From cd61a1453e685a763bd91b3795a58edd3d9b4f40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 09:07:50 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Special case "&str" in Rust parser "&str" is an important type in Rust -- it's the type of string literals. However, the compiler puts it in the DWARF in a funny way. The slice itself is present and named "&str". However, the Rust parser doesn't look for types with names like this, but instead tries to construct them from components. In this case it tries to make a pointer-to-"str" -- but "str" isn't always available, and in any case that wouldn't yield the best result. This patch adds a special case for &str. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22251 Reviewed-By: Andrew Burgess --- gdb/rust-parse.c | 10 ++++++++++ gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/simple.exp | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/rust-parse.c b/gdb/rust-parse.c index 648e48dda40..427169611d3 100644 --- a/gdb/rust-parse.c +++ b/gdb/rust-parse.c @@ -1682,6 +1682,16 @@ rust_parser::parse_slice_type () { assume ('&'); + /* Handle &str specially. This is an important type in Rust. While + the compiler does emit the "&str" type in the DWARF, just "str" + itself isn't always available -- but it's handy if this works + seamlessly. */ + if (current_token == IDENT && get_string () == "str") + { + lex (); + return rust_slice_type ("&str", get_type ("u8"), get_type ("usize")); + } + bool is_slice = current_token == '['; if (is_slice) lex (); diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/simple.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/simple.exp index 08ebed3f103..a615b92ec47 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/simple.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/simple.exp @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ gdb_test "print simple::Unit{23}" "'}', '\.\.', or identifier expected" gdb_test "print f" " = \"hi bob\"" gdb_test "print fslice" " = \"bob\"" gdb_test "print &f\[3..\]" " = \"bob\"" +gdb_test "whatis f" "type = &str" +gdb_test "print *(&f as *mut &str)" " = \"hi bob\"" \ + "print via cast to &str" gdb_test "print g" " = \\(\\*mut \\\[u8; 6\\\]\\) $hex b\"hi bob\"" gdb_test "ptype g" " = \\*mut \\\[u8; 6\\\]" -- 2.30.2