From: John Gilmore Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1993 06:07:16 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as host conditionals. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6aa83a798d27cbd0b14990c048310fa98cdea393;p=binutils-gdb.git * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as host conditionals. * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's. --- diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 1713621a6f3..354da0c76a4 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com) + + * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as + host conditionals. + * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's. + Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com) * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations. diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 9b8ae1eb222..4acd9feb822 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -1027,11 +1027,12 @@ variables. @end example The type definition of argv is interesting because it defines two new -types in terms of an existing one. The array argv contains character -pointers. The type of the array name is a pointer to the type the -array holds. Thus the type of argv is ptr to ptr to char. The stab -for argv contains nested type_definitions. Type 21 is ptr to type 2 -(char) and argv (type 20) is ptr to type 21. +types in terms of an existing one. The ``array'' argv is really a +pointer, according to C language rules, since it is declared as a +parameter. Its element type is character pointers. Thus the type of +argv is ptr to ptr to char. The stab for argv contains nested +type_definitions. Type 21 is ptr to type 2 (char) and argv (type 20) +is ptr to type 21. @node Aggregate Types @chapter Aggregate Types @@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@ type definition. @item Symbol Descriptor: @code{T} @item Type Descriptor: -@code{ar} +@code{a} @end table As an example of an array type consider the global variable below. @@ -1079,11 +1080,16 @@ string field, also says the array is a global variable. Following the G is a definition for type (19) as shown by the equals sign after the type number. -After the equals sign is a type descriptor, ar, which says that the -type being defined is an array. Following the type descriptor for an -array is the type of the index, the lower bound for array indexing -(always 0 in C), the upper bound for array indexing (in C: one less -than the length of the array), and the type of the array elements. +After the equals sign is a type descriptor, a, which says that the type +being defined is an array. Following the type descriptor for an array +is the type of the index, a semicolon, and the type of the array elements. + +The type of the index is often a range type, expressed as the letter r +and some parameters. It defines the size of the array. In in the +example below, the range @code{r1;0;2;} defines an index type which is +a subrange of type 1 (integer), with a lower bound of 0 and an upper +bound of 2. This defines the valid range of subscripts of a +three-element C array. The array definition above generates the assembly language that follows. @@ -1091,7 +1097,7 @@ follows. @example @exdent <32> N_GSYM - global variable @exdent .stabs "name:sym_desc(global)type_def(19)=type_desc(array) -@exdent index_type_ref(int);NIL;high_bound(2);element_type_ref(char)"; +@exdent index_type_ref(range of int from 0 to 2);element_type_ref(char)"; @exdent N_GSYM, NIL, NIL, NIL 32 .stabs "char_vec:G19=ar1;0;2;2",32,0,0,0 @@ -1202,8 +1208,9 @@ element. struct_bytes elem_name:type_ref(int),bit_offset,field_bits; elem_name:type_ref(float),bit_offset,field_bits; - elem_name:type_def(17)=type_desc(dynamic array) index_type(int);NIL; - high_bound(7);element_type(char),bit_offset,field_bits;;", + elem_name:type_def(17)=type_desc(array) + index_type(range of int from 0 to 7); + element_type(char),bit_offset,field_bits;;", N_LSYM,NIL,NIL,NIL 30 .stabs "s_tag:T16=s20s_int:1,0,32;s_float:12,32,32; @@ -1902,9 +1909,9 @@ Next there is a type definition for the vtable pointer type (21). This is in turn defined as a pointer to another new type (22). Type 22 is the vtable itself, which is defined as an array, indexed by -integers, with a high bound of 1, and elements of type 17. Type 17 -was the vtable record type defined by the boilerplate C++ type -definitions, as shown earlier. +a range of integers between 0 and 1, and whose elements are of type +17. Type 17 was the vtable record type defined by the boilerplate C++ +type definitions, as shown earlier. The bit offset of the vtable pointer field is 32. The number of bits in the field are not specified when the field is a vtable pointer. @@ -1939,7 +1946,8 @@ class. This is preceeded by `~%' and followed by a final semi-colon. .stabs "class_name(A):type_def(20)=sym_desc(struct)struct_bytes(8) field_name(Adat):type_ref(int),bit_offset(0),field_bits(32); field_name(A virt func ptr):type_def(21)=type_desc(ptr to)type_def(22)= - sym_desc(array)index_type_ref(int);NIL;elem_type_ref(vtbl elem type); + sym_desc(array)index_type_ref(range of int from 0 to 1); + elem_type_ref(vtbl elem type), bit_offset(32); meth_name(A_virt)::typedef(23)=sym_desc(method)returning(int); :arg_type(int),protection(public)normal(yes)virtual(yes) @@ -2833,8 +2841,8 @@ stabs. "name", N_PSYM, NIL, NIL, value # -> p (value parameter) -> i (value parameter by reference, indirect access) -> v (variable parameter by reference) - -> C ( read-only parameter, conformant array bound) - -> x (confomant array value parameter) + -> C (read-only parameter, conformant array bound) + -> x (conformant array value parameter) -> pP (<>) -> pF (<>) -> X (function result variable) @@ -3127,13 +3135,6 @@ N_LENG unknown GNU C stabs define *all* types, file or procedure scope, as N_LSYM. Sun doc talks about using N_GSYM too. -@item -@c FIXME: are you sure? The 'a' is usually followed by an 'r' which means -@c "range type" but that doesn't mean the type descriptor is 'ar'. -@c A (non-C) array could be indexed by an enum, for example. -kingdon -GNU C stabs use `ar' as type descriptor when defining arrays vs. just -`a' in Sun doc. - @item Stabs describing block scopes, N_LBRAC and N_RBRAC are supposed to contain the nesting level of the block in the desc field, re Sun doc.