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   /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined.  */
 130   const char *bool_type_symbol;
 131   /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type.  */
 132   struct type *bool_type_default;
 133 };
 134
 135 /* Structure tying together assorted information about a language.  */
 136
 137 struct language_defn
 138   {
 139     /* Name of the language */
 140
 141     char *la_name;
 142
 143     /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h) */
 144
 145     enum language la_language;
 146
 147     /* Default range checking */
 148
 149     enum range_check la_range_check;
 150
 151     /* Default type checking */
 152
 153     enum type_check la_type_check;
 154
 155     /* Default case sensitivity */
 156     enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
 157
 158     /* Multi-dimensional array ordering */
 159     enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
 160
 161     /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
 162        dumping */
 163
 164     const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
 165
 166     /* Parser function. */
 167
 168     int (*la_parser) (void);
 169
 170     /* Parser error function */
 171
 172     void (*la_error) (char *);
 173
 174     /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
 175        la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
 176        its translation.  *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
 177        for releasing its previous contents, if necessary.  If
 178        VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression.  */
 179
 180     void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
 181
 182     void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream);
 183
 184     void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, const gdb_byte *string,
 185                          unsigned int length, int width,
 186                          int force_ellipses);
 187
 188     void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
 189
 190     /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 191
 192     void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, char *, struct ui_file *, int,
 193                            int);
 194
 195     /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 196
 197     int (*la_val_print) (struct type *, const gdb_byte *, int, CORE_ADDR,
 198                          struct ui_file *, int, int, int,
 199                          enum val_prettyprint);
 200
 201     /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
 202
 203     int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
 204                            int, enum val_prettyprint);
 205
 206     /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
 207        If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
 208        return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
 209        if it isn't a language tramp for this language.  */
 210     CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
 211
 212     /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol.  */
 213
 214     /* If this is non-NULL, specifies the name that of the implicit
 215        local variable that refers to the current object instance.  */
 216
 217     char *la_name_of_this;
 218
 219     /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
 220        the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
 221        variables.  */
 222
 223     struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
 224                                                  const char *,
 225                                                  const struct block *,
 226                                                  const domain_enum);
 227
 228     /* Find the definition of the type with the given name.  */
 229     struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
 230
 231     /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
 232     char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
 233
 234     /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL.  */
 235     char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
 236
 237     /* Table for printing expressions */
 238
 239     const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
 240
 241     /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays.  True if there are no
 242        array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
 243
 244     char c_style_arrays;
 245
 246     /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
 247     char string_lower_bound;
 248
 249     /* The list of characters forming word boundaries.  */
 250     char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
 251
 252     /* Should return a NULL terminated array of all symbols which
 253        are possible completions for TEXT.  WORD is the entire command
 254        on which the completion is being made.  */
 255     char **(*la_make_symbol_completion_list) (char *text, char *word);
 256
 257     /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information.  */
 258     void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
 259                                    struct language_arch_info *);
 260
 261     /* Print the index of an element of an array.  */
 262     void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
 263                                   struct ui_file *stream,
 264                                   int format,
 265                                   enum val_prettyprint pretty);
 266
 267     /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
 268        reference at the language level.  */
 269     int (*la_pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
 270
 271     /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
 272     /* Magic number for compat checking */
 273
 274     long la_magic;
 275
 276   };
 277
 278 #define LANG_MAGIC      910823L
 279
 280 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language.  This pointer
 281    always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
 282    it for validity.
 283
 284    The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
 285    (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
 286    separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics.  We
 287    should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
 288    what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
 289    evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays.  It does
 290    *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
 291    its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
 292    language when symbols are read.  If we want some manual setting for
 293    the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
 294    C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language.  */
 295
 296 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
 297
 298 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
 299    of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C.  */
 300
 301 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
 302
 303 /* language_mode ==
 304    language_mode_auto:   current_language automatically set upon selection
 305    of scope (e.g. stack frame)
 306    language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user.  */
 307
 308 extern enum language_mode
 309   {
 310     language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
 311   }
 312 language_mode;
 313
 314 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
 315                                  struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
 316
 317 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
 318                                         struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
 319
 320 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
 321                                                      struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 322                                                      const char *name);
 323
 324 \f
 325 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
 326    evaluator.  */
 327
 328 /* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
 329 #define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
 330
 331 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
 332 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
 333
 334 /* "cast" really means conversion */
 335 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
 336 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION (current_language->la_language == language_c  || \
 337                             current_language->la_language == language_cplus || \
 338                             current_language->la_language == language_objc)
 339
 340 extern void language_info (int);
 341
 342 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
 343 \f
 344
 345 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
 346    specific to languages.  Each of these functions is based on
 347    the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
 348    with the "set language" command. */
 349
 350 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
 351   (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
 352
 353 #define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref,recurse,pretty) \
 354   (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref, \
 355                                   recurse,pretty))
 356 #define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,fmt,pretty) \
 357   (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,fmt,pretty))
 358
 359 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, stream) \
 360   (current_language->la_printchar(ch, stream))
 361 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses) \
 362   (current_language->la_printstr(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses))
 363 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, stream, quoter) \
 364   (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, stream, quoter))
 365
 366 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, format, pretty) \
 367   (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, format, pretty))
 368
 369 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
 370    or needs to be printed in another representation.  For example,
 371    in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
 372    and the "other representation" is '\141'.  The "other representation"
 373    is program language dependent. */
 374
 375 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c)           \
 376   ((c) >= 0x20                          \
 377    && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0)       \
 378    && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
 379
 380 #if 0
 381 /* FIXME: cagney/2000-03-04: This function does not appear to be used.
 382    It can be deleted once 5.0 has been released. */
 383 /* Return a string that contains the hex digits of the number.  No preceeding
 384    "0x" */
 385
 386 extern char *longest_raw_hex_string (LONGEST);
 387 #endif
 388
 389 /* Type predicates */
 390
 391 extern int simple_type (struct type *);
 392
 393 extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
 394
 395 extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
 396
 397 extern int integral_type (struct type *);
 398
 399 extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
 400
 401 extern int character_type (struct type *);
 402
 403 extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
 404
 405 extern int float_type (struct type *);
 406
 407 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
 408
 409 extern int structured_type (struct type *);
 410
 411 /* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
 412 /* FIXME:  Does not appear to be used */
 413 #define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
 414
 415 extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
 416
 417 /* Error messages */
 418
 419 extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
 420
 421 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
 422
 423 /* Data:  Does this value represent "truth" to the current language?  */
 424
 425 extern int value_true (struct value *);
 426
 427 /* Misc:  The string representing a particular enum language.  */
 428
 429 extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
 430
 431 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
 432
 433 extern char *language_str (enum language);
 434
 435 /* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time).  */
 436
 437 extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
 438
 439 extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
 440
 441 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
 442
 443 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
 444
 445 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL.  */
 446 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
 447                                 const char *mangled, int options);
 448
 449 /* Return class name from physname, or NULL.  */
 450 extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
 451                                                 const char *physname);
 452
 453 /* Splitting strings into words.  */
 454 extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
 455
 456 /* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax.  */
 457 extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
 458                                        struct ui_file *stream,
 459                                        int format,
 460                                        enum val_prettyprint pretty);
 461
 462 /* Return non-zero if TYPE should be passed (and returned) by
 463    reference at the language level.  */
 464 int language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
 465
 466 /* Return zero; by default, types are passed by value at the language
 467    level.  The target ABI may pass or return some structs by reference
 468    independent of this.  */
 469 int default_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
 470
 471 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */