aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gdb/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>2018-08-29 15:12:24 -0700
committerKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>2018-08-29 15:12:24 -0700
commit078a020797210f4d8f9491bbfe16ec31e9efb652 (patch)
tree278f541a2e88d33fcc3c4f782b5265a477abb540 /gdb/doc
parentfcaad03cc027ec2cdf7f2cff70d792867d43c57f (diff)
downloadfsf-binutils-gdb-078a020797210f4d8f9491bbfe16ec31e9efb652.zip
fsf-binutils-gdb-078a020797210f4d8f9491bbfe16ec31e9efb652.tar.gz
fsf-binutils-gdb-078a020797210f4d8f9491bbfe16ec31e9efb652.tar.bz2
C++ compile support
This patch adds *basic* support for C++ to the compile feature. It does most simple type conversions, including everything that C compile does and your basic "with-classes" type of C++. I've written a new compile-support.exp support file which adds a new test facility for automating and simplifying "compile print" vs "compile code" testing. See testsuite/lib/compile-support.exp and CompileExpression for more on that. The tests use this facility extensively. This initial support has several glaring omissions: - No template support at all I have follow-on patches for this, but they add much complexity to this "basic" support. Consequently, they will be submitted separately. - Cannot print functions The code template needs tweaking, and I simply haven't gotten to it yet. - So-called "special function" support is not included Using constructors, destructors, operators, etc will not work. I have follow-on patches for that, but they require some work because of the recent churn in symbol searching. - There are several test suite references to "compile/1234" bugs. I will file bugs and update the test suite's bug references before pushing these patches. The test suite started as a copy of the original C-language support, but I have written tests to exercise the basic functionality of the plug-in. I've added a new option for outputting debug messages for C++ type-conversion ("debug compile-cplus-types"). gdb/ChangeLog: * Makefile.in (SUBDIR_GCC_COMPILE_SRCS): Add compile-cplus-symbols.c and compile-cplus-types.c. (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add gcc-cp-plugin.h. * c-lang.c (cplus_language_defn): Set C++ compile functions. * c-lang.h (cplus_get_compile_context, cplus_compute_program): Declare. * compile/compile-c-support.c: Include compile-cplus.h. (load_libcompile): Templatize. (get_compile_context): "New" function. (c_get_compile_context): Use get_compile_context. (cplus_get_compile_context): New function. (cplus_push_user_expression, cplus_pop_user_expression) (cplus_add_code_header, cplus_add_input, cplus_compile_program) (cplus_compute_program): Define new structs/functions. * compile/compile-cplus-symmbols.c: New file. * compile/compile-cplus-types.c: New file. * compile/compile-cplus.h: New file. * compile/compile-internal.h (debug_compile_oracle, GCC_TYPE_NONE): Declare. * compile/compile-object-load.c (get_out_value_type): Use strncmp_iw when comparing symbol names. (compile_object_load): Add mst_bss and mst_data. * compile/compile.c (_initialize_compile): Remove -Wno-implicit-function-declaration from `compile_args'. * compile/gcc-cp-plugin.h: New file. * NEWS: Mention C++ compile support and new debug options. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-anonymous.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-anonymous.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-array-decay.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-array-decay.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-inherit.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-inherit.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-member.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-member.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-method.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-method.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-mod.c: "New" file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-namespace.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-namespace.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-nested.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-nested.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-print.c: "New" file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-print.exp: "New" file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-virtual.cc: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus-virtual.exp: New file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus.c: "New" file. * gdb.compile/compile-cplus.exp: "New" file. * lib/compile-support.exp: New file. doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Compiling and injecting code in GDB): Document set/show "compile-oracle" and "compile-cplus-types" commands.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo10
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index c637d39..58e01e4 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-08-29 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Compiling and injecting code in GDB): Document
+ set/show "compile-oracle" and "compile-cplus-types" commands.
+
2018-08-22 Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>
* gdb.texinfo (The -stack-list-frames Command): Update description
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 5068c0a..f2d1155 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -18689,6 +18689,16 @@ injecting the code. The default is off.
@item show debug compile
Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} process of
compiling and injecting the code.
+
+@anchor{set debug compile-cplus-types}
+@item set debug compile-cplus-types
+@cindex compile C@t{++} type conversion
+Turns on or off the display of C@t{++} type conversion debugging information.
+The default is off.
+
+@item show debug compile-cplus-types
+Displays the current state of displaying debugging information for
+C@t{++} type conversion.
@end table
@subsection Compilation options for the @code{compile} command