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1 /* Definitions for expressions stored in reversed prefix form, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
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8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #if !defined (EXPRESSION_H)
21 #define EXPRESSION_H 1
23 #include "gdbtypes.h"
25 /* While parsing expressions we need to track the innermost lexical block
26 that we encounter. In some situations we need to track the innermost
27 block just for symbols, and in other situations we want to track the
28 innermost block for symbols and registers. These flags are used by the
29 innermost block tracker to control which blocks we consider for the
30 innermost block. These flags can be combined together as needed. */
32 enum innermost_block_tracker_type
34 /* Track the innermost block for symbols within an expression. */
35 INNERMOST_BLOCK_FOR_SYMBOLS = (1 << 0),
37 /* Track the innermost block for registers within an expression. */
38 INNERMOST_BLOCK_FOR_REGISTERS = (1 << 1)
40 DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum innermost_block_tracker_type,
41 innermost_block_tracker_types);
43 enum exp_opcode : uint8_t
45 #define OP(name) name ,
47 #include "std-operator.def"
49 #undef OP
52 /* Values of NOSIDE argument to eval_subexp. */
54 enum noside
56 EVAL_NORMAL,
57 EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS /* Don't modify any variables or
58 call any functions. The value
59 returned will have the correct
60 type, and will have an
61 approximately correct lvalue
62 type (inaccuracy: anything that is
63 listed as being in a register in
64 the function in which it was
65 declared will be lval_register).
66 Ideally this would not even read
67 target memory, but currently it
68 does in many situations. */
71 struct expression;
72 struct agent_expr;
73 struct axs_value;
74 struct type;
75 struct ui_file;
77 namespace expr
80 class operation;
81 typedef std::unique_ptr<operation> operation_up;
83 /* Base class for an operation. An operation is a single component of
84 an expression. */
86 class operation
88 protected:
90 operation () = default;
91 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (operation);
93 public:
95 virtual ~operation () = default;
97 /* Evaluate this operation. */
98 virtual value *evaluate (struct type *expect_type,
99 struct expression *exp,
100 enum noside noside) = 0;
102 /* Evaluate this operation in a context where C-like coercion is
103 needed. */
104 virtual value *evaluate_with_coercion (struct expression *exp,
105 enum noside noside)
107 return evaluate (nullptr, exp, noside);
110 /* Evaluate this expression in the context of a cast to
111 EXPECT_TYPE. */
112 virtual value *evaluate_for_cast (struct type *expect_type,
113 struct expression *exp,
114 enum noside noside);
116 /* Evaluate this expression in the context of a sizeof
117 operation. */
118 virtual value *evaluate_for_sizeof (struct expression *exp,
119 enum noside noside);
121 /* Evaluate this expression in the context of an address-of
122 operation. Must return the address. */
123 virtual value *evaluate_for_address (struct expression *exp,
124 enum noside noside);
126 /* Evaluate a function call, with this object as the callee.
127 EXPECT_TYPE, EXP, and NOSIDE have the same meaning as in
128 'evaluate'. ARGS holds the operations that should be evaluated
129 to get the arguments to the call. */
130 virtual value *evaluate_funcall (struct type *expect_type,
131 struct expression *exp,
132 enum noside noside,
133 const std::vector<operation_up> &args)
135 /* Defer to the helper overload. */
136 return evaluate_funcall (expect_type, exp, noside, nullptr, args);
139 /* True if this is a constant expression. */
140 virtual bool constant_p () const
141 { return false; }
143 /* Return true if this operation uses OBJFILE (and will become
144 dangling when OBJFILE is unloaded), otherwise return false.
