[gdb/Ada] slices of arrays with dynamic strides
Consider the following Ada code:
procedure Nested (L, U : Integer) is
subtype Small_Type is Integer range L .. U;
type Record_Type (I : Small_Type := L) is record
S : String (1 .. I);
end record;
type Array_Type is array (Integer range <>) of Record_Type;
A1 : Array_Type :=
(1 => (I => 0, S => <>),
2 => (I => 1, S => "A"),
3 => (I => 2, S => "AB"));
procedure Discard (R : Record_Type) is
begin
null;
end Discard;
begin
Discard (A1 (1)); -- STOP
end;
Trying to print a slice of that array currently yields:
(gdb) p a1(1..3)
$1 = ((i => 0, s => ""), (i => 0, s => ""), (i => 0, s => ""))
We expected instead:
(gdb) p a1(1..3)
$1 = ((i => 0, s => ""), (i => 1, s => "A"), (i => 2, s => "AB"))
This is because the functions we use in ada-lang.c to create the type
of the array slice (ada_value_slice and ada_value_slice_from_ptr) was
not taking into account the stride of the array. This patch fixes this.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* ada-lang.c (ada_value_slice_from_ptr): Take array stride into
account when creating the array type of the slice.
(ada_value_slice): Likewise.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/dyn_stride.exp: Add slice test.
Note that, with the current use of ada_value_slice, the enhancement
to handle dynamic array strides seems unnecessary, because I do not
see how an array with a dynamic stride can be referenced by either
by reference or pointer. Since references are coerced to array pointers,
in both cases, the slice is performed by ada_value_slice_from_ptr.
But ada_value_slice is enhanced nonetheless, in the spirit of making
the code more robust, in case we missed something, and also as similar
as possible with its from_ptr counterpart.
tested on x86_64-linux.