gdb: make add_com_alias accept target as a cmd_list_element
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1 /* Header file for command creation.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17
18 #if !defined (COMMAND_H)
19 #define COMMAND_H 1
20
21 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_vecs.h"
22 #include "gdbsupport/scoped_restore.h"
23
24 struct completion_tracker;
25
26 /* This file defines the public interface for any code wanting to
27 create commands. */
28
29 /* Command classes are top-level categories into which commands are
30 broken down for "help" purposes.
31
32 The class_alias is used for the user-defined aliases, defined
33 using the "alias" command.
34
35 Aliases pre-defined by GDB (e.g. the alias "bt" of the "backtrace" command)
36 are not using the class_alias.
37 Different pre-defined aliases of the same command do not necessarily
38 have the same classes. For example, class_stack is used for the
39 "backtrace" and its "bt" alias", while "info stack" (also an alias
40 of "backtrace" uses class_info. */
41
42 enum command_class
43 {
44 /* Classes of commands followed by a comment giving the name
45 to use in "help <classname>".
46 Note that help accepts unambiguous abbreviated class names. */
47
48 /* Special classes to help_list */
49 class_deprecated = -3,
50 all_classes = -2, /* help without <classname> */
51 all_commands = -1, /* all */
52
53 /* Classes of commands */
54 no_class = -1,
55 class_run = 0, /* running */
56 class_vars, /* data */
57 class_stack, /* stack */
58 class_files, /* files */
59 class_support, /* support */
60 class_info, /* status */
61 class_breakpoint, /* breakpoints */
62 class_trace, /* tracepoints */
63 class_alias, /* aliases */
64 class_bookmark,
65 class_obscure, /* obscure */
66 class_maintenance, /* internals */
67 class_tui, /* text-user-interface */
68 class_user, /* user-defined */
69
70 /* Used for "show" commands that have no corresponding "set" command. */
71 no_set_class
72 };
73
74 /* Types of "set" or "show" command. */
75 typedef enum var_types
76 {
77 /* "on" or "off". *VAR is a bool which is true for on,
78 false for off. */
79 var_boolean,
80
81 /* "on" / "true" / "enable" or "off" / "false" / "disable" or
82 "auto. *VAR is an ``enum auto_boolean''. NOTE: In general a
83 custom show command will need to be implemented - one that for
84 "auto" prints both the "auto" and the current auto-selected
85 value. */
86 var_auto_boolean,
87
88 /* Unsigned Integer. *VAR is an unsigned int. The user can type
89 0 to mean "unlimited", which is stored in *VAR as UINT_MAX. */
90 var_uinteger,
91
92 /* Like var_uinteger but signed. *VAR is an int. The user can
93 type 0 to mean "unlimited", which is stored in *VAR as
94 INT_MAX. The only remaining use of it is the Python API.
95 Don't use it elsewhere. */
96 var_integer,
97
98 /* String which the user enters with escapes (e.g. the user types
99 \n and it is a real newline in the stored string).
100 *VAR is a malloc'd string, or NULL if the string is empty. */
101 var_string,
102 /* String which stores what the user types verbatim.
103 *VAR is a malloc'd string, or NULL if the string is empty. */
104 var_string_noescape,
105 /* String which stores a filename. (*VAR) is a malloc'd string,
106 or "" if the string was empty. */
107 var_optional_filename,
108 /* String which stores a filename. (*VAR) is a malloc'd
109 string. */
110 var_filename,
111 /* ZeroableInteger. *VAR is an int. Like var_integer except
112 that zero really means zero. */
113 var_zinteger,
114 /* ZeroableUnsignedInteger. *VAR is an unsigned int. Zero really
115 means zero. */
116 var_zuinteger,
117 /* ZeroableUnsignedInteger with unlimited value. *VAR is an int,
118 but its range is [0, INT_MAX]. -1 stands for unlimited and
119 other negative numbers are not allowed. */
120 var_zuinteger_unlimited,
121 /* Enumerated type. Can only have one of the specified values.
