1 files changed, 37 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/parse.c b/gdb/parse.c
index f405dc5..32a3bd6 100644
--- a/gdb/parse.c
+++ b/gdb/parse.c
@@ -182,6 +182,41 @@ free_funcalls (void *ignore)
 /* This page contains the functions for adding data to the struct expression
    being constructed.  */
 
+/* Helper function to initialize the expout, expout_size, expout_ptr
+   trio before it is used to store expression elements created during
+   the parsing of an expression.  INITIAL_SIZE is the initial size of
+   the expout array.  LANG is the language used to parse the expression.
+   And GDBARCH is the gdbarch to use during parsing.  */
+
+static void
+initialize_expout (int initial_size, const struct language_defn *lang,
+		   struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  expout_size = initial_size;
+  expout_ptr = 0;
+  expout = xmalloc (sizeof (struct expression)
+		    + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size));
+  expout->language_defn = lang;
+  expout->gdbarch = gdbarch;
+}
+
+/* Helper function that frees any unsed space in the expout array.
+   It is generally used when the parser has just been parsed and
+   created.  */
+
+static void
+reallocate_expout (void)
+{
+  /* Record the actual number of expression elements, and then
+     reallocate the expression memory so that we free up any
+     excess elements.  */
+
+  expout->nelts = expout_ptr;
+  expout = xrealloc ((char *) expout,
+		     sizeof (struct expression)
+		     + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_ptr));
+}
+
 /* Add one element to the end of the expression.  */
 
 /* To avoid a bug in the Sun 4 compiler, we pass things that can fit into
@@ -1156,12 +1191,7 @@ parse_exp_in_context (char **stringptr, struct block *block, int comma,
   else
     lang = current_language;
 
-  expout_size = 10;
-  expout_ptr = 0;
-  expout = (struct expression *)
-    xmalloc (sizeof (struct expression) + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_size));
-  expout->language_defn = lang;
-  expout->gdbarch = get_current_arch ();
+  initialize_expout (10, lang, get_current_arch ());
 
   TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
     {
@@ -1179,14 +1209,7 @@ parse_exp_in_context (char **stringptr, struct block *block, int comma,
 
   discard_cleanups (old_chain);
 
-  /* Record the actual number of expression elements, and then
-     reallocate the expression memory so that we free up any
-     excess elements.  */
-
-  expout->nelts = expout_ptr;
-  expout = (struct expression *)
-    xrealloc ((char *) expout,
-	      sizeof (struct expression) + EXP_ELEM_TO_BYTES (expout_ptr));
+  reallocate_expout ();
 
   /* Convert expression from postfix form as generated by yacc
      parser, to a prefix form.  */