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1 /* Source-language-related definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Contributed by the Department of Computer Science at the State University
6 of New York at Buffalo.
8 This file is part of GDB.
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #if !defined (LANGUAGE_H)
24 #define LANGUAGE_H 1
26 #include "symtab.h"
27 #include "gdbsupport/function-view.h"
28 #include "expression.h"
30 /* Forward decls for prototypes. */
31 struct value;
32 struct objfile;
33 struct frame_info;
34 struct ui_file;
35 struct value_print_options;
36 struct type_print_options;
37 struct lang_varobj_ops;
38 struct parser_state;
39 class compile_instance;
40 struct completion_match_for_lcd;
41 class innermost_block_tracker;
43 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS 7 /* Maximum number of F77 array dims. */
45 /* range_check ==
46 range_check_on: Ranges are checked in GDB expressions, producing errors.
47 range_check_warn: Ranges are checked, producing warnings.
48 range_check_off: Ranges are not checked in GDB expressions. */
50 extern enum range_check
52 range_check_off, range_check_warn, range_check_on
54 range_check;
56 /* array_ordering ==
57 array_row_major: Arrays are in row major order.
58 array_column_major: Arrays are in column major order. */
60 extern enum array_ordering
62 array_row_major, array_column_major
64 array_ordering;
67 /* case_sensitivity ==
68 case_sensitive_on: Case sensitivity in name matching is used.
69 case_sensitive_off: Case sensitivity in name matching is not used. */
71 extern enum case_sensitivity
73 case_sensitive_on, case_sensitive_off
75 case_sensitivity;
78 /* macro_expansion ==
79 macro_expansion_no: No macro expansion is available.
80 macro_expansion_c: C-like macro expansion is available. */
82 enum macro_expansion
84 macro_expansion_no, macro_expansion_c
88 /* Per architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
90 struct language_arch_info
92 /* A default constructor. */
93 language_arch_info () = default;
95 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (language_arch_info);
97 /* Set the default boolean type to be TYPE. If NAME is not nullptr then
98 before using TYPE a symbol called NAME will be looked up, and the type
99 of this symbol will be used instead. Should only be called once when
100 performing setup for a particular language in combination with a
101 particular gdbarch. */
102 void set_bool_type (struct type *type, const char *name = nullptr)
104 gdb_assert (m_bool_type_default == nullptr);
105 gdb_assert (m_bool_type_name == nullptr);
106 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
107 m_bool_type_default = type;
108 m_bool_type_name = name;
111 /* Set the type to be used for characters within a string. Should only
112 be called once when performing setup for a particular language in
113 combination with a particular gdbarch. */
114 void set_string_char_type (struct type *type)
116 gdb_assert (m_string_char_type == nullptr);
117 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
118 m_string_char_type = type;
121 /* Return the type for characters within a string. */
122 struct type *string_char_type () const
123 { return m_string_char_type; }
125 /* Return the type to be used for booleans. */
126 struct type *bool_type () const;
128 /* Add TYPE to the list of primitive types for this particular language,
129 with this OS/ABI combination. */
130 void add_primitive_type (struct type *type)
132 gdb_assert (type != nullptr);
133 primitive_types_and_symbols.push_back (type_and_symbol (type));
136 /* Lookup a primitive type called NAME. Will return nullptr if no
137 matching type is found. */
138 struct type *lookup_primitive_type (const char *name);
140 /* Lookup a primitive type for which FILTER returns true. Will return
141 nullptr if no matching type is found. */
142 struct type *lookup_primitive_type
143 (gdb::function_view<bool (struct type *)> filter);
145 /* Lookup a primitive type called NAME and return the type as a symbol.
