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1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
2 
3    Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,
4    2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 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 struct value_print_options;
34 
35 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS  7	/* Maximum number of F77 array dims */
36 
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.  */
40 
41 extern enum range_mode
42   {
43     range_mode_auto, range_mode_manual
44   }
45 range_mode;
46 
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.  */
51 
52 extern enum range_check
53   {
54     range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
55   }
56 range_check;
57 
58 /* type_mode ==
59    type_mode_auto:   type_check set automatically to default of language
60    type_mode_manual: type_check set manually by user. */
61 
62 extern enum type_mode
63   {
64     type_mode_auto, type_mode_manual
65   }
66 type_mode;
67 
68 /* type_check ==
69    type_check_on:    Types are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
70    type_check_warn:  Types are checked, producing warnings.
71    type_check_off:   Types are not checked in GDB expressions.  */
72 
73 extern enum type_check
74   {
75     type_check_off, type_check_warn, type_check_on
76   }
77 type_check;
78 
79 /* case_mode ==
80    case_mode_auto:   case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope
81    case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user.  */
82 
83 extern enum case_mode
84   {
85     case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
86   }
87 case_mode;
88 
89 /* array_ordering ==
90    array_row_major:     Arrays are in row major order
91    array_column_major:  Arrays are in column major order.*/
92 
93 extern enum array_ordering
94   {
95     array_row_major, array_column_major
96   }
97 array_ordering;
98 
99 
100 /* case_sensitivity ==
101    case_sensitive_on:   Case sensitivity in name matching is used
102    case_sensitive_off:  Case sensitivity in name matching is not used  */
103 
104 extern enum case_sensitivity
105   {
106     case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
107   }
108 case_sensitivity;
109 
110 
111 /* macro_expansion ==
112    macro_expansion_no:  No macro expansion is available
113    macro_expansion_c:   C-like macro expansion is available  */
114 
115 enum macro_expansion
116   {
117     macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
118   };
119 
120 
121 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
122 
123 struct language_arch_info
124 {
125   /* Its primitive types.  This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
126      These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
127      expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
128      actually defines such a type.  */
129   struct type **primitive_type_vector;
130   /* Type of elements of strings. */
131   struct type *string_char_type;
132 
133   /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined.  */
134   const char *bool_type_symbol;
135   /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type.  */
136   struct type *bool_type_default;
137 };
138 
139 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language.  */
140 
141 struct language_defn
142   {
143     /* Name of the language */
144 
145     char *la_name;
146 
147     /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h) */
148 
149     enum language la_language;
150 
151     /* Default range checking */
152 
153     enum range_check la_range_check;
154 
155     /* Default type checking */
156 
157     enum type_check la_type_check;
158 
159     /* Default case sensitivity */
160     enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
161 
162     /* Multi-dimensional array ordering */
163     enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
164 
165     /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language.  */
166     enum macro_expansion la_macro_expansion;
167 
168     /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
169        dumping */
170 
171     const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
172 
173     /* Parser function. */
174 
175     int (*la_parser) (void);
176 
177     /* Parser error function */
178 
179     void (*la_error) (char *);
180 
181     /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
182        la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
183        its translation.  *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
184        for releasing its previous contents, if necessary.  If
185        VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression.  */
186 
187     void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
188 
189     void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype, struct ui_file * stream);
190 
191     void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, struct type *elttype,
192 			 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
193 			 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
194 			 const struct value_print_options *);
195 
196     void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct type *chtype,
197 			 struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
198 
199     /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
200 
201     void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, const char *, struct ui_file *, int,
202 			   int);
203 
204     /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
205        TYPE is the underlying type.  NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
206        the type.  STREAM is the output stream on which to print.  */
207 
208     void (*la_print_typedef) (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
209 			      struct ui_file *stream);
210 
211     /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language.
212 
213        TYPE is the type of the sub-object to be printed.
214 
215        CONTENTS holds the bits of the value.  This holds the entire
216        enclosing object.
217 
218        EMBEDDED_OFFSET is the offset into the outermost object of the
219        sub-object represented by TYPE.  This is the object which this
220        call should print.  Note that the enclosing type is not
221        available.
