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c906108c 1/* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
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3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,
4 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1bac305b 5
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6 Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
7 of New York at Buffalo.
8
c5aa993b 9 This file is part of GDB.
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11 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
14 (at your option) any later version.
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16 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19 GNU General Public License for more details.
c906108c 20
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21 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
22 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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23 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
24 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
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25
26#if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
27#define LANGUAGE_H 1
28
104c1213 29/* Forward decls for prototypes */
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30struct value;
31struct objfile;
32struct expression;
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33struct ui_file;
34
c5aa993b 35/* enum exp_opcode; ANSI's `wisdom' didn't include forward enum decls. */
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36
37/* This used to be included to configure GDB for one or more specific
7e73cedf 38 languages. Now it is left out to configure for all of them. FIXME. */
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39/* #include "lang_def.h" */
40#define _LANG_c
41#define _LANG_m2
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42#define _LANG_fortran
43#define _LANG_pascal
c906108c 44
c5aa993b 45#define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims */
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46
47/* range_mode ==
48 range_mode_auto: range_check set automatically to default of language.
49 range_mode_manual: range_check set manually by user. */
50
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51extern enum range_mode
52 {
53 range_mode_auto, range_mode_manual
54 }
55range_mode;
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56
57/* range_check ==
58 range_check_on: Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
59 range_check_warn: Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
60 range_check_off: Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions. */
61
62extern enum range_check
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63 {
64 range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
65 }
66range_check;
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67
68/* type_mode ==
69 type_mode_auto: type_check set automatically to default of language
70 type_mode_manual: type_check set manually by user. */
71
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72extern enum type_mode
73 {
74 type_mode_auto, type_mode_manual
75 }
76type_mode;
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77
78/* type_check ==
79 type_check_on: Types are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
80 type_check_warn: Types are checked, producing warnings.
81 type_check_off: Types are not checked in GDB expressions. */
82
83extern enum type_check
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84 {
85 type_check_off, type_check_warn, type_check_on
86 }
87type_check;
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88
89/* case_mode ==
90 case_mode_auto: case_sensitivity set upon selection of scope
91 case_mode_manual: case_sensitivity set only by user. */
92
93extern enum case_mode
94 {
95 case_mode_auto, case_mode_manual
96 }
97case_mode;
98
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99/* array_ordering ==
100 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order
101 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order.*/
102
103extern enum array_ordering
104 {
105 array_row_major, array_column_major
106 }
107array_ordering;
108
109
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110/* case_sensitivity ==
111 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used
112 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used */
113
114extern enum case_sensitivity
115 {
116 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
117 }
118case_sensitivity;
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120/* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
121
122struct language_arch_info
123{
5a44ea29 124 /* Its primitive types. This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer.
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125 These types can be specified by name in parsing types in
126 expressions, regardless of whether the program being debugged
127 actually defines such a type. */
5a44ea29 128 struct type **primitive_type_vector;
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129 /* Type of elements of strings. */
130 struct type *string_char_type;
131};
132
133struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
134 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
135
5a44ea29 136struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type_by_name (const struct language_defn *l,
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137 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
138 const char *name);
139
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140/* Structure tying together assorted information about a language. */
141
142struct language_defn
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143 {
144 /* Name of the language */
c906108c 145
c5aa993b 146 char *la_name;
c906108c 147
c5aa993b 148 /* its symtab language-enum (defs.h) */
c906108c 149
c5aa993b 150 enum language la_language;
c906108c 151
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152 /* Its builtin types. This is a vector ended by a NULL pointer. These
153 types can be specified by name in parsing types in expressions,
154 regardless of whether the program being debugged actually defines
155 such a type. */
c906108c 156
c5aa993b 157 struct type **const *la_builtin_type_vector;
c906108c 158
c5aa993b 159 /* Default range checking */
c906108c 160
c5aa993b 161 enum range_check la_range_check;
c906108c 162
c5aa993b 163 /* Default type checking */
c906108c 164
c5aa993b 165 enum type_check la_type_check;
c906108c 166
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167 /* Default case sensitivity */
168 enum case_sensitivity la_case_sensitivity;
169
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170 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering */
171 enum array_ordering la_array_ordering;
172
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173 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
174 dumping */
175
176 const struct exp_descriptor *la_exp_desc;
177
c5aa993b 178 /* Parser function. */
c906108c 179
507f3c78 180 int (*la_parser) (void);
c906108c 181
c5aa993b 182 /* Parser error function */
c906108c 183
507f3c78 184 void (*la_error) (char *);
c906108c 185
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186 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
187 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete
188 its translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible
189 for releasing its previous contents, if necessary. If
190 VOID_CONTEXT_P, then no value is expected from the expression. */
191
192 void (*la_post_parser) (struct expression ** expp, int void_context_p);
193
d9fcf2fb 194 void (*la_printchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream);
c906108c 195
fc1a4b47 196 void (*la_printstr) (struct ui_file * stream, const gdb_byte *string,
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197 unsigned int length, int width,
198 int force_ellipses);
c906108c 199
d9fcf2fb 200 void (*la_emitchar) (int ch, struct ui_file * stream, int quoter);
c906108c 201
507f3c78 202 struct type *(*la_fund_type) (struct objfile *, int);
c906108c 203
c5aa993b 204 /* Print a type using syntax appropriate for this language. */
c906108c 205
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206 void (*la_print_type) (struct type *, char *, struct ui_file *, int,
207 int);
c906108c 208
c5aa993b 209 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
c906108c 210
fc1a4b47 211 int (*la_val_print) (struct type *, const gdb_byte *, int, CORE_ADDR,
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212 struct ui_file *, int, int, int,
213 enum val_prettyprint);
c906108c 214
c5aa993b 215 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
c906108c 216
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217 int (*la_value_print) (struct value *, struct ui_file *,
218 int, enum val_prettyprint);
c906108c 219
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220 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
221 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language,
222 return the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0
223 if it isn't a language tramp for this language. */
224 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (CORE_ADDR pc);
225
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226 /* Now come some hooks for lookup_symbol. */
227
228 /* If this is non-NULL, lookup_symbol will do the 'field_of_this'
229 check, using this function to find the value of this. */
230
231 /* FIXME: carlton/2003-05-19: Audit all the language_defn structs
232 to make sure we're setting this appropriately: I'm sure it
233 could be NULL in more languages. */
234
235 struct value *(*la_value_of_this) (int complain);
236
237 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
238 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
239 variables. */
240
241 struct symbol *(*la_lookup_symbol_nonlocal) (const char *,
242 const char *,
243 const struct block *,
244 const domain_enum,
245 struct symtab **);
246
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247 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
248 struct type *(*la_lookup_transparent_type) (const char *);
249
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250 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
251 char *(*la_demangle) (const char *mangled, int options);
252
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253 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
254 char *(*la_class_name_from_physname) (const char *physname);
255
c5aa993b 256 /* Table for printing expressions */
c906108c 257
c5aa993b 258 const struct op_print *la_op_print_tab;
c906108c 259
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260 /* Zero if the language has first-class arrays. True if there are no
261 array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in C. */
c906108c 262
c5aa993b 263 char c_style_arrays;
c906108c 264
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265 /* Index to use for extracting the first element of a string. */
266 char string_lower_bound;
c906108c 267
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268 /* Type of elements of strings. */
269 struct type **string_char_type;
c906108c 270
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271 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
272 char *(*la_word_break_characters) (void);
273
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274 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
275 void (*la_language_arch_info) (struct gdbarch *,
276 struct language_arch_info *);
277
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278 /* Print the index of an element of an array. */
279 void (*la_print_array_index) (struct value *index_value,
280 struct ui_file *stream,
281 int format,
282 enum val_prettyprint pretty);
283
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284 /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
285 /* Magic number for compat checking */
286
287 long la_magic;
288
289 };
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290
291#define LANG_MAGIC 910823L
292
293/* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
294 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
295 it for validity.
296
297 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
298 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
299 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
300 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
301 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
302 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
303 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
304 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
305 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
306 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
7e73cedf 307 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
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308
309extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
310
311/* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
312 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
313
314extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
315
316/* language_mode ==
317 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
c5aa993b 318 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
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319 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
320
321extern enum language_mode
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322 {
323 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
324 }
325language_mode;
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327/* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
328 evaluator. */
329
330/* Should we strictly type check expressions? */
331#define STRICT_TYPE (type_check != type_check_off)
332
333/* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
334#define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
335
336/* "cast" really means conversion */
337/* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn */
338#define CAST_IS_CONVERSION (current_language->la_language == language_c || \
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339 current_language->la_language == language_cplus || \
340 current_language->la_language == language_objc)
c906108c 341
a14ed312 342extern void language_info (int);
c906108c 343
a14ed312 344extern enum language set_language (enum language);
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c5aa993b 346
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347/* This page contains functions that return things that are
348 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
349 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
350 with the "set language" command. */
351
352#define create_fundamental_type(objfile,typeid) \
353 (current_language->la_fund_type(objfile, typeid))
354
355#define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level) \
356 (current_language->la_print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level))
357
358#define LA_VAL_PRINT(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref,recurse,pretty) \
359 (current_language->la_val_print(type,valaddr,offset,addr,stream,fmt,deref, \
360 recurse,pretty))
361#define LA_VALUE_PRINT(val,stream,fmt,pretty) \
362 (current_language->la_value_print(val,stream,fmt,pretty))
363
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364#define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, stream) \
365 (current_language->la_printchar(ch, stream))
366#define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses) \
367 (current_language->la_printstr(stream, string, length, width, force_ellipses))
368#define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, stream, quoter) \
369 (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, stream, quoter))
370
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371#define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, format, pretty) \
372 (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, format, pretty))
373
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374/* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
375 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
376 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
377 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
378 is program language dependent. */
379
380#define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
381 ((c) >= 0x20 \
382 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
383 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
384
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385#if 0
386/* FIXME: cagney/2000-03-04: This function does not appear to be used.
387 It can be deleted once 5.0 has been released. */
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388/* Return a string that contains the hex digits of the number. No preceeding
389 "0x" */
390
a14ed312 391extern char *longest_raw_hex_string (LONGEST);
7acb79c8 392#endif
c4093a6a 393
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394/* Type predicates */
395
a14ed312 396extern int simple_type (struct type *);
c906108c 397
a14ed312 398extern int ordered_type (struct type *);
c906108c 399
a14ed312 400extern int same_type (struct type *, struct type *);
c906108c 401
a14ed312 402extern int integral_type (struct type *);
c906108c 403
a14ed312 404extern int numeric_type (struct type *);
c906108c 405
a14ed312 406extern int character_type (struct type *);
c906108c 407
a14ed312 408extern int boolean_type (struct type *);
c906108c 409
a14ed312 410extern int float_type (struct type *);
c906108c 411
a14ed312 412extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
c906108c 413
a14ed312 414extern int structured_type (struct type *);
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415
416/* Checks Binary and Unary operations for semantic type correctness */
417/* FIXME: Does not appear to be used */
418#define unop_type_check(v,o) binop_type_check((v),NULL,(o))
419
a14ed312 420extern void binop_type_check (struct value *, struct value *, int);
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421
422/* Error messages */
423
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424extern void op_error (const char *lhs, enum exp_opcode,
425 const char *rhs);
c906108c 426
ddfe3c15 427extern void type_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
c906108c 428
ddfe3c15 429extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
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430
431/* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
432
a14ed312 433extern int value_true (struct value *);
c906108c 434
a14ed312 435extern struct type *lang_bool_type (void);
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436
437/* The type used for Boolean values in the current language. */
438#define LA_BOOL_TYPE lang_bool_type ()
439
440/* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
441
a14ed312 442extern enum language language_enum (char *str);
c906108c 443
a14ed312 444extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
7a292a7a 445
a14ed312 446extern char *language_str (enum language);
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447
448/* Add a language to the set known by GDB (at initialization time). */
449
a14ed312 450extern void add_language (const struct language_defn *);
c906108c 451
a14ed312 452extern enum language get_frame_language (void); /* In stack.c */
c906108c 453
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454/* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
455
456extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (CORE_ADDR pc);
457
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458/* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
459extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
460 const char *mangled, int options);
461
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462/* Return class name from physname, or NULL. */
463extern char *language_class_name_from_physname (const struct language_defn *,
464 const char *physname);
465
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466/* Splitting strings into words. */
467extern char *default_word_break_characters (void);
468
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469/* Print the index of an array element using the C99 syntax. */
470extern void default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value,
471 struct ui_file *stream,
472 int format,
473 enum val_prettyprint pretty);
474
c5aa993b 475#endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */