gdb/parse.c

   1 /* Parse expressions for GDB.
   2    Copyright (C) 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    Modified from expread.y by the Department of Computer Science at the
   4    State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991.
   5
   6 This file is part of GDB.
   7
   8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  11 (at your option) any later version.
  12
  13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  16 GNU General Public License for more details.
  17
  18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  21
  22 /* Parse an expression from text in a string,
  23    and return the result as a  struct expression  pointer.
  24    That structure contains arithmetic operations in reverse polish,
  25    with constants represented by operations that are followed by special data.
  26    See expression.h for the details of the format.
  27    What is important here is that it can be built up sequentially
  28    during the process of parsing; the lower levels of the tree always
  29    come first in the result.  */
  30
  31 #include "defs.h"
  32 #include "gdb_string.h"
  33 #include "symtab.h"
  34 #include "gdbtypes.h"
  35 #include "frame.h"
  36 #include "expression.h"
  37 #include "value.h"
  38 #include "command.h"
  39 #include "language.h"
  40 #include "parser-defs.h"
  41 \f
  42 /* Global variables declared in parser-defs.h (and commented there).  */
  43 struct expression *expout;
  44 int expout_size;
  45 int expout_ptr;
  46 struct block *expression_context_block;
  47 struct block *innermost_block;
  48 int arglist_len;
  49 union type_stack_elt *type_stack;
  50 int type_stack_depth, type_stack_size;
  51 char *lexptr;
  52 char *namecopy;
  53 int paren_depth;
  54 int comma_terminates;
  55 \f
  56 static void
  57 free_funcalls PARAMS ((void));
  58
  59 static void
  60 prefixify_expression PARAMS ((struct expression *));
  61
  62 static int
  63 length_of_subexp PARAMS ((struct expression *, int));
  64
  65 static void
  66 prefixify_subexp PARAMS ((struct expression *, struct expression *, int, int));
  67
  68 /* Data structure for saving values of arglist_len for function calls whose
  69    arguments contain other function calls.  */
  70
  71 struct funcall
  72   {
  73     struct funcall *next;
  74     int arglist_len;
  75   };
  76
  77 static struct funcall *funcall_chain;
  78
  79 /* Assign machine-independent names to certain registers
  80    (unless overridden by the REGISTER_NAMES table) */
  81
  82 #ifdef NO_STD_REGS
  83 unsigned num_std_regs = 0;
  84 struct std_regs std_regs[1];
  85 #else
  86 struct std_regs std_regs[] = {
  87
  88 #ifdef PC_REGNUM
  89         { "pc", PC_REGNUM },
  90 #endif
  91 #ifdef FP_REGNUM
  92         { "fp", FP_REGNUM },
  93 #endif
  94 #ifdef SP_REGNUM
  95         { "sp", SP_REGNUM },
  96 #endif
  97 #ifdef PS_REGNUM
  98         { "ps", PS_REGNUM },
  99 #endif
 100
 101 };
 102
 103 unsigned num_std_regs = (sizeof std_regs / sizeof std_regs[0]);
 104
 105 #endif
 106
 107
 108 /* Begin counting arguments for a function call,
 109    saving the data about any containing call.  */
 110
 111 void
 112 start_arglist ()
 113 {
 114   register struct funcall *new;
 115
 116   new = (struct funcall *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct funcall));
 117   new->next = funcall_chain;
 118   new->arglist_len = arglist_len;
 119   arglist_len = 0;
 120   funcall_chain = new;
 121 }
 122
 123 /* Return the number of arguments in a function call just terminated,
 124    and restore the data for the containing function call.  */
 125
 126 int
 127 end_arglist ()
 128 {
 129   register int val = arglist_len;
 130   register struct funcall *call = funcall_chain;
 131   funcall_chain = call->next;
 132   arglist_len = call->arglist_len;
 133   free ((PTR)call);
 134   return val;
 135 }
 136
 137 /* Free everything in the funcall chain.
 138    Used when there is an error inside parsing.  */
 139
 140 static void
 141 free_funcalls ()
 142 {
 143   register struct funcall *call, *next;
 144
 145   for (call = funcall_chain; call; call = next)
 146     {
 147       next = call->next;
 148       free ((PTR)call);
 149     }
 150 }
 151 \f
 152 /* This page contains the functions for adding data to the  struct expression
 153    being constructed.  */
 154
 155 /* Add one element to the end of the expression.  */
 156
 157 /* To avoid a bug in the Sun 4 compiler, we pass things that can fit into
 158    a register through here */
 159
 160 void
 161 write_exp_elt (expelt)
 162      union exp_element expelt;
 163 {
 164   if (expout_ptr >= expout_size)
 165     {
 166       expout_size *= 2;
 167       expout = (struct expression *)
 168         xrealloc ((char *) expout, sizeof (struct expression)
 169                   + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size));
 170     }
 171   expout->elts[expout_ptr++] = expelt;
 172 }
 173
 174 void
 175 write_exp_elt_opcode (expelt)
 176      enum exp_opcode expelt;
 177 {
 178   union exp_element tmp;
 179
 180   tmp.opcode = expelt;
 181
 182   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 183 }
 184
 185 void
 186 write_exp_elt_sym (expelt)
 187      struct symbol *expelt;
 188 {
 189   union exp_element tmp;
 190
 191   tmp.symbol = expelt;
 192
 193   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 194 }
 195
 196 void
 197 write_exp_elt_block (b)
 198      struct block *b;
 199 {
 200   union exp_element tmp;
 201   tmp.block = b;
 202   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 203 }
 204
 205 void
 206 write_exp_elt_longcst (expelt)
 207      LONGEST expelt;
 208 {
 209   union exp_element tmp;
 210
 211   tmp.longconst = expelt;
 212
 213   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 214 }
 215
 216 void
 217 write_exp_elt_dblcst (expelt)
 218      double expelt;
 219 {
 220   union exp_element tmp;
 221
 222   tmp.doubleconst = expelt;
 223
 224   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 225 }
 226
 227 void
 228 write_exp_elt_type (expelt)
 229      struct type *expelt;
 230 {
 231   union exp_element tmp;
 232
 233   tmp.type = expelt;
 234
 235   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 236 }
 237
 238 void
 239 write_exp_elt_intern (expelt)
 240      struct internalvar *expelt;
 241 {
 242   union exp_element tmp;
 243
 244   tmp.internalvar = expelt;
 245
 246   write_exp_elt (tmp);
 247 }
 248
 249 /* Add a string constant to the end of the expression.
 250
 251    String constants are stored by first writing an expression element
 252    that contains the length of the string, then stuffing the string
 253    constant itself into however many expression elements are needed
 254    to hold it, and then writing another expression element that contains
 255    the length of the string.  I.E. an expression element at each end of
 256    the string records the string length, so you can skip over the
 257    expression elements containing the actual string bytes from either
 258    end of the string.  Note that this also allows gdb to handle
 259    strings with embedded null bytes, as is required for some languages.
 260
 261    Don't be fooled by the fact that the string is null byte terminated,
 262    this is strictly for the convenience of debugging gdb itself.  Gdb
 263    Gdb does not depend up the string being null terminated, since the
 264    actual length is recorded in expression elements at each end of the
 265    string.  The null byte is taken into consideration when computing how
 266    many expression elements are required to hold the string constant, of
 267    course. */
 268
 269
 270 void
 271 write_exp_string (str)
 272      struct stoken str;
 273 {
 274   register int len = str.length;
 275   register int lenelt;
 276   register char *strdata;
 277
 278   /* Compute the number of expression elements required to hold the string
 279      (including a null byte terminator), along with one expression element
 280      at each end to record the actual string length (not including the
 281      null byte terminator). */
 282
 283   lenelt = 2 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (len + 1);
 284
 285   /* Ensure that we have enough available expression elements to store
 286      everything. */
 287
 288   if ((expout_ptr + lenelt) >= expout_size)
 289     {
 290       expout_size = max (expout_size * 2, expout_ptr + lenelt + 10);
 291       expout = (struct expression *)
 292         xrealloc ((char *) expout, (sizeof (struct expression)
 293                                     + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size)));
 294     }
 295
 296   /* Write the leading length expression element (which advances the current
 297      expression element index), then write the string constant followed by a
 298      terminating null byte, and then write the trailing length expression
 299      element. */
 300
 301   write_exp_elt_longcst ((LONGEST) len);
 302   strdata = (char *) &expout->elts[expout_ptr];
 303   memcpy (strdata, str.ptr, len);
 304   *(strdata + len) = '\0';
 305   expout_ptr += lenelt - 2;
 306   write_exp_elt_longcst ((LONGEST) len);
 307 }
 308
 309 /* Add a bitstring constant to the end of the expression.
 310
 311    Bitstring constants are stored by first writing an expression element
 312    that contains the length of the bitstring (in bits), then stuffing the
 313    bitstring constant itself into however many expression elements are
 314    needed to hold it, and then writing another expression element that
 315    contains the length of the bitstring.  I.E. an expression element at
 316    each end of the bitstring records the bitstring length, so you can skip
 317    over the expression elements containing the actual bitstring bytes from
 318    either end of the bitstring. */
 319
 320 void
 321 write_exp_bitstring (str)
 322      struct stoken str;
 323 {
 324   register int bits = str.length;       /* length in bits */
 325   register int len = (bits + HOST_CHAR_BIT - 1) / HOST_CHAR_BIT;
 326   register int lenelt;
 327   register char *strdata;
 328
 329   /* Compute the number of expression elements required to hold the bitstring,
 330      along with one expression element at each end to record the actual
 331      bitstring length in bits. */
 332
 333   lenelt = 2 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (len);
 334
 335   /* Ensure that we have enough available expression elements to store
 336      everything. */
 337
 338   if ((expout_ptr + lenelt) >= expout_size)
 339     {
 340       expout_size = max (expout_size * 2, expout_ptr + lenelt + 10);
 341       expout = (struct expression *)
 342         xrealloc ((char *) expout, (sizeof (struct expression)
 343                                     + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size)));
 344     }
 345
 346   /* Write the leading length expression element (which advances the current
 347      expression element index), then write the bitstring constant, and then
 348      write the trailing length expression element. */
 349
 350   write_exp_elt_longcst ((LONGEST) bits);
 351   strdata = (char *) &expout->elts[expout_ptr];
 352   memcpy (strdata, str.ptr, len);
 353   expout_ptr += lenelt - 2;
 354   write_exp_elt_longcst ((LONGEST) bits);
 355 }
 356
 357 /* Add the appropriate elements for a minimal symbol to the end of
 358    the expression.  The rationale behind passing in text_symbol_type and
 359    data_symbol_type was so that Modula-2 could pass in WORD for
 360    data_symbol_type.  Perhaps it still is useful to have those types vary
 361    based on the language, but they no longer have names like "int", so
 362    the initial rationale is gone.  */
 363
 364 static struct type *msym_text_symbol_type;
 365 static struct type *msym_data_symbol_type;
 366 static struct type *msym_unknown_symbol_type;
 367
 368 void
 369 write_exp_msymbol (msymbol, text_symbol_type, data_symbol_type)
 370      struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
 371      struct type *text_symbol_type;
 372      struct type *data_symbol_type;
 373 {
 374   write_exp_elt_opcode (OP_LONG);
 375   write_exp_elt_type (lookup_pointer_type (builtin_type_void));
 376   write_exp_elt_longcst ((LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol));
 377   write_exp_elt_opcode (OP_LONG);
 378
 379   write_exp_elt_opcode (UNOP_MEMVAL);
 380   switch (msymbol -> type)
 381     {
 382     case mst_text:
 383     case mst_file_text:
 384     case mst_solib_trampoline:
 385       write_exp_elt_type (msym_text_symbol_type);
 386       break;
 387
 388     case mst_data:
 389     case mst_file_data:
 390     case mst_bss:
 391     case mst_file_bss:
 392       write_exp_elt_type (msym_data_symbol_type);
 393       break;
 394
 395     default:
 396       write_exp_elt_type (msym_unknown_symbol_type);
 397       break;
 398     }
 399   write_exp_elt_opcode (UNOP_MEMVAL);
 400 }
 401 \f
 402 /* Return a null-terminated temporary copy of the name
 403    of a string token.  */
 404
 405 char *
 406 copy_name (token)
 407      struct stoken token;
 408 {
 409   memcpy (namecopy, token.ptr, token.length);
 410   namecopy[token.length] = 0;
 411   return namecopy;
 412 }
 413 \f
 414 /* Reverse an expression from suffix form (in which it is constructed)
 415    to prefix form (in which we can conveniently print or execute it).  */
 416
 417 static void
 418 prefixify_expression (expr)
