GDB/MI: Add new "--language LANG" command option.

Frontend sometimes need to evaluate expressions that are
language-specific. For instance, Eclipse uses the following
expression to determine the size of an address on the target:

    -data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"

Unfortunately, if the main of the program being debugged is not C,
this may not work. For instance, if the main is in Ada, you get...

    -data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"
    ^error,msg="No definition of \"sizeof\" in current context."

... and apparently decides to stop the debugging session as a result.
The  recommendation sent was to specifically set the language to C
before trying to evaluate the expression.  Something such as:

    1. save current language
    2. set language c
    3. -data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"
    4. Restore language

This has the same disadvantages as the ones outlined in the "Context
Management" section of the GDB/MI documentation regarding setting
the current thread or the current frame, thus recommending the use of
general command-line switches such as --frame, or --thread instead.

This patch follows the same steps for the language, adding a similar
new command option: --language LANG. Example of use:

    -data-evaluate-expression --language c "sizeof (void*)"
    ^done,value="4"

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * mi/mi-parse.h (struct mi_parse) <language>: New field.
        * mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_execute): Temporarily set language to
        PARSE->LANGUAGE during command execution, if set.
        * mi/mi-parse.c: Add "language.h" #include.
        (mi_parse): Add parsing of "--language" command option.

        * NEWS: Add entry mentioning the new "--language" command option.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.mi/mi-language.exp: New file.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.texinfo (Show): Add xref anchor for "show language" command.
        (Context management): Place current subsection text into its own
        subsubsection.  Add new subsubsection describing the "--language"
        command option.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-parse.h b/gdb/mi/mi-parse.h
index b20a389..325c1e1 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-parse.h
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-parse.h
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ struct mi_parse
     int thread_group; /* At present, the same as inferior number.  */
     int thread;
     int frame;
+
+    /* The language that should be used to evaluate the MI command.
+       Ignored if set to language_unknown.  */
+    enum language language;
   };
 
 /* Attempts to parse CMD returning a ``struct mi_parse''.  If CMD is