122 *VAR is a char pointer to the name of the element that we
123 find. */
124 var_enum
125 }
126 var_types;
127
128 /* This structure records one command'd definition. */
129 struct cmd_list_element;
130
131 typedef void cmd_const_cfunc_ftype (const char *args, int from_tty);
132
133 /* This structure specifies notifications to be suppressed by a cli
134 command interpreter. */
135
136 struct cli_suppress_notification
137 {
138 /* Inferior, thread, frame selected notification suppressed? */
139 int user_selected_context;
140 };
141
142 extern struct cli_suppress_notification cli_suppress_notification;
143
144 /* Forward-declarations of the entry-points of cli/cli-decode.c. */
145
146 /* API to the manipulation of command lists. */
147
148 /* Return TRUE if NAME is a valid user-defined command name.
149 This is a stricter subset of all gdb commands,
150 see find_command_name_length. */
151
152 extern bool valid_user_defined_cmd_name_p (const char *name);
153
154 /* Return TRUE if C is a valid command character. */
155
156 extern bool valid_cmd_char_p (int c);
157
158 /* Const-correct variant of the above. */
159
160 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_cmd (const char *, enum command_class,
161 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
162 const char *,
163 struct cmd_list_element **);
164
165 /* Like add_cmd, but no command function is specified. */
166
167 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_cmd (const char *, enum command_class,
168 const char *,
169 struct cmd_list_element **);
170
171 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_cmd_suppress_notification
172 (const char *name, enum command_class theclass,
173 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun, const char *doc,
174 struct cmd_list_element **list,
175 int *suppress_notification);
176
177 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_alias_cmd (const char *, const char *,
178 enum command_class, int,
179 struct cmd_list_element **);
180
181 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_alias_cmd (const char *,
182 cmd_list_element *,
183 enum command_class, int,
184 struct cmd_list_element **);
185
186
187 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_prefix_cmd (const char *, enum command_class,
188 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
189 const char *,
190 struct cmd_list_element **,
191 int,
192 struct cmd_list_element **);
193
194 /* Like add_prefix_cmd, but sets the callback to a function that
195 simply calls help_list. */
196
197 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_basic_prefix_cmd
198 (const char *, enum command_class, const char *, struct cmd_list_element **,
199 int, struct cmd_list_element **);
200
201 /* Like add_prefix_cmd, but useful for "show" prefixes. This sets the
202 callback to a function that simply calls cmd_show_list. */
203
204 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_show_prefix_cmd
205 (const char *, enum command_class, const char *, struct cmd_list_element **,
206 int, struct cmd_list_element **);
207
208 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_prefix_cmd_suppress_notification
209 (const char *name, enum command_class theclass,
210 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
211 const char *doc, struct cmd_list_element **subcommands,
212 int allow_unknown,
213 struct cmd_list_element **list,
214 int *suppress_notification);
215
216 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_abbrev_prefix_cmd (const char *,
217 enum command_class,
218 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
219 const char *,
220 struct cmd_list_element
221 **, int,
222 struct cmd_list_element
223 **);
224
225 typedef void cmd_const_sfunc_ftype (const char *args, int from_tty,
226 struct cmd_list_element *c);
227 extern void set_cmd_sfunc (struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
228 cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *sfunc);
229
230 /* A completion routine. Add possible completions to tracker.
