gdb/language.h

   1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
   2
   3    Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,
   4    2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6    Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
   7    of New York at Buffalo.
   8
   9    This file is part of GDB.
  10
  11    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  12    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  13    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  14    (at your option) any later version.
  15
  16    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  17    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  18    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  19    GNU General Public License for more details.
  20
  21    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  22    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  23
  24 #if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
  25 #define LANGUAGE_H 1
  26
  27 /* Forward decls for prototypes */
  28 struct value;
  29 struct objfile;
  30 struct frame_info;
  31 struct expression;
  32 struct ui_file;
  33
  34 /* This used to be included to configure GDB for one or more specific
  35    languages.  Now it is left out to configure for all of them.  FIXME.  */
  36 /* #include "lang_def.h" */
  37 #define _LANG_c
  38 #define _LANG_m2
  39 #define  _LANG_fortran
  40 #define  _LANG_pascal
  41
  42 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS  7     /* Maximum number of F77 array dims */
  43
  44 /* range_mode ==
  45    range_mode_auto:   range_check set automatically to default of language.
  46    range_mode_manual: range_check set manually by user.  */
  47
  48 extern enum range_mode
  49   {
  50     range_mode_auto, range_mode_manual
  51   }
  52 range_mode;
  53
  54 /* range_check ==
  55    range_check_on:    Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
  56    range_check_warn:  Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
  57    range_check_off:   Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions.  */
  58
  59 extern enum range_check
  60   {
  61     range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
  62   }
  63 range_check;
  64
  65 /* type_mode ==
  66    type_mode_auto:   type_check set automatically to default of language
  67    type_mode_manual: type_check set manually by user. */
  68
  69 extern enum type_mode
  70   {
  71     type_mode_auto, type_mode_manual
  72   }
  73 type_mode;
  74
  75 /* type_check ==
  76    type_check_on:    Types are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
  77    type_check_warn:  Types are checked, producing warnings.
  78    type_check_off:   Types are not checked in GDB expressions.  */
  79
  80 extern enum type_check
  81   {
  82     type_check_off, type_check_warn, type_check_on
  83   }
  84 type_check;
  85
  86 /* case_mode ==
  87    case_mode_auto:   case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope
  88    case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user.  */
  89
  90 extern enum case_mode
  91   {
  92     case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
  93   }
  94 case_mode;
  95
  96 /* array_ordering ==
  97    array_row_major:     Arrays are in row major order
  98    array_column_major:  Arrays are in column major order.*/
  99
 100 extern enum array_ordering
 101   {
 102     array_row_major, array_column_major
 103   }
 104 array_ordering;
 105
 106
 107 /* case_sensitivity ==
 108    case_sensitive_on:   Case sensitivity in name matching is used
 109    case_sensitive_off:  Case sensitivity in name matching is not used  */
 110
 111 extern enum case_sensitivity
 112   {
 113     case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
 114   }
 115 case_sensitivity;
 116 \f
 117 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
 118
 119 struct language_arch_info
 120 {
 121   /* Its primitive types.  This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
 122      These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
 123      expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
 124      actually defines such a type.  */
 125   struct type **primitive_type_vector;
 126   /* Type of elements of strings. */
 127   struct type *string_char_type;
 128 };
 129
 130 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language.  */
 131
 132 struct language_defn
 133   {
 134     /* Name of the language */
 135
 136     char *la_name;
 137
 138     /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h) */
 139
 140     enum language la_language;
 141
 142     /* Default range checking */
 143
 144     enum range_check la_range_check;
 145
 146     /* Default type checking */
 147
 148     enum type_check la_type_check;
 149
 150     /* Default case sensitivity */
 151     enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
 152
 153     /* Multi-dimensional array ordering */
 154     enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
 155
 156     /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
 157        dumping */
 158
 159     const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
 160
 161     /* Parser function. */
 162
 163     int (*la_parser) (void);
 164
 165     /* Parser error function */
 166
 167     void (*la_error) (char *);
 168
 169     /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
 170        la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
 171        its translation.  *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
 172        for releasing its previous contents, if necessary.  If
 173        VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression.  */
 174
 175     void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
 176
 177     void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream);
 178
 179     void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, const gdb_byte *string,
 180                          unsigned int length, int width,
 181                          int force_ellipses);
 182
 183     void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
 184
 185     /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 186
 187     void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, char *, struct ui_file *, int,
 188                            int);
 189
 190     /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 191
 192     int (*la_val_print) (struct type *, const gdb_byte *, int, CORE_ADDR,
 193                          struct ui_file *, int, int, int,
 194                          enum val_prettyprint);
 195
 196     /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 197
 198     int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
 199                            int, enum val_prettyprint);
 200
 201     /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
 202        If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
 203        return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
 204        if it isn't a language tramp for this language.  */
 205     CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
 206
 207     /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol.  */
 208
 209     /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
 210        local variable that refers to the current object instance.  */
 211
 212     char *la_name_of_this;
 213
 214     /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
 215        the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
 216        variables.  */
 217
 218     struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
 219                                                  const char *,
 220                                                  const struct block *,
 221                                                  const domain_enum,
 222                                                  struct symtab **);
 223
 224     /* Find the definition of the type with the given name.  */
 225     struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
 226
 227     /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
 228     char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
 229
 230     /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL.  */
 231     char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
 232
 233     /* Table for printing expressions */
 234
 235     const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
 236
 237     /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays.  True if there are no
 238        array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
 239
 240     char c_style_arrays;
 241
 242     /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
 243     char string_lower_bound;
 244
 245     /* The list of characters forming word boundaries.  */
 246     char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
 247
 248     /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
 249        are possible completions for TEXT.  WORD is the entire command
 250        on which the completion is being made.  */
 251     char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
 252
 253     /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
 254     void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
 255                                    struct language_arch_info *);
 256
 257     /* Print the index of an element of an array.  */
 258     void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
 259                                   struct ui_file *stream,
 260                                   int format,
 261                                   enum val_prettyprint pretty);
 262
 263     /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
 264        reference at the language level.  */
 265     int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
 266
 267     /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
 268     /* Magic number for compat checking */
 269
 270     long la_magic;
 271
 272   };
 273
 274 #define LANG_MAGIC      910823L
 275
 276 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language.  This pointer
 277    always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
 278    it for validity.
 279
 280    The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
 281    (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
 282    separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics.  We
 283    should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
 284    what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
 285    evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays.  It does
 286    *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
 287    its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
 288    language when symbols are read.  If we want some manual setting for
 289    the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
 290    C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language.  */
 291
 292 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
 293
 294 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
 295    of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C.  */
 296
 297 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
 298
 299 /* language_mode ==
 300    language_mode_auto:   current_language automatically set upon selection
 301    of scope (e.g. stack frame)
 302    language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user.  */
 303
 304 extern enum language_mode
 305   {
 306     language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
 307   }
 308 language_mode;
 309
 310 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
 311                                         struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
 312
 313 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
 314                                                      struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 315                                                      const char *name);
 316
 317 \f
 318 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
 319    evaluator.  */
 320
 321 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
 322 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
 323
 324 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
 325 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
 326
 327 /* "cast" really means conversion */
 328 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
 329 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION (current_language->la_language == language_c  || \
 330                             current_language->la_language == language_cplus || \
 331                             current_language->la_language == language_objc)
 332
 333 extern void language_info (int);
 334
 335 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
 336 \f
 337
 338 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
 339    specific to languages.  Each of these functions is based on
 340    the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
 341    with the "set language" command. */
 342
 343 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
 344   (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
 345
 346 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref,recurse,pretty) \
 347   (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref, \
 348                                   recurse,pretty))
 349 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,fmt,pretty) \
 350   (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,fmt,pretty))
 351
 352 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, stream) \
 353   (current_language->la_printchar(ch, stream))
 354 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses) \
 355   (current_language->la_printstr(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses))
 356 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, stream, quoter) \
 357   (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, stream, quoter))
 358
 359 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, format, pretty) \
 360   (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, format, pretty))
 361
 362 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
 363    or needs to be printed in another representation.  For example,
 364    in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
 365    and the "other representation" is '\141'.  The "other representation"
 366    is program language dependent. */
 367
 368 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c)           \
 369   ((c) >= 0x20                          \
 370    && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0)       \
 371    && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
 372
 373 #if 0
 374 /* FIXME: cagney/2000-03-04: This function does not appear to be used.
 375    It can be deleted once 5.0 has been released. */
 376 /* Return a string that contains the hex digits of the number.  No preceeding
 377    "0x" */
 378
 379 extern char *longest_raw_hex_string (LONGEST);
 380 #endif
 381
 382 /* Type predicates */
 383
 384 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
 385
 386 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
 387
 388 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
 389
 390 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
 391
 392 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
 393
 394 extern int character_type (struct type *);
 395
 396 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
 397
 398 extern int float_type (struct type *);
 399
 400 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
 401
 402 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
 403
 404 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
 405 /* FIXME:  Does not appear to be used */
 406 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
 407
 408 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
 409
 410 /* Error messages */
 411
 412 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
 413
 414 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
 415
 416 /* Data:  Does this value represent "truth" to the current language?  */
 417
 418 extern int value_true (struct value *);
 419
 420 extern struct type *lang_bool_type (void);
 421
 422 /* The type used for Boolean values in the current language. */
 423 #define LA_BOOL_TYPE lang_bool_type ()
 424
 425 /* Misc:  The string representing a particular enum language.  */
 426
 427 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
 428
 429 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
 430
 431 extern char *language_str (enum language);
 432
 433 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time).  */
 434
 435 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
 436
 437 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
 438
 439 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
 440
 441 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
 442
 443 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
 444 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
 445                                 const char *mangled, int options);
 446
 447 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL.  */
 448 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
 449                                                 const char *physname);
 450
 451 /* Splitting strings into words.  */
 452 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
 453
 454 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax.  */
 455 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
 456                                        struct ui_file *stream,
 457                                        int format,
 458                                        enum val_prettyprint pretty);
 459
 460 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
 461    reference at the language level.  */
 462 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
 463
 464 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
 465    level.  The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
 466    independent of this.  */
 467 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
 468
 469 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */