491 (const char *name,
492 const struct block *block,
493 const domain_enum domain) const;
494
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495 /* Return an expression that can be used for a location
496 watchpoint. TYPE is a pointer type that points to the memory
497 to watch, and ADDR is the address of the watched memory. */
498 virtual gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> watch_location_expression
499 (struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr) const;
500
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501 /* List of all known languages. */
502 static const struct language_defn *languages[nr_languages];
c9debfb9 503
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504 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
505 virtual void value_print (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream,
506 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
507
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508 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language. RECURSE is
509 the recursion depth. It is zero-based. */
510 virtual void value_print_inner
511 (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
512 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
513
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514 /* Parser function. */
515
516 virtual int parser (struct parser_state *ps) const;
517
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518 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
519 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete its
520 translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible for
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521 releasing its previous contents, if necessary. */
522
523 virtual void post_parser (expression_up *expp, struct parser_state *ps)
524 const
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525 {
526 /* By default the post-parser does nothing. */
527 }
528
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529 /* Print the character CH (of type CHTYPE) on STREAM as part of the
530 contents of a literal string whose delimiter is QUOTER. */
531
532 virtual void emitchar (int ch, struct type *chtype,
533 struct ui_file *stream, int quoter) const;
534
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535 virtual void printchar (int ch, struct type *chtype,
536 struct ui_file * stream) const;
537
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538/* Print the character string STRING, printing at most LENGTH characters.
539 Printing stops early if the number hits print_max; repeat counts
540 are printed as appropriate. Print ellipses at the end if we
541 had to stop before printing LENGTH characters, or if FORCE_ELLIPSES. */
542
543 virtual void printstr (struct ui_file *stream, struct type *elttype,
544 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
545 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
546 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
547
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549 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
550 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
551 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
552
553 virtual void print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
554 struct ui_file *stream) const;
555
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556 /* Return true if TYPE is a string type. */
557 virtual bool is_string_type_p (struct type *type) const;
558
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559 /* Return a string that is used by the 'set print max-depth' setting.
560 When GDB replaces a struct or union (during value printing) that is
561 "too deep" this string is displayed instead. The default value here
562 suits most languages. If overriding then the string here should
563 ideally be similar in style to the default; an opener, three '.', and
564 a closer. */
565
566 virtual const char *struct_too_deep_ellipsis () const
567 { return "{...}"; }
568
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569 /* If this returns non-NULL then the string returned specifies the name
570 of the implicit local variable that refers to the current object
571 instance. Return NULL (the default) for languages that have no name
572 for the current object instance. */
573
574 virtual const char *name_of_this () const
575 { return nullptr; }
576
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577 /* Return false if the language has first-class arrays. Return true if
578 there are no array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in
579 C. The default is true as currently most supported languages behave
580 in this manor. */
581
582 virtual bool c_style_arrays_p () const
583 { return true; }
584
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585 /* Return the index to use for extracting the first element of a string,
586 or as the lower bound when creating a new string. The default of
587 choosing 0 or 1 based on C_STYLE_ARRAYS_P works for all currently
588 supported languages except Modula-2. */
589
590 virtual char string_lower_bound () const
591 { return c_style_arrays_p () ? 0 : 1; }
592
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593 /* Returns true if the symbols names should be stored in GDB's data
594 structures for minimal/partial/full symbols using their linkage (aka
595 mangled) form; false if the symbol names should be demangled first.
596
597 Most languages implement symbol lookup by comparing the demangled
598 names, in which case it is advantageous to store that information
599 already demangled, and so would return false, which is the default.
600
601 On the other hand, some languages have opted for doing symbol lookups
602 by comparing mangled names instead, for reasons usually specific to
603 the language. Those languages should override this function and
604 return true.
605
606 And finally, other languages such as C or Asm do not have the concept
607 of mangled vs demangled name, so those languages should also override
608 this function and return true, to prevent any accidental demangling
609 through an unrelated language's demangler. */
610
611 virtual bool store_sym_names_in_linkage_form_p () const
612 { return false; }
613
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614 /* Default range checking preference. The return value from this
615 function provides the automatic setting for 'set check range'. As a
616 consequence a user is free to override this setting if they want. */
617
618 virtual bool range_checking_on_by_default () const
619 { return false; }
620
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621 /* Is this language case sensitive? The return value from this function
622 provides the automativ setting for 'set case-sensitive', as a
623 consequence, a user is free to override this setting if they want. */
624
625 virtual enum case_sensitivity case_sensitivity () const
626 { return case_sensitive_on; }
627
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629 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
630
631 virtual enum array_ordering array_ordering () const
632 { return array_row_major; }
633
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634 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. The
635 default is no macro expansion. */
636
637 virtual enum macro_expansion macro_expansion () const
638 { return macro_expansion_no; }
639
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640 /* Return a structure containing various operations on varobj specific
641 for this language. */
642
643 virtual const struct lang_varobj_ops *varobj_ops () const;
644
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645 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
646 dumping. */
647
648 virtual const struct exp_descriptor *expression_ops () const;
649
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650 /* Table for printing expressions. */
651
652 virtual const struct op_print *opcode_print_table () const = 0;
653
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654protected:
655
656 /* This is the overridable part of the GET_SYMBOL_NAME_MATCHER method.
657 See that method for a description of the arguments. */
658
659 virtual symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher_inner
660 (const lookup_name_info &lookup_name) const;
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661};
662
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663/* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
664 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
665 it for validity.
