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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 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 			 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 *, 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     int (*la_val_print) (struct type *, const gdb_byte *, int, CORE_ADDR,
214 			 struct ui_file *, int,
215 			 const struct value_print_options *);
216 
217     /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
218 
219     int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
220 			   const struct value_print_options *);
221 
222     /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
223        If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
224        return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
225        if it isn't a language tramp for this language.  */
226     CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
227 
228     /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol.  */
229 
230     /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
231        local variable that refers to the current object instance.  */
232 
233     char *la_name_of_this;
234 
235     /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
236        the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
237        variables.  */
238 
239     struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
240 						 const char *,
241 						 const struct block *,
242 						 const domain_enum);
243 
244     /* Find the definition of the type with the given name.  */
245     struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
246 
247     /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
248     char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
249 
250     /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL.  */
251     char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
252 
253     /* Table for printing expressions */
254 
255     const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
256 
257     /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays.  True if there are no
258        array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
259 
260     char c_style_arrays;
261 
262     /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
263     char string_lower_bound;
264 
265     /* The list of characters forming word boundaries.  */
266     char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
267 
268     /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
269        are possible completions for TEXT.  WORD is the entire command
270        on which the completion is being made.  */
271     char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
272 
273     /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
274     void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
275 				   struct language_arch_info *);
276 
277     /* Print the index of an element of an array.  */
278     void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
279                                   struct ui_file *stream,
280                                   const struct value_print_options *options);
281 
282     /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
283        reference at the language level.  */
284     int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
285 
286     /* Obtain a string from the inferior, storing it in a newly allocated
287        buffer in BUFFER, which should be freed by the caller.  If the
288        in- and out-parameter *LENGTH is specified at -1, the string is
289        read until a null character of the appropriate width is found -
290        otherwise the string is read to the length of characters specified.
291        On completion, *LENGTH will hold the size of the string in characters.
292        If a *LENGTH of -1 was specified it will count only actual
293        characters, excluding any eventual terminating null character.
294        Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
295        CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string.  */
296     void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
297 			  const char **charset);
298 
299     /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
300     /* Magic number for compat checking */
301 
302     long la_magic;
303 
304   };
305 
306 #define LANG_MAGIC	910823L
307 
308 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language.  This pointer
309    always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
310    it for validity.
311 
312    The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
313    (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
314    separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics.  We
315    should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
316    what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
317    evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays.  It does
318    *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
319    its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
320    language when symbols are read.  If we want some manual setting for
321    the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
322    C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language.  */
323 
324 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
325 
326 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
327    of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C.  */
328 
329 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
330 
331 /* language_mode ==
332    language_mode_auto:   current_language automatically set upon selection
333    of scope (e.g. stack frame)
334    language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user.  */
335 
336 extern enum language_mode
337   {
338     language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
339   }
340 language_mode;
341 
342 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
343 				 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
344 
345 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
346 					struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
347 
348 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
349 						     struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
350 						     const char *name);
351 
352 
353 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
354    evaluator.  */
355 
356 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
357 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
358 
359 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
360 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
361 
362 /* "cast" really means conversion */
363 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
364 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION (current_language->la_language == language_c  || \
365 			    current_language->la_language == language_cplus || \
366 			    current_language->la_language == language_objc)
367 
368 extern void language_info (int);
369 
370 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
371 
372 
373 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
374    specific to languages.  Each of these functions is based on
375    the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
376    with the "set language" command. */
377 
378 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
379   (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
380 
381 #define LA_PRINT_TYPEDEF(type,new_symbol,stream) \
382   (current_language->la_print_typedef(type,new_symbol,stream))
383 
384 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,recurse,options) \
385   (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream, \
386 				  recurse,options))
387 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,options) \
388   (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,options))
389 
390 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
391   (current_language->la_printchar(ch, type, stream))
392 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, force_ellipses,options) \
393   (current_language->la_printstr(stream, elttype, string, length, \
394 				 force_ellipses,options))
395 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
396   (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
397 #define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, encoding) \
398   (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, encoding))
399 
400 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, optins) \
401   (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
402 
403 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
404    or needs to be printed in another representation.  For example,
405    in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
406    and the "other representation" is '\141'.  The "other representation"
407    is program language dependent. */
408 
409 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c)		\
410   ((c) >= 0x20				\
411    && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0)	\
412    && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
413 
414 /* Type predicates */
415 
416 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
417 
418 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
419 
420 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
421 
422 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
423 
424 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
425 
426 extern int character_type (struct type *);
427 
428 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
429 
430 extern int float_type (struct type *);
431 
432 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
433 
434 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
435 
436 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
437 /* FIXME:  Does not appear to be used */
438 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
439 
440 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
441 
442 /* Error messages */
443 
444 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
445 
446 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
447 
448 /* Data:  Does this value represent "truth" to the current language?  */
449 
450 extern int value_true (struct value *);
451 
452 /* Misc:  The string representing a particular enum language.  */
453 
454 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
455 
456 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
457 
458 extern char *language_str (enum language);
459 
460 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time).  */
461 
462 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
463 
464 extern enum language get_frame_language (void);	/* In stack.c */
465 
466 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
467 
468 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
469 
470 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
471 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
472 				const char *mangled, int options);
473 
474 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL.  */
475 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
476 					        const char *physname);
477 
478 /* Splitting strings into words.  */
479 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
480 
481 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax.  */
482 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
483                                        struct ui_file *stream,
484 				       const struct value_print_options *options);
485 
486 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
487    reference at the language level.  */
488 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
489 
490 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
491    level.  The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
492    independent of this.  */
493 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
494 
495 /* The default implementation of la_print_typedef.  */
496 void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
497 			    struct ui_file *stream);
498 
499 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
500 			 const char **charset);
501 
502 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
503 		   const char **charset);
504 
505 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */
506