146 LANG is the language for which type is being looked up. */
147 struct symbol *lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const char *name,
148 enum language lang);
149 private:
151 /* A structure storing a type and a corresponding symbol. The type is
152 defined at construction time, while the symbol is lazily created only
153 when asked for, but is then cached for future use. */
154 struct type_and_symbol
156 /* Constructor. */
157 explicit type_and_symbol (struct type *type)
158 : m_type (type)
159 { /* Nothing. */ }
161 /* Default move constructor. */
162 type_and_symbol (type_and_symbol&&) = default;
164 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (type_and_symbol);
166 /* Return the type from this object. */
167 struct type *type () const
168 { return m_type; }
170 /* Create and return a symbol wrapping M_TYPE from this object. */
171 struct symbol *symbol (enum language lang)
173 if (m_symbol == nullptr)
174 m_symbol = alloc_type_symbol (lang, m_type);
175 return m_symbol;
178 private:
179 /* The type primitive type. */
180 struct type *m_type = nullptr;
182 /* A symbol wrapping M_TYPE, only created when first asked for. */
183 struct symbol *m_symbol = nullptr;
185 /* Helper function for type lookup as a symbol. Create the symbol
186 corresponding to type TYPE in language LANG. */
187 static struct symbol *alloc_type_symbol (enum language lang,
188 struct type *type);
191 /* Lookup a type_and_symbol entry from the primitive_types_and_symbols
192 vector for a type matching NAME. Return a pointer to the
193 type_and_symbol object from the vector. This will return nullptr if
194 there is no type matching NAME found. */
195 type_and_symbol *lookup_primitive_type_and_symbol (const char *name);
197 /* Vector of the primitive types added through add_primitive_type. These
198 types can be specified by name in parsing types in expressions,
199 regardless of whether the program being debugged actually defines such
200 a type.
202 Within the vector each type is paired with a lazily created symbol,
203 which can be fetched by the symbol lookup machinery, should they be
204 needed. */
205 std::vector<type_and_symbol> primitive_types_and_symbols;
207 /* Type of elements of strings. */
208 struct type *m_string_char_type = nullptr;
210 /* Symbol name of type to use as boolean type, if defined. */
211 const char *m_bool_type_name = nullptr;
213 /* Otherwise, this is the default boolean builtin type. */
214 struct type *m_bool_type_default = nullptr;
217 /* In a language (particularly C++) a function argument of an aggregate
218 type (i.e. class/struct/union) may be implicitly passed by reference
219 even though it is declared a call-by-value argument in the source.
220 The struct below puts together necessary information for GDB to be
221 able to detect and carry out pass-by-reference semantics for a
222 particular type. This type is referred as T in the inlined comments
223 below.
225 The default values of the fields are chosen to give correct semantics
226 for primitive types and for simple aggregate types, such as
228 class T {
229 int x;
230 }; */
232 struct language_pass_by_ref_info
234 /* True if an argument of type T can be passed to a function by value
235 (i.e. not through an implicit reference). False, otherwise. */
236 bool trivially_copyable = true;
238 /* True if a copy of a value of type T can be initialized by
239 memcpy'ing the value bit-by-bit. False, otherwise.
240 E.g. If T has a user-defined copy ctor, this should be false. */
241 bool trivially_copy_constructible = true;
243 /* True if a value of type T can be destructed simply by reclaiming
244 the memory area occupied by the value. False, otherwise.
245 E.g. If T has a user-defined destructor, this should be false. */
246 bool trivially_destructible = true;
248 /* True if it is allowed to create a copy of a value of type T.
249 False, otherwise.
250 E.g. If T has a deleted copy ctor, this should be false. */
251 bool copy_constructible = true;
253 /* True if a value of type T can be destructed. False, otherwise.
