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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index d6da0f4..50fd5eb 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -5769,7 +5769,17 @@ ada_parent_type (struct type *type)
for (i = 0; i < TYPE_NFIELDS (type); i += 1)
if (ada_is_parent_field (type, i))
- return ada_check_typedef (TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (type, i));
+ {
+ struct type *parent_type = TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (type, i);
+
+ /* If the _parent field is a pointer, then dereference it. */
+ if (TYPE_CODE (parent_type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
+ parent_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (parent_type);
+ /* If there is a parallel XVS type, get the actual base type. */
+ parent_type = ada_get_base_type (parent_type);
+
+ return ada_check_typedef (parent_type);
+ }
return NULL;
}
@@ -8553,14 +8563,6 @@ ada_evaluate_subexp (struct type *expect_type, struct expression *exp,
case OP_VAR_VALUE:
*pos -= 1;
- /* Tagged types are a little special in the fact that the real type
- is dynamic and can only be determined by inspecting the object
- value. So even if we're support to do an EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS
- evaluation, we force an EVAL_NORMAL evaluation for tagged types. */
- if (noside == EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS
- && ada_is_tagged_type (SYMBOL_TYPE (exp->elts[pc + 2].symbol), 1))
- noside = EVAL_NORMAL;
-
if (noside == EVAL_SKIP)
{
*pos += 4;
@@ -8574,6 +8576,30 @@ ada_evaluate_subexp (struct type *expect_type, struct expression *exp,
SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (exp->elts[pc + 2].symbol));
else if (noside == EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS)
{
+ type = static_unwrap_type (SYMBOL_TYPE (exp->elts[pc + 2].symbol));
+ if (ada_is_tagged_type (type, 0))
+ {
+ /* Tagged types are a little special in the fact that the real
+ type is dynamic and can only be determined by inspecting the
+ object's tag. This means that we need to get the object's
+ value first (EVAL_NORMAL) and then extract the actual object
+ type from its tag.
+
+ Note that we cannot skip the final step where we extract
+ the object type from its tag, because the EVAL_NORMAL phase
+ results in dynamic components being resolved into fixed ones.
+ This can cause problems when trying to print the type
+ description of tagged types whose parent has a dynamic size:
+ We use the type name of the "_parent" component in order
+ to print the name of the ancestor type in the type description.
+ If that component had a dynamic size, the resolution into
+ a fixed type would result in the loss of that type name,
+ thus preventing us from printing the name of the ancestor
+ type in the type description. */
+ arg1 = evaluate_subexp (NULL_TYPE, exp, pos, EVAL_NORMAL);
+ return value_zero (type_from_tag (ada_value_tag (arg1)), not_lval);
+ }
+
*pos += 4;
return value_zero
(to_static_fixed_type