Record nested types
authorKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Thu, 7 Dec 2017 23:01:30 +0000 (15:01 -0800)
committerKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Thu, 7 Dec 2017 23:01:30 +0000 (15:01 -0800)
commit883fd55ab1049333364479a7f5b0c7e61a310bac
tree7e62acd5cb4951e9b8faf934771e6c7a65b169c7
parentec72db3ef415ebdcedaf36a1d83bd6624ec063e0
Record nested types

GDB currently does not track types defined in classes.  Consider:

class A
{
  public:

  class B
  {
    public:
      class C { };
  };
};

(gdb) ptype A
type = class A {
   <no data fields>
}

This patch changes this behavior so that GDB records these nested types
and displays them to the user when he has set the (new) "print type"
option "nested-type-limit."

Example:

(gdb) set print type nested-type-limit 1
(gdb) ptype A
type = class A {
    <no data fields>
    class A::B {
        <no data fields>
    };
}
(gdb) set print type nested-type-limit 2
type = class A {
    <no data fields>
    class A::B {
        <no data fields>
        class A::B::C {
            <no data fields>
        };
    };
}

By default, the code maintains the status quo, that is, it will not print
any nested type definitions at all.

Testing is carried out via cp_ptype_class which required quite a bit of
modification to permit recursive calling (for the nested types).  This
was most easily facilitated by turning the ptype command output into a
queue.  Upshot: the test suite now has stack and queue data structures that
may be used by test writers.

gdb/ChangeLog

* NEWS (New commands): Mention set/show print type nested-type-limit.
* c-typeprint.c (c_type_print_base): Print out nested types.
* dwarf2read.c (struct typedef_field_list): Rename to ...
(struct decl_field_list): ... this.  Change all uses.
(struct field_info) <nested_types_list, nested_types_list_count>:
New fields.
(add_partial_symbol): Look for nested type definitions in C++, too.
(dwarf2_add_typedef): Rename to ...
(dwarf2_add_type_defn): ... this.
(type_can_define_types): New function.
Update assertion to use type_can_define_types.
Permit NULL for a field's name.
(process_structure_scope): Handle child DIEs of types that can
define types.
Copy the list of nested types into the type struct.
* gdbtypes.h (struct typedef_field): Rename to ...
(struct decl_field): ... this.  Change all uses.
[is_protected, is_private]: New fields.
(struct cplus_struct_type) <nested_types, nested_types_count>: New
fields.
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_ARRAY, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_NAME, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_TYPE)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_COUNT, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_PROTECTED)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_PRIVATE): New macros.
* typeprint.c (type_print_raw_options, default_ptype_flags): Add
default value for print_nested_type_limit.
(print_nested_type_limit): New static variable.
(set_print_type_nested_types, show_print_type_nested_types): New
functions.
(_initialize_typeprint): Register new commands for set/show
`print-nested-type-limit'.
* typeprint.h (struct type_print_options) [print_nested_type_limit]:
New field.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog

* gdb.cp/nested-types.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/nested-types.exp: New file.
* lib/cp-support.exp: Load data-structures.exp library.
(debug_cp_test_ptype_class): New global.
(cp_ptype_class_verbose, next_line): New procedures.
(cp_test_ptype_class): Add and document new parameter `recursive_qid'.
Add and document new return value.
Switch the list of lines to a queue.
Add support for new `type' key for nested type definitions.
Add debugging/troubleshooting messages.
* lib/data-structures.exp: New file.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog

* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document "set print type nested-type-limit"
and "show print type nested-type-limit".
14 files changed:
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/NEWS
gdb/c-typeprint.c
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
gdb/dwarf2read.c
gdb/gdbtypes.h
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nested-types.cc [new file with mode: 0644]
gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nested-types.exp [new file with mode: 0644]
gdb/testsuite/lib/cp-support.exp
gdb/testsuite/lib/data-structures.exp [new file with mode: 0644]
gdb/typeprint.c
gdb/typeprint.h