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authorFred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>1992-07-10 17:22:35 +0000
committerFred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>1992-07-10 17:22:35 +0000
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* command.c (lookup_cmd_1): Clarify descriptive comments.
* gdbcmd.h (maintenanceprintlist): Add declaration. * main.c (maintenanceprintlist): Add definition. * main.c (gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters): Add. * main.c (symbol_completion_function): Switch completer word break character sets dynamically, based on whether completion is being done on commands or on something else. * main.c (initialize_cmd_lists): Init maintenanceprintlist. * maint.c: Include demangle.h. * maint.c (maintenance_demangle): New function. * maint.c (maintenance_print_command): New function. * maint.c (_initialize_maint_cmds): Reorganize some commands under new maintenance print subcommand.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/maint.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/maint.c91
1 files changed, 78 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/maint.c b/gdb/maint.c
index 6de6716..aff04b1 100644
--- a/gdb/maint.c
+++ b/gdb/maint.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
#include "gdbcmd.h"
#include "symtab.h"
#include "gdbtypes.h"
+#include "demangle.h"
static void
maintenance_command PARAMS ((char *, int));
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ maintenance_command PARAMS ((char *, int));
static void
maintenance_dump_me PARAMS ((char *, int));
+static void
+maintenance_demangle PARAMS ((char *, int));
+
/*
LOCAL FUNCTION
@@ -72,6 +76,40 @@ maintenance_dump_me (args, from_tty)
}
}
+/* Someday we should allow demangling for things other than just
+ explicit strings. For example, we might want to be able to
+ specify the address of a string in either GDB's process space
+ or the debuggee's process space, and have gdb fetch and demangle
+ that string. If we have a char* pointer "ptr" that points to
+ a string, we might want to be able to given just the name and
+ have GDB demangle and print what it points to, etc. (FIXME) */
+
+static void
+maintenance_demangle (args, from_tty)
+ char *args;
+ int from_tty;
+{
+ char *demangled;
+
+ if (args == NULL || *args == '\0')
+ {
+ printf ("\"maintenance demangle\" takes an argument to demangle.\n");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ demangled = cplus_demangle (args, DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
+ if (demangled != NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("%s\n", demangled);
+ free (demangled);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ printf ("Can't demangle \"%s\"\n", args);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/* The "maintenance info" command is defined as a prefix, with allow_unknown 0.
Therefore, its own definition is called only for "maintenance info" with
no args. */
@@ -86,6 +124,20 @@ maintenance_info_command (arg, from_tty)
help_list (maintenanceinfolist, "maintenance info ", -1, stdout);
}
+/* The "maintenance print" command is defined as a prefix, with allow_unknown
+ 0. Therefore, its own definition is called only for "maintenance print"
+ with no args. */
+
+/* ARGSUSED */
+static void
+maintenance_print_command (arg, from_tty)
+ char *arg;
+ int from_tty;
+{
+ printf ("\"maintenance print\" must be followed by the name of a print command.\n");
+ help_list (maintenanceprintlist, "maintenance print ", -1, stdout);
+}
+
/*
GLOBAL FUNCTION
@@ -110,49 +162,62 @@ _initialize_maint_cmds ()
add_prefix_cmd ("maintenance", class_maintenance, maintenance_command,
"Commands for use by GDB maintainers.\n\
Includes commands to dump specific internal GDB structures in\n\
-a human readable form, including dumping of symbol tables, type\n\
-chains, etc.",
+a human readable form, to cause GDB to deliberately dump core,\n\
+to test internal functions such as the C++ demangler, etc.",
&maintenancelist, "maintenance ", 0,
&cmdlist);
+ add_com_alias ("mt", "maintenance", class_maintenance, 0);
+
add_prefix_cmd ("info", class_info, maintenance_info_command,
- "Maintenance command for showing things about the program being debugged.",
+ "Commands for showing things about the program being debugged.",
&maintenanceinfolist, "maintenance info ", 0,
&maintenancelist);
+ add_prefix_cmd ("print", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_command,
+ "Maintenance command for printing GDB internal state.",
+ &maintenanceprintlist, "maintenance print ", 0,
+ &maintenancelist);
+
add_cmd ("dump-me", class_maintenance, maintenance_dump_me,
"Get fatal error; make debugger dump its core.\n\
GDB sets it's handling of SIGQUIT back to SIG_DFL and then sends\n\
itself a SIGQUIT signal.",
&maintenancelist);
- add_cmd ("print-type", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_type,
+ add_cmd ("demangle", class_maintenance, maintenance_demangle,
+ "Demangle a C++ mangled name.\n\
+Call internal GDB demangler routine to demangle a C++ link name\n\
+and prints the result.",
+ &maintenancelist);
+
+ add_cmd ("type", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_type,
"Print a type chain for a given symbol.\n\
For each node in a type chain, print the raw data for each member of\n\
the type structure, and the interpretation of the data.",
- &maintenancelist);
+ &maintenanceprintlist);
- add_cmd ("print-symbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_symbols,
+ add_cmd ("symbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_symbols,
"Print dump of current symbol definitions.\n\
Entries in the full symbol table are dumped to file OUTFILE.\n\
If a SOURCE file is specified, dump only that file's symbols.",
- &maintenancelist);
+ &maintenanceprintlist);
- add_cmd ("print-msymbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_msymbols,
+ add_cmd ("msymbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_msymbols,
"Print dump of current minimal symbol definitions.\n\
Entries in the minimal symbol table are dumped to file OUTFILE.\n\
If a SOURCE file is specified, dump only that file's minimal symbols.",
- &maintenancelist);
+ &maintenanceprintlist);
- add_cmd ("print-psymbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_psymbols,
+ add_cmd ("psymbols", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_psymbols,
"Print dump of current partial symbol definitions.\n\
Entries in the partial symbol table are dumped to file OUTFILE.\n\
If a SOURCE file is specified, dump only that file's partial symbols.",
- &maintenancelist);
+ &maintenanceprintlist);
- add_cmd ("print-objfiles", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_objfiles,
+ add_cmd ("objfiles", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_objfiles,
"Print dump of current object file definitions.",
- &maintenancelist);
+ &maintenanceprintlist);
}