145 OBJFILE must not be a separate debug info file. */
146 virtual bool uses_objfile (struct objfile *objfile) const
147 { return false; }
149 /* Generate agent expression bytecodes for this operation. */
150 void generate_ax (struct expression *exp, struct agent_expr *ax,
151 struct axs_value *value,
152 struct type *cast_type = nullptr);
154 /* Return the opcode that is implemented by this operation. */
155 virtual enum exp_opcode opcode () const = 0;
157 /* Print this operation to STREAM. */
158 virtual void dump (struct ui_file *stream, int depth) const = 0;
160 /* Call to indicate that this is the outermost operation in the
161 expression. This should almost never be overridden. */
162 virtual void set_outermost () { }
164 protected:
166 /* A helper overload that wraps evaluate_subexp_do_call. */
167 value *evaluate_funcall (struct type *expect_type,
168 struct expression *exp,
169 enum noside noside,
170 const char *function_name,
171 const std::vector<operation_up> &args);
173 /* Called by generate_ax to do the work for this particular
174 operation. */
175 virtual void do_generate_ax (struct expression *exp,
176 struct agent_expr *ax,
177 struct axs_value *value,
178 struct type *cast_type)
180 error (_("Cannot translate to agent expression"));
184 /* A helper function for creating an operation_up, given a type. */
185 template<typename T, typename... Arg>
186 operation_up
187 make_operation (Arg... args)
189 return operation_up (new T (std::forward<Arg> (args)...));
194 struct expression
196 expression (const struct language_defn *lang, struct gdbarch *arch)
197 : language_defn (lang),
198 gdbarch (arch)
202 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (expression);
204 /* Return the opcode for the outermost sub-expression of this
205 expression. */
206 enum exp_opcode first_opcode () const
208 return op->opcode ();
211 /* Evaluate the expression. EXPECT_TYPE is the context type of the
212 expression; normally this should be nullptr. NOSIDE controls how
213 evaluation is performed. */
214 struct value *evaluate (struct type *expect_type, enum noside noside);
216 /* Language it was entered in. */
217 const struct language_defn *language_defn;
218 /* Architecture it was parsed in. */
219 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
220 expr::operation_up op;
223 typedef std::unique_ptr<expression> expression_up;
225 /* From parse.c */
227 class innermost_block_tracker;
228 extern expression_up parse_expression (const char *,
229 innermost_block_tracker * = nullptr,
230 bool void_context_p = false);
232 extern expression_up parse_expression_with_language (const char *string,
233 enum language lang);
235 extern struct type *parse_expression_for_completion
236 (const char *, gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> *, enum type_code *);
238 class innermost_block_tracker;
239 extern expression_up parse_exp_1 (const char **, CORE_ADDR pc,
240 const struct block *, int,
241 innermost_block_tracker * = nullptr);
243 /* From eval.c */
245 /* Evaluate a function call. The function to be called is in CALLEE and
246 the arguments passed to the function are in ARGVEC.
247 FUNCTION_NAME is the name of the function, if known.
248 DEFAULT_RETURN_TYPE is used as the function's return type if the return
249 type is unknown. */
251 extern struct value *evaluate_subexp_do_call (expression *exp,
252 enum noside noside,
253 value *callee,
254 gdb::array_view<value *> argvec,
255 const char *function_name,
256 type *default_return_type);
258 /* From expprint.c */
260 extern const char *op_name (enum exp_opcode opcode);
262 extern void dump_prefix_expression (struct expression *, struct ui_file *);
264 /* In an OP_RANGE expression, either bound could be empty, indicating
265 that its value is by default that of the corresponding bound of the
266 array or string. Also, the upper end of the range can be exclusive
267 or inclusive. So we have six sorts of subrange. This enumeration
268 type is to identify this. */
270 enum range_flag : unsigned
272 /* This is a standard range. Both the lower and upper bounds are
273 defined, and the bounds are inclusive. */
274 RANGE_STANDARD = 0,
276 /* The low bound was not given. */
277 RANGE_LOW_BOUND_DEFAULT = 1 << 0,
279 /* The high bound was not given. */
280 RANGE_HIGH_BOUND_DEFAULT = 1 << 1,
282 /* The high bound of this range is exclusive. */
283 RANGE_HIGH_BOUND_EXCLUSIVE = 1 << 2,
285 /* The range has a stride. */
286 RANGE_HAS_STRIDE = 1 << 3,
289 DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum range_flag, range_flags);
291 #endif /* !defined (EXPRESSION_H) */