231
232 TEXT is the text beyond what was matched for the command itself
233 (leading whitespace is skipped). It stops where we are supposed to
234 stop completing (rl_point) and is '\0' terminated. WORD points in
235 the same buffer as TEXT, and completions should be returned
236 relative to this position. For example, suppose TEXT is "foo" and
237 we want to complete to "foobar". If WORD is "oo", return "oobar";
238 if WORD is "baz/foo", return "baz/foobar". */
239 typedef void completer_ftype (struct cmd_list_element *,
240 completion_tracker &tracker,
241 const char *text, const char *word);
242
243 /* Same, but for set_cmd_completer_handle_brkchars. */
244 typedef void completer_handle_brkchars_ftype (struct cmd_list_element *,
245 completion_tracker &tracker,
246 const char *text, const char *word);
247
248 extern void set_cmd_completer (struct cmd_list_element *, completer_ftype *);
249
250 /* Set the completer_handle_brkchars callback. */
251
252 extern void set_cmd_completer_handle_brkchars (struct cmd_list_element *,
253 completer_handle_brkchars_ftype *);
254
255 /* HACK: cagney/2002-02-23: Code, mostly in tracepoints.c, grubs
256 around in cmd objects to test the value of the commands sfunc(). */
257 extern int cmd_cfunc_eq (struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
258 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *cfun);
259
260 /* Each command object has a local context attached to it. */
261 extern void set_cmd_context (struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
262 void *context);
263 extern void *get_cmd_context (struct cmd_list_element *cmd);
264
265
266 /* Execute CMD's pre/post hook. Throw an error if the command fails.
267 If already executing this pre/post hook, or there is no pre/post
268 hook, the call is silently ignored. */
269 extern void execute_cmd_pre_hook (struct cmd_list_element *cmd);
270 extern void execute_cmd_post_hook (struct cmd_list_element *cmd);
271
272 /* Flag for an ambiguous cmd_list result. */
273 #define CMD_LIST_AMBIGUOUS ((struct cmd_list_element *) -1)
274
275 extern struct cmd_list_element *lookup_cmd (const char **,
276 struct cmd_list_element *,
277 const char *,
278 std::string *,
279 int, int);
280
281 /* This routine takes a line of TEXT and a CLIST in which to start the
282 lookup. When it returns it will have incremented the text pointer past
283 the section of text it matched, set *RESULT_LIST to point to the list in
284 which the last word was matched, and will return a pointer to the cmd
285 list element which the text matches. It will return NULL if no match at
286 all was possible. It will return -1 (cast appropriately, ick) if ambigous
287 matches are possible; in this case *RESULT_LIST will be set to point to
288 the list in which there are ambiguous choices (and *TEXT will be set to
289 the ambiguous text string).
290
291 if DEFAULT_ARGS is not null, *DEFAULT_ARGS is set to the found command
292 default args (possibly empty).
293
294 If the located command was an abbreviation, this routine returns the base
295 command of the abbreviation. Note that *DEFAULT_ARGS will contain the
296 default args defined for the alias.
297
298 It does no error reporting whatsoever; control will always return
299 to the superior routine.
300
301 In the case of an ambiguous return (-1), *RESULT_LIST will be set to point
302 at the prefix_command (ie. the best match) *or* (special case) will be NULL
303 if no prefix command was ever found. For example, in the case of "info a",
304 "info" matches without ambiguity, but "a" could be "args" or "address", so
305 *RESULT_LIST is set to the cmd_list_element for "info". So in this case
306 RESULT_LIST should not be interpreted as a pointer to the beginning of a
307 list; it simply points to a specific command. In the case of an ambiguous
308 return *TEXT is advanced past the last non-ambiguous prefix (e.g.
309 "info t" can be "info types" or "info target"; upon return *TEXT has been
310 advanced past "info ").
311
312 If RESULT_LIST is NULL, don't set *RESULT_LIST (but don't otherwise
313 affect the operation).
314
315 This routine does *not* modify the text pointed to by TEXT.
316
317 If IGNORE_HELP_CLASSES is nonzero, ignore any command list elements which
318 are actually help classes rather than commands (i.e. the function field of
319 the struct cmd_list_element is NULL).