 419      register struct expression *expr;
 420 {
 421   register int len =
 422     sizeof (struct expression) + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expr->nelts);
 423   register struct expression *temp;
 424   register int inpos = expr->nelts, outpos = 0;
 425
 426   temp = (struct expression *) alloca (len);
 427
 428   /* Copy the original expression into temp.  */
 429   memcpy (temp, expr, len);
 430
 431   prefixify_subexp (temp, expr, inpos, outpos);
 432 }
 433
 434 /* Return the number of exp_elements in the subexpression of EXPR
 435    whose last exp_element is at index ENDPOS - 1 in EXPR.  */
 436
 437 static int
 438 length_of_subexp (expr, endpos)
 439      register struct expression *expr;
 440      register int endpos;
 441 {
 442   register int oplen = 1;
 443   register int args = 0;
 444   register int i;
 445
 446   if (endpos < 1)
 447     error ("?error in length_of_subexp");
 448
 449   i = (int) expr->elts[endpos - 1].opcode;
 450
 451   switch (i)
 452     {
 453       /* C++  */
 454     case OP_SCOPE:
 455       oplen = longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 2].longconst);
 456       oplen = 5 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen + 1);
 457       break;
 458
 459     case OP_LONG:
 460     case OP_DOUBLE:
 461     case OP_VAR_VALUE:
 462       oplen = 4;
 463       break;
 464
 465     case OP_TYPE:
 466     case OP_BOOL:
 467     case OP_LAST:
 468     case OP_REGISTER:
 469     case OP_INTERNALVAR:
 470       oplen = 3;
 471       break;
 472
 473     case OP_COMPLEX:
 474       oplen = 1;
 475       args = 2;
 476       break;
 477
 478     case OP_FUNCALL:
 479     case OP_F77_UNDETERMINED_ARGLIST:
 480       oplen = 3;
 481       args = 1 + longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 2].longconst);
 482       break;
 483
 484     case UNOP_MAX:
 485     case UNOP_MIN:
 486       oplen = 3;
 487       break;
 488
 489    case BINOP_VAL:
 490    case UNOP_CAST:
 491    case UNOP_MEMVAL:
 492       oplen = 3;
 493       args = 1;
 494       break;
 495
 496     case UNOP_ABS:
 497     case UNOP_CAP:
 498     case UNOP_CHR:
 499     case UNOP_FLOAT:
 500     case UNOP_HIGH:
 501     case UNOP_ODD:
 502     case UNOP_ORD:
 503     case UNOP_TRUNC:
 504       oplen = 1;
 505       args = 1;
 506       break;
 507
 508     case OP_LABELED:
 509     case STRUCTOP_STRUCT:
 510     case STRUCTOP_PTR:
 511       args = 1;
 512       /* fall through */
 513     case OP_M2_STRING:
 514     case OP_STRING:
 515     case OP_NAME:
 516     case OP_EXPRSTRING:
 517       oplen = longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 2].longconst);
 518       oplen = 4 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen + 1);
 519       break;
 520
 521     case OP_BITSTRING:
 522       oplen = longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 2].longconst);
 523       oplen = (oplen + HOST_CHAR_BIT - 1) / HOST_CHAR_BIT;
 524       oplen = 4 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen);
 525       break;
 526
 527     case OP_ARRAY:
 528       oplen = 4;
 529       args = longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 2].longconst);
 530       args -= longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos - 3].longconst);
 531       args += 1;
 532       break;
 533
 534     case TERNOP_COND:
 535     case TERNOP_SLICE:
 536     case TERNOP_SLICE_COUNT:
 537       args = 3;
 538       break;
 539
 540       /* Modula-2 */
 541    case MULTI_SUBSCRIPT:
 542       oplen = 3;
 543       args = 1 + longest_to_int (expr->elts[endpos- 2].longconst);
 544       break;
 545
 546     case BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY:
 547       oplen = 3;
 548       args = 2;
 549       break;
 550
 551       /* C++ */
 552     case OP_THIS:
 553       oplen = 2;
 554       break;
 555
 556     default:
 557       args = 1 + (i < (int) BINOP_END);
 558     }
 559
 560   while (args > 0)
 561     {
 562       oplen += length_of_subexp (expr, endpos - oplen);
 563       args--;
 564     }
 565
 566   return oplen;
 567 }
 568
 569 /* Copy the subexpression ending just before index INEND in INEXPR
 570    into OUTEXPR, starting at index OUTBEG.
 571    In the process, convert it from suffix to prefix form.  */
 572
 573 static void
 574 prefixify_subexp (inexpr, outexpr, inend, outbeg)
 575      register struct expression *inexpr;
 576      struct expression *outexpr;
 577      register int inend;
 578      int outbeg;
 579 {
 580   register int oplen = 1;
 581   register int args = 0;
 582   register int i;
 583   int *arglens;
 584   enum exp_opcode opcode;
 585
 586   /* Compute how long the last operation is (in OPLEN),
 587      and also how many preceding subexpressions serve as
 588      arguments for it (in ARGS).  */
 589
 590   opcode = inexpr->elts[inend - 1].opcode;
 591   switch (opcode)
 592     {
 593       /* C++  */
 594     case OP_SCOPE:
 595       oplen = longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 596       oplen = 5 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen + 1);
 597       break;
 598
 599     case OP_LONG:
 600     case OP_DOUBLE:
 601     case OP_VAR_VALUE:
 602       oplen = 4;
 603       break;
 604
 605     case OP_TYPE:
 606     case OP_BOOL:
 607     case OP_LAST:
 608     case OP_REGISTER:
 609     case OP_INTERNALVAR:
 610       oplen = 3;
 611       break;
 612
 613     case OP_COMPLEX:
 614       oplen = 1;
 615       args = 2;
 616       break;
 617
 618     case OP_FUNCALL:
 619     case OP_F77_UNDETERMINED_ARGLIST:
 620       oplen = 3;
 621       args = 1 + longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 622       break;
 623
 624     case UNOP_MIN:
 625     case UNOP_MAX:
 626       oplen = 3;
 627       break;
 628
 629     case UNOP_CAST:
 630     case UNOP_MEMVAL:
 631       oplen = 3;
 632       args = 1;
 633       break;
 634
 635     case UNOP_ABS:
 636     case UNOP_CAP:
 637     case UNOP_CHR:
 638     case UNOP_FLOAT:
 639     case UNOP_HIGH:
 640     case UNOP_ODD:
 641     case UNOP_ORD:
 642     case UNOP_TRUNC:
 643       oplen=1;
 644       args=1;
 645       break;
 646
 647     case STRUCTOP_STRUCT:
 648     case STRUCTOP_PTR:
 649     case OP_LABELED:
 650       args = 1;
 651       /* fall through */
 652     case OP_M2_STRING:
 653     case OP_STRING:
 654     case OP_NAME:
 655     case OP_EXPRSTRING:
 656       oplen = longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 657       oplen = 4 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen + 1);
 658       break;
 659
 660     case OP_BITSTRING:
 661       oplen = longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 662       oplen = (oplen + HOST_CHAR_BIT - 1) / HOST_CHAR_BIT;
 663       oplen = 4 + BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM (oplen);
 664       break;
 665
 666     case OP_ARRAY:
 667       oplen = 4;
 668       args = longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 669       args -= longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 3].longconst);
 670       args += 1;
 671       break;
 672
 673     case TERNOP_COND:
 674     case TERNOP_SLICE:
 675     case TERNOP_SLICE_COUNT:
 676       args = 3;
 677       break;
 678
 679     case BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY:
 680       oplen = 3;
 681       args = 2;
 682       break;
 683
 684       /* Modula-2 */
 685    case MULTI_SUBSCRIPT:
 686       oplen = 3;
 687       args = 1 + longest_to_int (inexpr->elts[inend - 2].longconst);
 688       break;
 689
 690       /* C++ */
 691     case OP_THIS:
 692       oplen = 2;
 693       break;
 694
 695     default:
 696       args = 1 + ((int) opcode < (int) BINOP_END);
 697     }
 698
 699   /* Copy the final operator itself, from the end of the input
 700      to the beginning of the output.  */
 701   inend -= oplen;
 702   memcpy (&outexpr->elts[outbeg], &inexpr->elts[inend],
 703           EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (oplen));
 704   outbeg += oplen;
 705
 706   /* Find the lengths of the arg subexpressions.  */
 707   arglens = (int *) alloca (args * sizeof (int));
 708   for (i = args - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 709     {
 710       oplen = length_of_subexp (inexpr, inend);
 711       arglens[i] = oplen;
 712       inend -= oplen;
 713     }
 714
 715   /* Now copy each subexpression, preserving the order of
 716      the subexpressions, but prefixifying each one.
 717      In this loop, inend starts at the beginning of
 718      the expression this level is working on
 719      and marches forward over the arguments.
 720      outbeg does similarly in the output.  */
 721   for (i = 0; i < args; i++)
 722     {
 723       oplen = arglens[i];
 724       inend += oplen;
 725       prefixify_subexp (inexpr, outexpr, inend, outbeg);
 726       outbeg += oplen;
 727     }
 728 }
 729 \f
 730 /* This page contains the two entry points to this file.  */
 731
 732 /* Read an expression from the string *STRINGPTR points to,
 733    parse it, and return a pointer to a  struct expression  that we malloc.
 734    Use block BLOCK as the lexical context for variable names;
 735    if BLOCK is zero, use the block of the selected stack frame.
 736    Meanwhile, advance *STRINGPTR to point after the expression,
 737    at the first nonwhite character that is not part of the expression
 738    (possibly a null character).
 739
 740    If COMMA is nonzero, stop if a comma is reached.  */
 741
 742 struct expression *
 743 parse_exp_1 (stringptr, block, comma)
 744      char **stringptr;
 745      struct block *block;
 746      int comma;
 747 {
 748   struct cleanup *old_chain;
 749
 750   lexptr = *stringptr;
 751
 752   paren_depth = 0;
 753   type_stack_depth = 0;
 754
 755   comma_terminates = comma;
 756
 757   if (lexptr == 0 || *lexptr == 0)
 758     error_no_arg ("expression to compute");
 759
 760   old_chain = make_cleanup (free_funcalls, 0);
 761   funcall_chain = 0;
 762
 763   expression_context_block = block ? block : get_selected_block ();
 764
 765   namecopy = (char *) alloca (strlen (lexptr) + 1);
 766   expout_size = 10;
 767   expout_ptr = 0;
 768   expout = (struct expression *)
 769     xmalloc (sizeof (struct expression) + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size));
 770   expout->language_defn = current_language;
 771   make_cleanup (free_current_contents, &expout);
 772
 773   if (current_language->la_parser ())
 774     current_language->la_error (NULL);
 775
 776   discard_cleanups (old_chain);
 777
 778   /* Record the actual number of expression elements, and then
 779      reallocate the expression memory so that we free up any
 780      excess elements. */
 781
 782   expout->nelts = expout_ptr;
 783   expout = (struct expression *)
 784     xrealloc ((char *) expout,
 785               sizeof (struct expression) + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_ptr));;
 786
 787   /* Convert expression from postfix form as generated by yacc
 788      parser, to a prefix form. */
 789
 790   DUMP_EXPRESSION (expout, gdb_stdout, "before conversion to prefix form");
 791   prefixify_expression (expout);
 792   DUMP_EXPRESSION (expout, gdb_stdout, "after conversion to prefix form");
 793
 794   *stringptr = lexptr;
 795   return expout;
 796 }
 797
 798 /* Parse STRING as an expression, and complain if this fails
 799    to use up all of the contents of STRING.  */
 800
 801 struct expression *
 802 parse_expression (string)
 803      char *string;
 804 {
 805   register struct expression *exp;
 806   exp = parse_exp_1 (&string, 0, 0);
 807   if (*string)
 808     error ("Junk after end of expression.");
 809   return exp;
 810 }
 811 \f
 812 /* Stuff for maintaining a stack of types.  Currently just used by C, but
 813    probably useful for any language which declares its types "backwards".  */
 814
 815 void
 816 push_type (tp)
 817      enum type_pieces tp;