666
667 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
668 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
669 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
670 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
671 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
672 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
673 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
674 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
675 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
676 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
7e73cedf 677 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
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678
679extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
680
681/* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
682 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
683
684extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
685
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686/* Warning issued when current_language and the language of the current
687 frame do not match. */
688
689extern const char lang_frame_mismatch_warn[];
690
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691/* language_mode ==
692 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
c5aa993b 693 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
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694 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
695
696extern enum language_mode
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697 {
698 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
699 }
700language_mode;
b62f3443 701
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702/* Return the type that should be used for booleans for language L in
703 GDBARCH. */
704
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705struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
706 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
707
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708/* Return the type that should be used for characters within a string for
709 language L in GDBARCH. */
710
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711struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
712 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
713
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714/* Look up a type from the set of OS/ABI specific types defined in
715 GDBARCH for language L. NAME is used for selecting the matching
716 type, and is passed through to the corresponding
717 lookup_primitive_type member function inside the language_arch_info
718 class. */
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720struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type (const struct language_defn *l,
721 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
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722 const char *name);
723
724/* Look up a type from the set of OS/ABI specific types defined in
725 GDBARCH for language L. FILTER is used for selecting the matching
726 type, and is passed through to the corresponding
727 lookup_primitive_type member function inside the language_arch_info
728 class. */
729
730struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type
731 (const struct language_defn *la,
732 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
733 gdb::function_view<bool (struct type *)> filter);
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735/* Wrapper around language_lookup_primitive_type to return the
736 corresponding symbol. */
737
738struct symbol *
739 language_lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const struct language_defn *l,
740 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
741 const char *name);
742
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743\f
744/* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
745 evaluator. */
746
1777feb0 747/* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
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748#define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
749
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750/* "cast" really means conversion. */
751/* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
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752#define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
753 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
754 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
c906108c 755
a14ed312 756extern void language_info (int);
c906108c 757
a14ed312 758extern enum language set_language (enum language);
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761/* This page contains functions that return things that are
762 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
763 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
1777feb0 764 with the "set language" command. */
c906108c 765
79d43c61 766#define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags) \
fbfb0a46 767 (current_language->print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags))
c906108c 768
6c7a06a3 769#define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
52b50f2c 770 (current_language->printchar (ch, type, stream))
3e43a32a 771#define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
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772 (current_language->printstr (stream, elttype, string, length, \
773 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
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774
775/* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
776 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
777 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
778 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
1777feb0 779 is program language dependent. */
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780
781#define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
782 ((c) >= 0x20 \
783 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
784 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
785
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786/* Type predicates */
787
a14ed312 788extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
c906108c 789
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790/* Error messages */
791
a0b31db1 792extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
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793
794/* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
795
a14ed312 796extern int value_true (struct value *);
c906108c 797
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798/* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
799
2039bd9f 800extern enum language language_enum (const char *str);
c906108c 801
a14ed312 802extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
7a292a7a 803
27cd387b 804extern const char *language_str (enum language);
c906108c 805
1777feb0 806/* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
f636b87d 807
52f729a7 808extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
f636b87d 809
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810/* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
811extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
812 const char *mangled, int options);
813
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814/* Return information about whether TYPE should be passed
815 (and returned) by reference at the language level. */
816struct language_pass_by_ref_info language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
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818void c_get_string (struct value *value,
819 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<gdb_byte> *buffer,
820 int *length, struct type **char_type,
821 const char **charset);
ae6a3a4c 822
b5ec771e 823/* Get LANG's symbol_name_matcher method for LOOKUP_NAME. Returns
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824 default_symbol_name_matcher if not set. LANG is used as a hint;
825 the function may ignore it depending on the current language and
826 LOOKUP_NAME. Specifically, if the current language is Ada, this
827 may return an Ada matcher regardless of LANG. */
618daa93 828symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher
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829 (const language_defn *lang, const lookup_name_info &lookup_name);
830
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831/* Save the current language and restore it upon destruction. */
832
833class scoped_restore_current_language
834{
835public:
836
837 explicit scoped_restore_current_language ()
838 : m_lang (current_language->la_language)
839 {
840 }
841
842 ~scoped_restore_current_language ()
843 {
844 set_language (m_lang);
845 }
846
847 scoped_restore_current_language (const scoped_restore_current_language &)
848 = delete;
849 scoped_restore_current_language &operator=
850 (const scoped_restore_current_language &) = delete;
851
852private:
853
854 enum language m_lang;
855};
856
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857/* If language_mode is language_mode_auto,
858 then switch current language to the language of SYM
859 and restore current language upon destruction.
860
861 Else do nothing. */
862
863class scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto
864{
865public:
866
867 explicit scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto (const struct symbol *sym)
868 {
869 if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
870 {
871 m_lang = current_language->la_language;
872 m_switched = true;
c1b5c1eb 873 set_language (sym->language ());
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874 }
875 else
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877 m_switched = false;
878 /* Assign to m_lang to silence a GCC warning. See
879 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80635. */
880 m_lang = language_unknown;
881 }
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882 }
883
884 ~scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto ()
885 {
886 if (m_switched)
887 set_language (m_lang);
888 }
889
890 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto);
891
892private:
893 bool m_switched;
894 enum language m_lang;
895};
896
c5aa993b 897#endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */
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