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authorKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>2015-03-23 12:59:18 -0700
committerKeith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>2015-03-23 13:16:39 -0700
commit0578b14e990e76f3c2dd9010c4cb9201bc9fa4b4 (patch)
treef1d3015cb60449da8288124ca8634ac7aa13a584 /gdb/linespec.h
parent7e993ebf2343a5b39d6d1df29fdebc2818064ae5 (diff)
downloadbinutils-gdb-0578b14e990e76f3c2dd9010c4cb9201bc9fa4b4.tar.gz
Expand keyword lexing intelligence in the linespec parser.
This patch changes the heuristic the linespec lexer uses to detect a keyword in the input stream. Currently, the heuristic is: a word is a keyword if it 1) points to a string that is a keyword 2) is followed by a non-identifier character This is strictly more correct than using whitespace. For example, it allows constructs such as "break foo if(i == 1)". However, find_condition_and_thread in breakpoint.c does not support this expanded usage. It requires whitespace to follow the keyword. The proposed new heuristic is: a word is a keyword if it 1) points to a string that is a keyword 2) is followed by whitespace 3) is not followed by another keyword string followed by whitespace This additional complexity allows constructs such as "break thread thread 3" and "break thread 3". In the former case, the actual location is a symbol named "thread" to be set on thread #3. In the later case, the location is NULL, i.e., the default location, to be set on thread #3. In order to pass all the new tests added here, I've also had to add a new feature to parse_breakpoint_sals, which expands recognition of the default location to keywords other than "if", which is the only keyword currently permitted with the default (NULL) location, but there is no reason to exclude other keywords. Consequently, it will be possible to use "break thread 1" or "break task 1". In addition to all of this, it is now possible to remove the keyword_ok state from the linespec parser. gdb/ChangeLog * breakpoint.c (parse_breakpoint_sals): Use linespec_lexer_lex_keyword to ascertain if the user specified a NULL location. * linespec.c [IF_KEYWORD_INDEX]: Define. (linespec_lexer_lex_keyword): Export. (struct ls_parser) <keyword_ok>: Remove. A keyword is only a keyword if not followed by another keyword. (linespec_lexer_lex_one): Remove keyword_ok handling. Add comment explaining why the parsing stream is not advanced when a keyword is seen. (parse_linespec): Remove parser->keyword_ok. * linespec.h (linespec_lexer_lex_keyword): Add declaration. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog * gdb.linespec/keywords.c: New file. * gdb.linespec/keywords.exp: New file.
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diff --git a/gdb/linespec.h b/gdb/linespec.h
index 5520afa6752..7e66024cf56 100644
--- a/gdb/linespec.h
+++ b/gdb/linespec.h
@@ -152,4 +152,8 @@ extern struct symtabs_and_lines decode_line_with_current_source (char *, int);
extern struct symtabs_and_lines decode_line_with_last_displayed (char *, int);
+/* Does P represent one of the keywords? If so, return
+ the keyword. If not, return NULL. */
+
+extern const char *linespec_lexer_lex_keyword (const char *p);
#endif /* defined (LINESPEC_H) */