MI: Allow non-raw varobj evaluation
Make the MI variable object expression evaluation, with the
-var-evaluate-expression command, recursively call pretty printers, to
match the output of normal expression printing.
Consider the following code:
struct Foo { int val; };
struct Wrapper { Foo foo; };
int main() {
Wrapper w;
w.foo.val = 23;
}
and this pretty printer file:
import gdb.printing
class FooPrinter:
def __init__(self, val):
self.val = val
def to_string(self):
return "Foo" + str(self.val["val"])
class WrapperPrinter:
def __init__(self, val):
self.val = val
def to_string(self):
return self.val["foo"]
test_printer = gdb.printing.RegexpCollectionPrettyPrinter("test")
test_printer.add_printer('Foo', '^Foo$', FooPrinter)
test_printer.add_printer('Wrapper', '^Wrapper$', WrapperPrinter)
gdb.printing.register_pretty_printer(None, test_printer)
Setting a breakpoint at the end of the function, we call the following commands:
-enable-pretty-printing
^done
-var-create var_w @ w
^done,name="var_w",numchild="0",value="{val = 23}",type="Wrapper",dynamic="1",has_more="0"
-var-create var_w_foo @ w.foo
^done,name="var_w_foo",numchild="0",value="Foo23",type="Foo",dynamic="1",has_more="0"
-var-evaluate-expression var_w
^done,value="{val = 23}"
-var-evaluate-expression var_w_foo
^done,value="Foo23"
-data-evaluate-expression w
^done,value="Foo23"
-data-evaluate-expression w.foo
^done,value="Foo23"
So, in the -var-evaluate-expression var_w case, we print the "raw" value
of w.foo, while in the -data-evaluate-expression w case, we print the
pretty printed w.foo value. After this patch, all of the above print
"Foo23".
gdb/ChangeLog:
* varobj.c (varobj_formatted_print_options): Allow recursive
pretty printing if pretty printing is enabled.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c
(struct to_string_returns_value_inner,
struct to_string_returns_value_wrapper): New.
(main): Add tsrvw variable.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (ToStringReturnsValueInner,
ToStringReturnsValueWrapper): New classes.
(register_pretty_printers): Register new pretty-printers.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp (run_lang_tests): Test printing
recursive pretty printer.
* gdb.python/py-mi.exp: Likewise.