binutils-gdb/gdb/expression.h

/* Definitions for expressions stored in reversed prefix form, for GDB.
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/* Definitions for saved C expressions.  */

/* An expression is represented as a vector of union exp_element's.
   Each exp_element is an opcode, except that some opcodes cause
   the following exp_element to be treated as a long or double constant
   or as a variable.  The opcodes are obeyed, using a stack for temporaries.
   The value is left on the temporary stack at the end.  */

/* When it is necessary to include a string,
   it can occupy as many exp_elements as it needs.
   We find the length of the string using strlen,
   divide to find out how many exp_elements are used up,
   and skip that many.  Strings, like numbers, are indicated
   by the preceding opcode.  */

enum exp_opcode
{
/* BINOP_... operate on two values computed by following subexpressions,
   replacing them by one result value.  They take no immediate arguments.  */
  BINOP_ADD,		/* + */
  BINOP_SUB,		/* - */
  BINOP_MUL,		/* * */
  BINOP_DIV,		/* / */
  BINOP_REM,		/* % */
  BINOP_LSH,		/* << */
  BINOP_RSH,		/* >> */
  BINOP_AND,		/* && */
  BINOP_OR,		/* || */
  BINOP_LOGAND,		/* & */
  BINOP_LOGIOR,		/* | */
  BINOP_LOGXOR,		/* ^ */
  BINOP_EQUAL,		/* == */
  BINOP_NOTEQUAL,	/* != */
  BINOP_LESS,		/* < */
  BINOP_GTR,		/* > */
  BINOP_LEQ,		/* <= */
  BINOP_GEQ,		/* >= */
  BINOP_REPEAT,		/* @ */
  BINOP_ASSIGN,		/* = */
  BINOP_COMMA,		/* , */
  BINOP_SUBSCRIPT,	/* x[y] */
  BINOP_EXP,		/* Exponentiation */

/* C++.  */
  BINOP_MIN,		/* <? */
  BINOP_MAX,		/* >? */
  BINOP_SCOPE,		/* :: */

  /* STRUCTOP_MEMBER is used for pointer-to-member constructs.
     X . * Y translates into X STRUCTOP_MEMBER Y.  */
  STRUCTOP_MEMBER,
  /* STRUCTOP_MPTR is used for pointer-to-member constructs
     when X is a pointer instead of an aggregate.  */
  STRUCTOP_MPTR,
/* end of C++.  */

  BINOP_END,

  BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY,	/* +=, -=, *=, and so on.
			   The following exp_element is another opcode,
			   a BINOP_, saying how to modify.
			   Then comes another BINOP_ASSIGN_MODIFY,
			   making three exp_elements in total.  */

/* Operates on three values computed by following subexpressions.  */
  TERNOP_COND,		/* ?: */

/* The OP_... series take immediate following arguments.
   After the arguments come another OP_... (the same one)
   so that the grouping can be recognized from the end.  */

/* OP_LONG is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element
   and the long constant value in the following exp_element.
   Then comes another OP_LONG.
   Thus, the operation occupies four exp_elements.  */

  OP_LONG,
/* OP_DOUBLE is similar but takes a double constant instead of a long one.  */
  OP_DOUBLE,
/* OP_VAR_VALUE takes one struct symbol * in the following exp_element,
   followed by another OP_VAR_VALUE, making three exp_elements.  */
  OP_VAR_VALUE,
/* OP_LAST is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
   The integer is zero for the last value printed,
   or it is the absolute number of a history element.
   With another OP_LAST at the end, this makes three exp_elements.  */
  OP_LAST,
/* OP_REGISTER is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
   This is the number of a register to fetch (as an int).
   With another OP_REGISTER at the end, this makes three exp_elements.  */
  OP_REGISTER,
/* OP_INTERNALVAR is followed by an internalvar ptr in the next exp_element.
   With another OP_INTERNALVAR at the end, this makes three exp_elements.  */
  OP_INTERNALVAR,
/* OP_FUNCALL is followed by an integer in the next exp_element.
   The integer is the number of args to the function call.
   That many plus one values from following subexpressions
   are used, the first one being the function.
   The integer is followed by a repeat of OP_FUNCALL,
   making three exp_elements.  */
  OP_FUNCALL,
/* OP_STRING represents a string constant.
   Its format is the same as that of a STRUCTOP, but the string
   data is just made into a string constant when the operation
   is executed.  */
  OP_STRING,

/* UNOP_CAST is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element.
   With another UNOP_CAST at the end, this makes three exp_elements.
   It casts the value of the following subexpression.  */
  UNOP_CAST,
/* UNOP_MEMVAL is followed by a type pointer in the next exp_element
   With another UNOP_MEMVAL at the end, this makes three exp_elements.
   It casts the contents of the word addressed by the value of the
   following subexpression.  */
  UNOP_MEMVAL,
/* UNOP_... operate on one value from a following subexpression
   and replace it with a result.  They take no immediate arguments.  */
  UNOP_NEG,		/* Unary - */
  UNOP_ZEROP,		/* Unary ! */
  UNOP_LOGNOT,		/* Unary ~ */
  UNOP_IND,		/* Unary * */
  UNOP_ADDR,		/* Unary & */
  UNOP_PREINCREMENT,	/* ++ before an expression */
  UNOP_POSTINCREMENT,	/* ++ after an expression */
  UNOP_PREDECREMENT,	/* -- before an expression */
  UNOP_POSTDECREMENT,	/* -- after an expression */
  UNOP_SIZEOF,		/* Unary sizeof (followed by expression) */

/* STRUCTOP_... operate on a value from a following subexpression
   by extracting a structure component specified by a string
   that appears in the following exp_elements (as many as needed).
   STRUCTOP_STRUCT is used for "." and STRUCTOP_PTR for "->".
   They differ only in the error message given in case the value is
   not suitable or the structure component specified is not found.

   The length of the string follows in the next exp_element,
   (after the string), followed by another STRUCTOP_... code.  */
  STRUCTOP_STRUCT,
  STRUCTOP_PTR,

/* C++ */
  /* OP_THIS is just a placeholder for the class instance variable.
     It just comes in a tight (OP_THIS, OP_THIS) pair.  */
  OP_THIS,

  /* OP_SCOPE surrounds a type name and a field name.  The type
     name is encoded as one element, but the field name stays as
     a string, which, of course, is variable length.  */
  OP_SCOPE,

};

union exp_element
{
  enum exp_opcode opcode;
  struct symbol *symbol;
  long longconst;
  double doubleconst;
  char string;
  struct type *type;
  struct internalvar *internalvar;
};

struct expression
{
  int nelts;
  union exp_element elts[1];
};

struct expression *parse_c_expression ();
struct expression *parse_c_1 ();