 818 {
 819   if (type_stack_depth == type_stack_size)
 820     {
 821       type_stack_size *= 2;
 822       type_stack = (union type_stack_elt *)
 823         xrealloc ((char *) type_stack, type_stack_size * sizeof (*type_stack));
 824     }
 825   type_stack[type_stack_depth++].piece = tp;
 826 }
 827
 828 void
 829 push_type_int (n)
 830      int n;
 831 {
 832   if (type_stack_depth == type_stack_size)
 833     {
 834       type_stack_size *= 2;
 835       type_stack = (union type_stack_elt *)
 836         xrealloc ((char *) type_stack, type_stack_size * sizeof (*type_stack));
 837     }
 838   type_stack[type_stack_depth++].int_val = n;
 839 }
 840
 841 enum type_pieces
 842 pop_type ()
 843 {
 844   if (type_stack_depth)
 845     return type_stack[--type_stack_depth].piece;
 846   return tp_end;
 847 }
 848
 849 int
 850 pop_type_int ()
 851 {
 852   if (type_stack_depth)
 853     return type_stack[--type_stack_depth].int_val;
 854   /* "Can't happen".  */
 855   return 0;
 856 }
 857
 858 /* Pop the type stack and return the type which corresponds to FOLLOW_TYPE
 859    as modified by all the stuff on the stack.  */
 860 struct type *
 861 follow_types (follow_type)
 862      struct type *follow_type;
 863 {
 864   int done = 0;
 865   int array_size;
 866   struct type *range_type;
 867
 868   while (!done)
 869     switch (pop_type ())
 870       {
 871       case tp_end:
 872         done = 1;
 873         break;
 874       case tp_pointer:
 875         follow_type = lookup_pointer_type (follow_type);
 876         break;
 877       case tp_reference:
 878         follow_type = lookup_reference_type (follow_type);
 879         break;
 880       case tp_array:
 881         array_size = pop_type_int ();
 882         /* FIXME-type-allocation: need a way to free this type when we are
 883            done with it.  */
 884         range_type =
 885           create_range_type ((struct type *) NULL,
 886                              builtin_type_int, 0,
 887                              array_size >= 0 ? array_size - 1 : 0);
 888         follow_type =
 889           create_array_type ((struct type *) NULL,
 890                              follow_type, range_type);
 891         if (array_size < 0)
 892           TYPE_ARRAY_UPPER_BOUND_TYPE(follow_type)
 893             = BOUND_CANNOT_BE_DETERMINED;
 894         break;
 895       case tp_function:
 896         /* FIXME-type-allocation: need a way to free this type when we are
 897            done with it.  */
 898         follow_type = lookup_function_type (follow_type);
 899         break;
 900       }
 901   return follow_type;
 902 }
 903 \f
 904 void
 905 _initialize_parse ()
 906 {
 907   type_stack_size = 80;
 908   type_stack_depth = 0;
 909   type_stack = (union type_stack_elt *)
 910     xmalloc (type_stack_size * sizeof (*type_stack));
 911
 912   msym_text_symbol_type =
 913     init_type (TYPE_CODE_FUNC, 1, 0, "<text variable, no debug info>", NULL);
 914   TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (msym_text_symbol_type) = builtin_type_int;
 915   msym_data_symbol_type =
 916     init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, TARGET_INT_BIT / HOST_CHAR_BIT, 0,
 917                "<data variable, no debug info>", NULL);
 918   msym_unknown_symbol_type =
 919     init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, 1, 0,
 920                "<variable (not text or data), no debug info>",
 921                NULL);
 922 }