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1 /* Definitions for expressions stored in reversed prefix form, for GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
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12
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14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23 #if !defined (EXPRESSION_H)
24 #define EXPRESSION_H 1
25
26
27 #include "symtab.h" /* Needed for "struct block" type. */
28 #include "doublest.h" /* Needed for DOUBLEST. */
29
30
31 /* Definitions for saved C expressions. */
32
33 /* An expression is represented as a vector of union exp_element's.
34 Each exp_element is an opcode, except that some opcodes cause
35 the following exp_element to be treated as a long or double constant
36 or as a variable. The opcodes are obeyed, using a stack for temporaries.
37 The value is left on the temporary stack at the end. */
38
39 /* When it is necessary to include a string,
40 it can occupy as many exp_elements as it needs.
41 We find the length of the string using strlen,
42 divide to find out how many exp_elements are used up,
43 and skip that many. Strings, like numbers, are indicated
44 by the preceding opcode. */
45
46 enum exp_opcode
47 {
48 /* Used when it's necessary to pass an opcode which will be ignored,
49 or to catch uninitialized values. */
50 OP_NULL,
51
52 /* BINOP_... operate on two values computed by following subexpressions,
53 replacing them by one result value. They take no immediate arguments. */
54
55 BINOP_ADD, /* + */
56 BINOP_SUB, /* - */
57 BINOP_MUL, /* * */
58 BINOP_DIV, /* / */
59 BINOP_REM, /* % */
60 BINOP_MOD, /* mod (Knuth 1.2.4) */
61 BINOP_LSH, /* << */
62 BINOP_RSH, /* >> */
63 BINOP_LOGICAL_AND, /* && */
64 BINOP_LOGICAL_OR, /* || */
65 BINOP_BITWISE_AND, /* & */
66 BINOP_BITWISE_IOR, /* | */
67 BINOP_BITWISE_XOR, /* ^ */
68 BINOP_EQUAL, /* == */
69 BINOP_NOTEQUAL, /* != */
70 BINOP_LESS, /* < */
71 BINOP_GTR, /* > */
72 BINOP_LEQ, /* <= */
73 BINOP_GEQ, /* >= */
74 BINOP_REPEAT, /* @ */
75 BINOP_ASSIGN, /* = */
76 BINOP_COMMA, /* , */
77 BINOP_SUBSCRIPT, /* x[y] */
78 BINOP_EXP, /* Exponentiation */
79
80 /* C++. */
81
82 BINOP_MIN, /* <? */
83 BINOP_MAX, /* >? */
84
85 /* STRUCTOP_MEMBER is used for pointer-to-member constructs.
86 X . * Y translates into X STRUCTOP_MEMBER Y. */
87 STRUCTOP_MEMBER,
88
89 /* STRUCTOP_MPTR is used for pointer-to-member constructs
90 when X is a pointer instead of an aggregate. */
91 STRUCTOP_MPTR,
92
93 /* end of C++. */
94
95 /* For Modula-2 integer division DIV */
96 BINOP_INTDIV,
97
98 BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY, /* +=, -=, *=, and so on.
99 The following exp_element is another opcode,
100 a BINOP_, saying how to modify.
101 Then comes another BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY,
102 making three exp_elements in total. */
103
104 /* Modula-2 standard (binary) procedures */
105 BINOP_VAL,
106 BINOP_INCL,
107 BINOP_EXCL,
108
109 /* Concatenate two operands, such as character strings or bitstrings.
110 If the first operand is a integer expression, then it means concatenate
111 the second operand with itself that many times. */
112 BINOP_CONCAT,
113
114 /* For (the deleted) Chill and Pascal. */
115 BINOP_IN, /* Returns 1 iff ARG1 IN ARG2. */
116
117 /* This is the "colon operator" used various places in (the
118 deleted) Chill. */
119 BINOP_RANGE,
120
121 /* This must be the highest BINOP_ value, for expprint.c. */
122 BINOP_END,
123
124 /* Operates on three values computed by following subexpressions. */
125 TERNOP_COND, /* ?: */
126
127 /* A sub-string/sub-array. (the deleted) Chill syntax:
128 OP1(OP2:OP3). Return elements OP2 through OP3 of OP1. */
129 TERNOP_SLICE,
130
131 /* A sub-string/sub-array. (The deleted) Chill syntax: OP1(OP2 UP
132 OP3). Return OP3 elements of OP1, starting with element
133 OP2. */
134 TERNOP_SLICE_COUNT,
135
136 /* Multidimensional subscript operator, such as Modula-2 x[a,b,...].
137 The dimensionality is encoded in the operator, like the number of
138 function arguments in OP_FUNCALL, I.E. <OP><dimension><OP>.
139 The value of the first following subexpression is subscripted
140 by each of the next following subexpressions, one per dimension. */
141 MULTI_SUBSCRIPT,
142
143 /* The OP_... series take immediate following arguments.
144 After the arguments come another OP_... (the same one)
145 so that the grouping can be recognized from the end. */
146
147 /* OP_LONG is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element
148 and the long constant value in the following exp_element.
149 Then comes another OP_LONG.
150 Thus, the operation occupies four exp_elements. */
151 OP_LONG,
152
153 /* OP_DOUBLE is similar but takes a DOUBLEST constant instead of a long. */
154 OP_DOUBLE,
155
156 /* OP_VAR_VALUE takes one struct block * in the following element,
157 and one struct symbol * in the following exp_element, followed by
158 another OP_VAR_VALUE, making four exp_elements. If the block is
159 non-NULL, evaluate the symbol relative to the innermost frame
160 executing in that block; if the block is NULL use the selected frame. */
161 OP_VAR_VALUE,
162
163 /* OP_LAST is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
164 The integer is zero for the last value printed,
165 or it is the absolute number of a history element.
166 With another OP_LAST at the end, this makes three exp_elements. */
167 OP_LAST,
168
169 /* OP_REGISTER is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
170 This is the number of a register to fetch (as an int).
171 With another OP_REGISTER at the end, this makes three exp_elements. */
172 OP_REGISTER,
173
174 /* OP_INTERNALVAR is followed by an internalvar ptr in the next exp_element.
175 With another OP_INTERNALVAR at the end, this makes three exp_elements. */
176 OP_INTERNALVAR,
177
178 /* OP_FUNCALL is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
179 The integer is the number of args to the function call.
180 That many plus one values from following subexpressions
181 are used, the first one being the function.
182 The integer is followed by a repeat of OP_FUNCALL,
183 making three exp_elements. */
184 OP_FUNCALL,
185
186 /* OP_OBJC_MSGCALL is followed by a string in the next exp_element and then an
187 integer. The string is the selector string. The integer is the number
188 of arguments to the message call. That many plus one values are used,
189 the first one being the object pointer. This is an Objective C message */
190 OP_OBJC_MSGCALL,
191
192 /* This is EXACTLY like OP_FUNCALL but is semantically different.
193 In F77, array subscript expressions, substring expressions
194 and function calls are all exactly the same syntactically. They may
195 only be disambiguated at runtime. Thus this operator, which
196 indicates that we have found something of the form <name> ( <stuff> ) */
197 OP_F77_UNDETERMINED_ARGLIST,
198
199 /* The following OP is a special one, it introduces a F77 complex
200 literal. It is followed by exactly two args that are doubles. */
201 OP_COMPLEX,
202
203 /* OP_STRING represents a string constant.
204 Its format is the same as that of a STRUCTOP, but the string
205 data is just made into a string constant when the operation
206 is executed. */
207 OP_STRING,
208
209 /* OP_BITSTRING represents a packed bitstring constant.
210 Its format is the same as that of a STRUCTOP, but the bitstring
211 data is just made into a bitstring constant when the operation
212 is executed. */
213 OP_BITSTRING,
214
215 /* OP_ARRAY creates an array constant out of the following subexpressions.
216 It is followed by two exp_elements, the first containing an integer
217 that is the lower bound of the array and the second containing another
218 integer that is the upper bound of the array. The second integer is
219 followed by a repeat of OP_ARRAY, making four exp_elements total.
220 The bounds are used to compute the number of following subexpressions
221 to consume, as well as setting the bounds in the created array constant.
222 The type of the elements is taken from the type of the first subexp,
223 and they must all match. */
224 OP_ARRAY,
225
226 /* UNOP_CAST is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element.
227 With another UNOP_CAST at the end, this makes three exp_elements.
228 It casts the value of the following subexpression. */
229 UNOP_CAST,
230
231 /* UNOP_MEMVAL is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element
232 With another UNOP_MEMVAL at the end, this makes three exp_elements.
233 It casts the contents of the word addressed by the value of the
234 following subexpression. */
235 UNOP_MEMVAL,
236
237 /* UNOP_MEMVAL_TLS is followed by a `struct objfile' pointer in the next
238 exp_element and a type pointer in the following exp_element.
239 With another UNOP_MEMVAL_TLS at the end, this makes four exp_elements.
240 It casts the contents of the word offsetted by the value of the
241 following subexpression from the TLS specified by `struct objfile'. */
242 UNOP_MEMVAL_TLS,
243
244 /* UNOP_... operate on one value from a following subexpression
245 and replace it with a result. They take no immediate arguments. */
246
247 UNOP_NEG, /* Unary - */
248 UNOP_LOGICAL_NOT, /* Unary ! */
249 UNOP_COMPLEMENT, /* Unary ~ */
250 UNOP_IND, /* Unary * */
251 UNOP_ADDR, /* Unary & */
252 UNOP_PREINCREMENT, /* ++ before an expression */
253 UNOP_POSTINCREMENT, /* ++ after an expression */
254 UNOP_PREDECREMENT, /* -- before an expression */
255 UNOP_POSTDECREMENT, /* -- after an expression */
256 UNOP_SIZEOF, /* Unary sizeof (followed by expression) */
257
258 UNOP_PLUS, /* Unary plus */
259
260 UNOP_CAP, /* Modula-2 standard (unary) procedures */
261 UNOP_CHR,
262 UNOP_ORD,
263 UNOP_ABS,
264 UNOP_FLOAT,
265 UNOP_HIGH,
266 UNOP_MAX,
267 UNOP_MIN,
268 UNOP_ODD,
269 UNOP_TRUNC,
270
271 /* (The deleted) Chill builtin functions. */
272 UNOP_LOWER, UNOP_UPPER, UNOP_LENGTH, UNOP_CARD, UNOP_CHMAX, UNOP_CHMIN,
273
274 OP_BOOL, /* Modula-2 builtin BOOLEAN type */
275 OP_M2_STRING, /* Modula-2 string constants */
276
277 /* STRUCTOP_... operate on a value from a following subexpression
278 by extracting a structure component specified by a string
279 that appears in the following exp_elements (as many as needed).
280 STRUCTOP_STRUCT is used for "." and STRUCTOP_PTR for "->".
281 They differ only in the error message given in case the value is
282 not suitable or the structure component specified is not found.
283
284 The length of the string follows the opcode, followed by
285 BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM(length) elements containing the data of the
286 string, followed by the length again and the opcode again. */
287
288 STRUCTOP_STRUCT,
289 STRUCTOP_PTR,
290
291 /* C++: OP_THIS is just a placeholder for the class instance variable.
292 It just comes in a tight (OP_THIS, OP_THIS) pair. */
293 OP_THIS,
294
295 /* Objective-C: OP_OBJC_SELF is just a placeholder for the class instance
296 variable. It just comes in a tight (OP_OBJC_SELF, OP_OBJC_SELF) pair. */
297 OP_OBJC_SELF,
298
299 /* Objective C: "@selector" pseudo-operator */
300 OP_OBJC_SELECTOR,
301
302 /* OP_SCOPE surrounds a type name and a field name. The type
303 name is encoded as one element, but the field name stays as
304 a string, which, of course, is variable length. */
305 OP_SCOPE,
306
307 /* Used to represent named structure field values in brace
308 initializers (or tuples as they are called in (the deleted)
309 Chill).
310
311 The gcc C syntax is NAME:VALUE or .NAME=VALUE, the (the
312 deleted) Chill syntax is .NAME:VALUE. Multiple labels (as in
313 the (the deleted) Chill syntax .NAME1,.NAME2:VALUE) is
314 represented as if it were .NAME1:(.NAME2:VALUE) (though that is
315 not valid (the deleted) Chill syntax).
316
317 The NAME is represented as for STRUCTOP_STRUCT; VALUE follows. */
318 OP_LABELED,
319
320 /* OP_TYPE is for parsing types, and used with the "ptype" command
321 so we can look up types that are qualified by scope, either with
322 the GDB "::" operator, or the Modula-2 '.' operator. */
323 OP_TYPE,
324
325 /* An un-looked-up identifier. */
326 OP_NAME,
327
328 /* An unparsed expression. Used for Scheme (for now at least) */
329 OP_EXPRSTRING,
330
331 /* An Objective C Foundation Class NSString constant */
332 OP_OBJC_NSSTRING,
333
334 /* A F90 array range operator (for "exp:exp", "exp:", ":exp" and ":"). */
335 OP_F90_RANGE,
336
337 /* First extension operator. Individual language modules define
338 extra operators they need as constants with values
339 OP_LANGUAGE_SPECIFIC0 + k, for k >= 0, using a separate
340 enumerated type definition:
341 enum foo_extension_operator {
342 BINOP_MOGRIFY = OP_EXTENDED0,
343 BINOP_FROB,
344 ...
345 }; */
346 OP_EXTENDED0,
347
348 /* Last possible extension operator. Defined to provide an
349 explicit and finite number of extended operators. */
350 OP_EXTENDED_LAST = 0xff
351 /* NOTE: Eventually, we expect to convert to an object-oriented
352 formulation for expression operators that does away with the
353 need for these extension operators, and indeed for this
354 entire enumeration type. Therefore, consider the OP_EXTENDED
355 definitions to be a temporary measure. */
356 };
357
358 union exp_element
359 {
360 enum exp_opcode opcode;
361 struct symbol *symbol;
362 LONGEST longconst;
363 DOUBLEST doubleconst;
364 /* Really sizeof (union exp_element) characters (or less for the last
365 element of a string). */
366 char string;
367 struct type *type;
368 struct internalvar *internalvar;
369 struct block *block;
370 struct objfile *objfile;
371 };
372
373 struct expression
374 {
375 const struct language_defn *language_defn; /* language it was entered in */
376 int nelts;
377 union exp_element elts[1];
378 };
379
380 /* Macros for converting between number of expression elements and bytes
381 to store that many expression elements. */
382
383 #define EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES(elements) \
384 ((elements) * sizeof (union exp_element))
385 #define BYTES_TO_EXP_ELEM(bytes) \
386 (((bytes) + sizeof (union exp_element) - 1) / sizeof (union exp_element))
387
388 /* From parse.c */
389
390 extern struct expression *parse_expression (char *);
391
392 extern struct expression *parse_expression_in_context (char *, int);
393
394 extern struct expression *parse_exp_1 (char **, struct block *, int);
395
396 /* The innermost context required by the stack and register variables
397 we've encountered so far. To use this, set it to NULL, then call
398 parse_<whatever>, then look at it. */
399 extern struct block *innermost_block;
400
401 /* From eval.c */
402
403 /* Values of NOSIDE argument to eval_subexp. */
404
405 enum noside
406 {
407 EVAL_NORMAL,
408 EVAL_SKIP, /* Only effect is to increment pos. */
409 EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS /* Don't modify any variables or
410 call any functions. The value
411 returned will have the correct
412 type, and will have an
413 approximately correct lvalue
414 type (inaccuracy: anything that is
415 listed as being in a register in
416 the function in which it was
417 declared will be lval_register). */
418 };
419
420 extern struct value *evaluate_subexp_standard
421 (struct type *, struct expression *, int *, enum noside);
422
423 /* From expprint.c */
424
425 extern void print_expression (struct expression *, struct ui_file *);
426
427 extern char *op_string (enum exp_opcode);
428
429 extern void dump_raw_expression (struct expression *, struct ui_file *, char *);
430 extern void dump_prefix_expression (struct expression *, struct ui_file *);
431
432 #endif /* !defined (EXPRESSION_H) */