320
321 When LOOKUP_FOR_COMPLETION_P is true the completion is being requested
322 for the completion engine, no warnings should be printed. */
323
324 extern struct cmd_list_element *lookup_cmd_1
325 (const char **text, struct cmd_list_element *clist,
326 struct cmd_list_element **result_list, std::string *default_args,
327 int ignore_help_classes, bool lookup_for_completion_p = false);
328
329 /* Look up the command called NAME in the command list LIST.
330
331 Unlike LOOKUP_CMD, partial matches are ignored and only exact matches
332 on NAME are considered.
333
334 LIST is a chain of struct cmd_list_element's.
335
336 If IGNORE_HELP_CLASSES is true (the default), ignore any command list
337 elements which are actually help classes rather than commands (i.e.
338 the function field of the struct cmd_list_element is null).
339
340 If found, return the struct cmd_list_element for that command,
341 otherwise return NULLPTR. */
342
343 extern struct cmd_list_element *lookup_cmd_exact
344 (const char *name,
345 struct cmd_list_element *list,
346 bool ignore_help_classes = true);
347
348 extern struct cmd_list_element *deprecate_cmd (struct cmd_list_element *,
349 const char * );
350
351 extern void deprecated_cmd_warning (const char *, struct cmd_list_element *);
352
353 extern int lookup_cmd_composition (const char *text,
354 struct cmd_list_element **alias,
355 struct cmd_list_element **prefix_cmd,
356 struct cmd_list_element **cmd);
357
358 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_com (const char *, enum command_class,
359 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
360 const char *);
361
362 extern cmd_list_element *add_com_alias (const char *name,
363 cmd_list_element *target,
364 command_class theclass,
365 int abbrev_flag);
366
367 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_com_suppress_notification
368 (const char *name, enum command_class theclass,
369 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun, const char *doc,
370 int *supress_notification);
371
372 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_info (const char *,
373 cmd_const_cfunc_ftype *fun,
374 const char *);
375
376 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_info_alias (const char *, const char *,
377 int);
378
379 extern void complete_on_cmdlist (struct cmd_list_element *,
380 completion_tracker &tracker,
381 const char *, const char *, int);
382
383 extern void complete_on_enum (completion_tracker &tracker,
384 const char *const *enumlist,
385 const char *, const char *);
386
387 /* Functions that implement commands about CLI commands. */
388
389 extern void help_list (struct cmd_list_element *, const char *,
390 enum command_class, struct ui_file *);
391
392 /* Method for show a set/show variable's VALUE on FILE. If this
393 method isn't supplied deprecated_show_value_hack() is called (which
394 is not good). */
395 typedef void (show_value_ftype) (struct ui_file *file,
396 int from_tty,
397 struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
398 const char *value);
399 /* NOTE: i18n: This function is not i18n friendly. Callers should
400 instead print the value out directly. */
401 extern show_value_ftype deprecated_show_value_hack;
402
403 /* Return value type for the add_setshow_* functions. */
404
405 struct set_show_commands
406 {
407 cmd_list_element *set, *show;
408 };
409
410 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_enum_cmd
411 (const char *name, command_class theclass, const char *const *enumlist,
412 const char **var, const char *set_doc, const char *show_doc,
413 const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
414 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
415 cmd_list_element **show_list, void *context = nullptr);
416
417 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_auto_boolean_cmd
418 (const char *name, command_class theclass, auto_boolean *var,
419 const char *set_doc, const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc,
420 cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func, show_value_ftype *show_func,
421 cmd_list_element **set_list, cmd_list_element **show_list);
422
423 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_boolean_cmd
424 (const char *name, command_class theclass, bool *var, const char *set_doc,
425 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
426 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
427 cmd_list_element **show_list);
428
429 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_filename_cmd
430 (const char *name, command_class theclass, char **var, const char *set_doc,
431 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
432 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
433 cmd_list_element **show_list);
434
435 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_string_cmd
436 (const char *name, command_class theclass, char **var, const char *set_doc,
437 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
438 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
439 cmd_list_element **show_list);
440
441 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_string_noescape_cmd
442 (const char *name, command_class theclass, char **var, const char *set_doc,
443 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
444 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
445 cmd_list_element **show_list);
446
447 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_optional_filename_cmd
448 (const char *name, command_class theclass, char **var, const char *set_doc,
449 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
450 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
451 cmd_list_element **show_list);
452
453 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_integer_cmd
454 (const char *name, command_class theclass, int *var, const char *set_doc,
455 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
456 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
457 cmd_list_element **show_list);
458
459 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_uinteger_cmd
460 (const char *name, command_class theclass, unsigned int *var,
461 const char *set_doc, const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc,
462 cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func, show_value_ftype *show_func,
463 cmd_list_element **set_list, cmd_list_element **show_list);
464
465 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_zinteger_cmd
466 (const char *name, command_class theclass, int *var, const char *set_doc,
467 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
468 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
469 cmd_list_element **show_list);
470
471 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_zuinteger_cmd
472 (const char *name, command_class theclass, unsigned int *var,
473 const char *set_doc, const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc,
474 cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func, show_value_ftype *show_func,
475 cmd_list_element **set_list, cmd_list_element **show_list);
476
477 extern set_show_commands add_setshow_zuinteger_unlimited_cmd
478 (const char *name, command_class theclass, int *var, const char *set_doc,
479 const char *show_doc, const char *help_doc, cmd_const_sfunc_ftype *set_func,
480 show_value_ftype *show_func, cmd_list_element **set_list,
481 cmd_list_element **show_list);
482
483 /* Do a "show" command for each thing on a command list. */
484
485 extern void cmd_show_list (struct cmd_list_element *, int);
486
487 /* Used everywhere whenever at least one parameter is required and
488 none is specified. */
489
490 extern void error_no_arg (const char *) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
491
492
493 /* Command line saving and repetition.
494 Each input line executed is saved to possibly be repeated either
495 when the user types an empty line, or be repeated by a command
496 that wants to repeat the previously executed command. The below
497 functions control command repetition. */
498
499 /* Commands call dont_repeat if they do not want to be repeated by null
500 lines or by repeat_previous (). */
501
502 extern void dont_repeat ();
503
504 /* Commands call repeat_previous if they want to repeat the previous
505 command. Such commands that repeat the previous command must
506 indicate to not repeat themselves, to avoid recursive repeat.
507 repeat_previous marks the current command as not repeating, and
508 ensures get_saved_command_line returns the previous command, so
509 that the currently executing command can repeat it. If there's no
510 previous command, throws an error. Otherwise, returns the result
511 of get_saved_command_line, which now points at the command to
512 repeat. */
513
514 extern const char *repeat_previous ();
515
516 /* Prevent dont_repeat from working, and return a cleanup that
517 restores the previous state. */
518
519 extern scoped_restore_tmpl<int> prevent_dont_repeat (void);
520
521 /* Set the arguments that will be passed if the current command is
522 repeated. Note that the passed-in string must be a constant. */
523
524 extern void set_repeat_arguments (const char *args);
525
526 /* Returns the saved command line to repeat.
527 When a command is being executed, this is the currently executing
528 command line, unless the currently executing command has called
529 repeat_previous (): in this case, get_saved_command_line returns
530 the previously saved command line. */
531
532 extern char *get_saved_command_line ();
533
534 /* Takes a copy of CMD, for possible repetition. */
535
536 extern void save_command_line (const char *cmd);
537
538 /* Used to mark commands that don't do anything. If we just leave the
539 function field NULL, the command is interpreted as a help topic, or
540 as a class of commands. */
541
542 extern void not_just_help_class_command (const char *, int);
543
544 /* Call the command function. */
545 extern void cmd_func (struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
546 const char *args, int from_tty);
547
548 #endif /* !defined (COMMAND_H) */