222 
223        ADDRESS is the address in the inferior of the enclosing object.
224 
225        STREAM is the stream on which the value is to be printed.
226 
227        RECURSE is the recursion depth.  It is zero-based.
228 
229        OPTIONS are the formatting options to be used when
230        printing.  */
231 
232     int (*la_val_print) (struct type *type,
233 			 const gdb_byte *contents,
234 			 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
235 			 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
236 			 const struct value *val,
237 			 const struct value_print_options *options);
238 
239     /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
240 
241     int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
242 			   const struct value_print_options *);
243 
244     /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
245        If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
246        return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
247        if it isn't a language tramp for this language.  */
248     CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
249 
250     /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol.  */
251 
252     /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
253        local variable that refers to the current object instance.  */
254 
255     char *la_name_of_this;
256 
257     /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
258        the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
259        variables.  */
260 
261     struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
262 						 const struct block *,
263 						 const domain_enum);
264 
265     /* Find the definition of the type with the given name.  */
266     struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
267 
268     /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
269     char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
270 
271     /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL.  */
272     char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
273 
274     /* Table for printing expressions */
275 
276     const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
277 
278     /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays.  True if there are no
279        array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
280 
281     char c_style_arrays;
282 
283     /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
284     char string_lower_bound;
285 
286     /* The list of characters forming word boundaries.  */
287     char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
288 
289     /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
290        are possible completions for TEXT.  WORD is the entire command
291        on which the completion is being made.  */
292     char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
293 
294     /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
295     void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
296 				   struct language_arch_info *);
297 
298     /* Print the index of an element of an array.  */
299     void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
300                                   struct ui_file *stream,
301                                   const struct value_print_options *options);
302 
303     /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
304        reference at the language level.  */
305     int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
306 
307     /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
308        buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller.  If the
309        in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
310        read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
311        otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
312        On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
313        If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
314        characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
315        Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
316        CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string.  */
317     void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
318 			   struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
319 
320     /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
321     /* Magic number for compat checking */
322 
323     long la_magic;
324 
325   };
326 
327 #define LANG_MAGIC	910823L
328 
329 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language.  This pointer
330    always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
331    it for validity.
332 
333    The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
334    (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
335    separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics.  We
336    should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
337    what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
338    evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays.  It does
339    *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
340    its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
341    language when symbols are read.  If we want some manual setting for
342    the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
343    C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language.  */
344 
345 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
346 
347 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
348    of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C.  */
349 
350 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
351 
352 /* language_mode ==
353    language_mode_auto:   current_language automatically set upon selection
354    of scope (e.g. stack frame)
355    language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user.  */
356 
357 extern enum language_mode
358   {
359     language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
360   }
361 language_mode;
362 
363 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
364 				 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
365 
366 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
367 					struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
368 
369 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
370 						     struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
371 						     const char *name);
372 
373 
374 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
375    evaluator.  */
376 
377 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
378 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
379 
380 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
381 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
382 
383 /* "cast" really means conversion */
384 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
385 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c  || \
386 				  (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
387 				  (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
388 
389 extern void language_info (int);
390 
391 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
392 
393 
394 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
395    specific to languages.  Each of these functions is based on
396    the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
397    with the "set language" command. */
398 
399 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
400   (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
401 
402 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
403   (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
404 
405 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,val,recurse,options) \
406   (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
407 				  val,recurse,options))
408 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
409   (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
410 
411 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
412   (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
413 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses,options) \
414   (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
415 				 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
416 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
417   (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
418 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
419   (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
420 
421 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, optins) \
422   (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
423 
424 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
425    or needs to be printed in another representation.  For example,
426    in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
427    and the "other representation" is '\141'.  The "other representation"
428    is program language dependent. */
429 
430 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c)		\
431   ((c) >= 0x20				\
432    && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0)	\
433    && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
434 
435 /* Type predicates */
436 
437 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
438 
439 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
440 
441 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
442 
443 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
444 
445 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
446 
447 extern int character_type (struct type *);
448 
449 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
450 
451 extern int float_type (struct type *);
452 
453 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
454 
455 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
456 
457 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
458 /* FIXME:  Does not appear to be used */
459 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
460 
461 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
462 
463 /* Error messages */
464 
465 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
466 
467 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
468 
469 /* Data:  Does this value represent "truth" to the current language?  */
470 
471 extern int value_true (struct value *);
472 
473 /* Misc:  The string representing a particular enum language.  */
474 
475 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
476 
477 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
478 
479 extern char *language_str (enum language);
480 
481 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time).  */
482 
483 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
484 
485 extern enum language get_frame_language (void);	/* In stack.c */
486 
487 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
488 
489 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
490 
491 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
492 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
493 				const char *mangled, int options);
494 
495 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL.  */
496 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
497 					        const char *physname);
498 
499 /* Splitting strings into words.  */
500 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
501 
502 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax.  */
503 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
504                                        struct ui_file *stream,
505 				       const struct value_print_options *options);
506 
507 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
508    reference at the language level.  */
509 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
510 
511 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
512    level.  The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
513    independent of this.  */
514 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
515 
516 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef.  */
517 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
518 			    struct ui_file *stream);
519 
520 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
521 			 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
522 
523 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
524 		   struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
525 
526 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */
527