254 E.g. If T has a deleted destructor, this should be false. */
255 bool destructible = true;
258 /* Splitting strings into words. */
259 extern const char *default_word_break_characters (void);
261 /* Base class from which all other language classes derive. */
263 struct language_defn
265 language_defn (enum language lang)
266 : la_language (lang)
268 /* We should only ever create one instance of each language. */
269 gdb_assert (languages[lang] == nullptr);
270 languages[lang] = this;
273 /* Which language this is. */
275 const enum language la_language;
277 /* Name of the language. */
279 virtual const char *name () const = 0;
281 /* Natural or official name of the language. */
283 virtual const char *natural_name () const = 0;
285 /* Return a vector of file extensions for this language. The extension
286 must include the ".", like ".c". If this language doesn't need to
287 provide any filename extensions, this may be an empty vector (which is
288 the default). */
290 virtual const std::vector<const char *> &filename_extensions () const
292 static const std::vector<const char *> no_extensions;
293 return no_extensions;
296 /* Print the index of an element of an array. This default
297 implementation prints using C99 syntax. */
299 virtual void print_array_index (struct type *index_type,
300 LONGEST index_value,
301 struct ui_file *stream,
302 const value_print_options *options) const;
304 /* Given a symbol VAR, the corresponding block VAR_BLOCK (if any) and a
305 stack frame id FRAME, read the value of the variable and return (pointer
306 to a) struct value containing the value.
308 VAR_BLOCK is needed if there's a possibility for VAR to be outside
309 FRAME. This is what happens if FRAME correspond to a nested function
310 and VAR is defined in the outer function. If callers know that VAR is
311 located in FRAME or is global/static, NULL can be passed as VAR_BLOCK.
313 Throw an error if the variable cannot be found. */
315 virtual struct value *read_var_value (struct symbol *var,
316 const struct block *var_block,
317 struct frame_info *frame) const;
319 /* Return information about whether TYPE should be passed
320 (and returned) by reference at the language level. The default
321 implementation returns a LANGUAGE_PASS_BY_REF_INFO initialised in its
322 default state. */
324 virtual struct language_pass_by_ref_info pass_by_reference_info
325 (struct type *type) const
327 return {};
330 /* The per-architecture (OS/ABI) language information. */
332 virtual void language_arch_info (struct gdbarch *,
333 struct language_arch_info *) const = 0;
335 /* Find the definition of the type with the given name. */
337 virtual struct type *lookup_transparent_type (const char *name) const
339 return basic_lookup_transparent_type (name);
342 /* Find all symbols in the current program space matching NAME in
343 DOMAIN, according to this language's rules.
345 The search is done in BLOCK only.
346 The caller is responsible for iterating up through superblocks
347 if desired.
349 For each one, call CALLBACK with the symbol. If CALLBACK
350 returns false, the iteration ends at that point.
352 This field may not be NULL. If the language does not need any
353 special processing here, 'iterate_over_symbols' should be
354 used as the definition. */
355 virtual bool iterate_over_symbols
356 (const struct block *block, const lookup_name_info &name,
357 domain_enum domain,
358 gdb::function_view<symbol_found_callback_ftype> callback) const
360 return ::iterate_over_symbols (block, name, domain, callback);
363 /* Return a pointer to the function that should be used to match a
364 symbol name against LOOKUP_NAME, according to this language's
365 rules. The matching algorithm depends on LOOKUP_NAME. For
366 example, on Ada, the matching algorithm depends on the symbol
367 name (wild/full/verbatim matching), and on whether we're doing
368 a normal lookup or a completion match lookup.
370 As Ada wants to capture symbol matching for all languages in some
371 cases, then this method is a non-overridable interface. Languages
372 should override GET_SYMBOL_NAME_MATCHER_INNER if they need to. */
374 symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher
375 (const lookup_name_info &lookup_name) const;
377 /* If this language allows compilation from the gdb command line, then
378 this method will return an instance of struct gcc_context appropriate
379 to the language. If compilation for this language is generally
380 supported, but something goes wrong then an exception is thrown. The
381 returned compiler instance is owned by its caller and must be
382 deallocated by the caller. If compilation is not supported for this
383 language then this method returns NULL. */
385 virtual compile_instance *get_compile_instance () const
387 return nullptr;
390 /* This method must be overridden if 'get_compile_instance' is
391 overridden.
393 This takes the user-supplied text and returns a new bit of code
394 to compile.
396 INST is the compiler instance being used.
397 INPUT is the user's input text.
398 GDBARCH is the architecture to use.
399 EXPR_BLOCK is the block in which the expression is being
400 parsed.
401 EXPR_PC is the PC at which the expression is being parsed. */
403 virtual std::string compute_program (compile_instance *inst,
404 const char *input,
405 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
406 const struct block *expr_block,
407 CORE_ADDR expr_pc) const
409 gdb_assert_not_reached ("language_defn::compute_program");
412 /* Hash the given symbol search name. */
413 virtual unsigned int search_name_hash (const char *name) const;
415 /* Demangle a symbol according to this language's rules. Unlike
416 la_demangle, this does not take any options.
418 *DEMANGLED will be set by this function.
420 If this function returns false, then *DEMANGLED must always be set
421 to NULL.
423 If this function returns true, the implementation may set this to
424 a xmalloc'd string holding the demangled form. However, it is
425 not required to. The string, if any, is owned by the caller.
427 The resulting string should be of the form that will be
428 installed into a symbol. */
429 virtual bool sniff_from_mangled_name (const char *mangled,
430 char **demangled) const
432 *demangled = nullptr;
433 return false;
436 /* Return demangled language symbol version of MANGLED, or NULL. */
437 virtual char *demangle_symbol (const char *mangled, int options) const
439 return nullptr;
442 /* Print TYPE to STREAM using syntax appropriate for this language.
443 LEVEL is the depth to indent lines by. VARSTRING, if not NULL or the
444 empty string, is the name of a variable and TYPE should be printed in
445 the form of a declaration of a variable named VARSTRING. */
447 virtual void print_type (struct type *type, const char *varstring,
448 struct ui_file *stream, int show, int level,
449 const struct type_print_options *flags) const = 0;
451 /* PC is possibly an unknown languages trampoline.
452 If that PC falls in a trampoline belonging to this language, return
453 the address of the first pc in the real function, or 0 if it isn't a
454 language tramp for this language. */
455 virtual CORE_ADDR skip_trampoline (struct frame_info *fi, CORE_ADDR pc) const
457 return (CORE_ADDR) 0;
460 /* Return class name of a mangled method name or NULL. */
461 virtual char *class_name_from_physname (const char *physname) const
463 return nullptr;
466 /* The list of characters forming word boundaries. */
467 virtual const char *word_break_characters (void) const
469 return default_word_break_characters ();
472 /* Add to the completion tracker all symbols which are possible
473 completions for TEXT. WORD is the entire command on which the
474 completion is being made. If CODE is TYPE_CODE_UNDEF, then all
475 symbols should be examined; otherwise, only STRUCT_DOMAIN symbols
476 whose type has a code of CODE should be matched. */
478 virtual void collect_symbol_completion_matches
479 (completion_tracker &tracker,
480 complete_symbol_mode mode,
481 symbol_name_match_type name_match_type,
482 const char *text,
483 const char *word,
484 enum type_code code) const
486 return default_collect_symbol_completion_matches_break_on
487 (tracker, mode, name_match_type, text, word, "", code);
490 /* This is a function that lookup_symbol will call when it gets to
491 the part of symbol lookup where C looks up static and global
492 variables. This default implements the basic C lookup rules. */
494 virtual struct block_symbol lookup_symbol_nonlocal
495 (const char *name,
496 const struct block *block,
497 const domain_enum domain) const;
499 /* Return an expression that can be used for a location
500 watchpoint. TYPE is a pointer type that points to the memory
501 to watch, and ADDR is the address of the watched memory. */
502 virtual gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> watch_location_expression
503 (struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr) const;
505 /* List of all known languages. */
506 static const struct language_defn *languages[nr_languages];
508 /* Print a top-level value using syntax appropriate for this language. */
509 virtual void value_print (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream,
510 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
512 /* Print a value using syntax appropriate for this language. RECURSE is
513 the recursion depth. It is zero-based. */
514 virtual void value_print_inner
515 (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
516 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
518 /* Parser function. */
520 virtual int parser (struct parser_state *ps) const;
522 /* Given an expression *EXPP created by prefixifying the result of
523 la_parser, perform any remaining processing necessary to complete its
524 translation. *EXPP may change; la_post_parser is responsible for
525 releasing its previous contents, if necessary. */
527 virtual void post_parser (expression_up *expp, struct parser_state *ps)
528 const
530 /* By default the post-parser does nothing. */
533 /* Print the character CH (of type CHTYPE) on STREAM as part of the
534 contents of a literal string whose delimiter is QUOTER. */
536 virtual void emitchar (int ch, struct type *chtype,
537 struct ui_file *stream, int quoter) const;
539 virtual void printchar (int ch, struct type *chtype,
540 struct ui_file * stream) const;
542 /* Print the character string STRING, printing at most LENGTH characters.
