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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2015-04-29 13:24:21 -0700
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2015-04-29 13:24:21 -0700
commit2ce1cdbf84ce883b992bc8ffec3d29b4da229b72 (patch)
tree4143b5da94595cdef5199d0ca8afd6ec14bc30e6 /gdb/extension.c
parent99b2a2dd3cd91ee45aba56a90b52be943001e8f4 (diff)
PR python/18285
gdb/ChangeLog: PR python/18285 * NEWS: Document new gdb.XMethodWorker.get_result_type method. * eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard) <OP_FUNCALL>: Handle EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS for xmethods. * extension-priv.h (struct extension_language_ops) <get_xmethod_result_type>: New member. * extension.c (get_xmethod_result_type): New function. * extension.h (get_xmethod_result_type): Declare. * python/py-xmethods.c (get_result_type_method_name): New static global. (py_get_result_type_method_name): Ditto. (gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type): New function. (gdbpy_initialize_xmethods): Initialize py_get_result_type_method_name. * python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type): Declare. * python/python.c (python_extension_ops): Add gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type. * python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py (XMethodWorker): Add get_result_type. * valarith.c (value_x_binop): Handle EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS for xmethods. (value_x_unop): Ditto. * value.c (result_type_of_xmethod): New function. * value.h (result_type_of_xmethod): Declare. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.python/py-xmethods.exp: Add ptype tests. * gdb.python/py-xmethods.py (E_method_char_worker): Add get_result_type method. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * python.texi (Xmethod API) <gdb.XMethodWorker.get_result_type>: Document. (Writing an Xmethod): Add get_result_type to example.
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diff --git a/gdb/extension.c b/gdb/extension.c
index 77b62e0656..dac203b0dd 100644
--- a/gdb/extension.c
+++ b/gdb/extension.c
@@ -964,6 +964,31 @@ get_xmethod_arg_types (struct xmethod_worker *worker, int *nargs)
return type_array;
}
+/* Return the type of the result of the xmethod encapsulated in WORKER.
+ OBJECT, ARGS, NARGS are the same as for invoke_xmethod. */
+
+struct type *
+get_xmethod_result_type (struct xmethod_worker *worker,
+ struct value *object, struct value **args, int nargs)
+{
+ enum ext_lang_rc rc;
+ struct type *result_type;
+ const struct extension_language_defn *extlang = worker->extlang;
+
+ gdb_assert (extlang->ops->get_xmethod_arg_types != NULL);
+
+ rc = extlang->ops->get_xmethod_result_type (extlang, worker,
+ object, args, nargs,
+ &result_type);
+ if (rc == EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR)
+ {
+ error (_("Error while fetching result type of an xmethod worker "
+ "defined in %s."), extlang->capitalized_name);
+ }
+
+ return result_type;
+}
+
/* Invokes the xmethod encapsulated in WORKER and returns the result.
The method is invoked on OBJ with arguments in the ARGS array. NARGS is
the length of the this array. */