543 Printing stops early if the number hits print_max; repeat counts
544 are printed as appropriate. Print ellipses at the end if we
545 had to stop before printing LENGTH characters, or if FORCE_ELLIPSES. */
547 virtual void printstr (struct ui_file *stream, struct type *elttype,
548 const gdb_byte *string, unsigned int length,
549 const char *encoding, int force_ellipses,
550 const struct value_print_options *options) const;
553 /* Print a typedef using syntax appropriate for this language.
554 TYPE is the underlying type. NEW_SYMBOL is the symbol naming
555 the type. STREAM is the output stream on which to print. */
557 virtual void print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
558 struct ui_file *stream) const;
560 /* Return true if TYPE is a string type. */
561 virtual bool is_string_type_p (struct type *type) const;
563 /* Return a string that is used by the 'set print max-depth' setting.
564 When GDB replaces a struct or union (during value printing) that is
565 "too deep" this string is displayed instead. The default value here
566 suits most languages. If overriding then the string here should
567 ideally be similar in style to the default; an opener, three '.', and
568 a closer. */
570 virtual const char *struct_too_deep_ellipsis () const
571 { return "{...}"; }
573 /* If this returns non-NULL then the string returned specifies the name
574 of the implicit local variable that refers to the current object
575 instance. Return NULL (the default) for languages that have no name
576 for the current object instance. */
578 virtual const char *name_of_this () const
579 { return nullptr; }
581 /* Return false if the language has first-class arrays. Return true if
582 there are no array values, and array objects decay to pointers, as in
583 C. The default is true as currently most supported languages behave
584 in this manor. */
586 virtual bool c_style_arrays_p () const
587 { return true; }
589 /* Return the index to use for extracting the first element of a string,
590 or as the lower bound when creating a new string. The default of
591 choosing 0 or 1 based on C_STYLE_ARRAYS_P works for all currently
592 supported languages except Modula-2. */
594 virtual char string_lower_bound () const
595 { return c_style_arrays_p () ? 0 : 1; }
597 /* Returns true if the symbols names should be stored in GDB's data
598 structures for minimal/partial/full symbols using their linkage (aka
599 mangled) form; false if the symbol names should be demangled first.
601 Most languages implement symbol lookup by comparing the demangled
602 names, in which case it is advantageous to store that information
603 already demangled, and so would return false, which is the default.
605 On the other hand, some languages have opted for doing symbol lookups
606 by comparing mangled names instead, for reasons usually specific to
607 the language. Those languages should override this function and
608 return true.
610 And finally, other languages such as C or Asm do not have the concept
611 of mangled vs demangled name, so those languages should also override
612 this function and return true, to prevent any accidental demangling
613 through an unrelated language's demangler. */
615 virtual bool store_sym_names_in_linkage_form_p () const
616 { return false; }
618 /* Default range checking preference. The return value from this
619 function provides the automatic setting for 'set check range'. As a
620 consequence a user is free to override this setting if they want. */
622 virtual bool range_checking_on_by_default () const
623 { return false; }
625 /* Is this language case sensitive? The return value from this function
626 provides the automativ setting for 'set case-sensitive', as a
627 consequence, a user is free to override this setting if they want. */
629 virtual enum case_sensitivity case_sensitivity () const
630 { return case_sensitive_on; }
633 /* Multi-dimensional array ordering. */
635 virtual enum array_ordering array_ordering () const
636 { return array_row_major; }
638 /* Style of macro expansion, if any, supported by this language. The
639 default is no macro expansion. */
641 virtual enum macro_expansion macro_expansion () const
642 { return macro_expansion_no; }
644 /* Return a structure containing various operations on varobj specific
645 for this language. */
647 virtual const struct lang_varobj_ops *varobj_ops () const;
649 /* Definitions related to expression printing, prefixifying, and
650 dumping. */
652 virtual const struct exp_descriptor *expression_ops () const;
654 /* Table for printing expressions. */
656 virtual const struct op_print *opcode_print_table () const = 0;
658 protected:
660 /* This is the overridable part of the GET_SYMBOL_NAME_MATCHER method.
661 See that method for a description of the arguments. */
663 virtual symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher_inner
664 (const lookup_name_info &lookup_name) const;
667 /* Pointer to the language_defn for our current language. This pointer
668 always points to *some* valid struct; it can be used without checking
669 it for validity.
671 The current language affects expression parsing and evaluation
672 (FIXME: it might be cleaner to make the evaluation-related stuff
673 separate exp_opcodes for each different set of semantics. We
674 should at least think this through more clearly with respect to
675 what happens if the language is changed between parsing and
676 evaluation) and printing of things like types and arrays. It does
677 *not* affect symbol-reading-- each source file in a symbol-file has
678 its own language and we should keep track of that regardless of the
679 language when symbols are read. If we want some manual setting for
680 the language of symbol files (e.g. detecting when ".c" files are
681 C++), it should be a separate setting from the current_language. */
683 extern const struct language_defn *current_language;
685 /* Pointer to the language_defn expected by the user, e.g. the language
686 of main(), or the language we last mentioned in a message, or C. */
688 extern const struct language_defn *expected_language;
690 /* Warning issued when current_language and the language of the current
691 frame do not match. */
693 extern const char lang_frame_mismatch_warn[];
695 /* language_mode ==
696 language_mode_auto: current_language automatically set upon selection
697 of scope (e.g. stack frame)
698 language_mode_manual: current_language set only by user. */
700 extern enum language_mode
702 language_mode_auto, language_mode_manual
704 language_mode;
706 /* Return the type that should be used for booleans for language L in
707 GDBARCH. */
709 struct type *language_bool_type (const struct language_defn *l,
710 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
712 /* Return the type that should be used for characters within a string for
713 language L in GDBARCH. */
715 struct type *language_string_char_type (const struct language_defn *l,
716 struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
718 /* Look up a type from the set of OS/ABI specific types defined in
719 GDBARCH for language L. NAME is used for selecting the matching
720 type, and is passed through to the corresponding
721 lookup_primitive_type member function inside the language_arch_info
722 class. */
724 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type (const struct language_defn *l,
725 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
726 const char *name);
728 /* Look up a type from the set of OS/ABI specific types defined in
729 GDBARCH for language L. FILTER is used for selecting the matching
730 type, and is passed through to the corresponding
731 lookup_primitive_type member function inside the language_arch_info
732 class. */
734 struct type *language_lookup_primitive_type
735 (const struct language_defn *la,
736 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
737 gdb::function_view<bool (struct type *)> filter);
739 /* Wrapper around language_lookup_primitive_type to return the
740 corresponding symbol. */
742 struct symbol *
743 language_lookup_primitive_type_as_symbol (const struct language_defn *l,
744 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
745 const char *name);
748 /* These macros define the behaviour of the expression
749 evaluator. */
751 /* Should we range check values against the domain of their type? */
752 #define RANGE_CHECK (range_check != range_check_off)
754 /* "cast" really means conversion. */
755 /* FIXME -- should be a setting in language_defn. */
756 #define CAST_IS_CONVERSION(LANG) ((LANG)->la_language == language_c || \
757 (LANG)->la_language == language_cplus || \
758 (LANG)->la_language == language_objc)
760 extern void language_info (int);
762 extern enum language set_language (enum language);
765 /* This page contains functions that return things that are
766 specific to languages. Each of these functions is based on
767 the current setting of working_lang, which the user sets
768 with the "set language" command. */
770 #define LA_PRINT_TYPE(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags) \
771 (current_language->print_type(type,varstring,stream,show,level,flags))
773 #define LA_PRINT_CHAR(ch, type, stream) \
774 (current_language->printchar (ch, type, stream))
775 #define LA_PRINT_STRING(stream, elttype, string, length, encoding, force_ellipses, options) \
776 (current_language->printstr (stream, elttype, string, length, \
777 encoding, force_ellipses,options))
779 /* Test a character to decide whether it can be printed in literal form
780 or needs to be printed in another representation. For example,
781 in C the literal form of the character with octal value 141 is 'a'
782 and the "other representation" is '\141'. The "other representation"
783 is program language dependent. */
785 #define PRINT_LITERAL_FORM(c) \
786 ((c) >= 0x20 \
787 && ((c) < 0x7F || (c) >= 0xA0) \
788 && (!sevenbit_strings || (c) < 0x80))
790 /* Type predicates */
792 extern int pointer_type (struct type *);
794 /* Error messages */
796 extern void range_error (const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
798 /* Data: Does this value represent "truth" to the current language? */
800 extern int value_true (struct value *);
802 /* Misc: The string representing a particular enum language. */
804 extern enum language language_enum (const char *str);
806 extern const struct language_defn *language_def (enum language);
808 extern const char *language_str (enum language);
810 /* Check for a language-specific trampoline. */
812 extern CORE_ADDR skip_language_trampoline (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR pc);
814 /* Return demangled language symbol, or NULL. */
815 extern char *language_demangle (const struct language_defn *current_language,
816 const char *mangled, int options);
818 /* Return information about whether TYPE should be passed
819 (and returned) by reference at the language level. */
820 struct language_pass_by_ref_info language_pass_by_reference (struct type *type);
822 void c_get_string (struct value *value,
823 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<gdb_byte> *buffer,
824 int *length, struct type **char_type,
825 const char **charset);
827 /* Get LANG's symbol_name_matcher method for LOOKUP_NAME. Returns
828 default_symbol_name_matcher if not set. LANG is used as a hint;
829 the function may ignore it depending on the current language and
830 LOOKUP_NAME. Specifically, if the current language is Ada, this
831 may return an Ada matcher regardless of LANG. */
832 symbol_name_matcher_ftype *get_symbol_name_matcher
833 (const language_defn *lang, const lookup_name_info &lookup_name);
835 /* Save the current language and restore it upon destruction. */
837 class scoped_restore_current_language
839 public:
841 explicit scoped_restore_current_language ()
842 : m_lang (current_language->la_language)
846 ~scoped_restore_current_language ()
848 set_language (m_lang);
851 scoped_restore_current_language (const scoped_restore_current_language &)
852 = delete;
853 scoped_restore_current_language &operator=
854 (const scoped_restore_current_language &) = delete;
856 private:
858 enum language m_lang;
861 /* If language_mode is language_mode_auto,
862 then switch current language to the language of SYM
863 and restore current language upon destruction.
865 Else do nothing. */
867 class scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto
869 public:
871 explicit scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto (const struct symbol *sym)
873 if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
875 m_lang = current_language->la_language;
876 m_switched = true;
877 set_language (sym->language ());
879 else
881 m_switched = false;
882 /* Assign to m_lang to silence a GCC warning. See
883 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80635. */
884 m_lang = language_unknown;
888 ~scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto ()
890 if (m_switched)
891 set_language (m_lang);
894 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (scoped_switch_to_sym_language_if_auto);
896 private:
897 bool m_switched;
898 enum language m_lang;
901 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */