Add "undefined-command" error code at end of ^error result...

... when trying to execute an undefined GDB/MI command. When trying
to execute a GDB/MI command which does not exist, the current error
result record looks like this:

    -unsupported
    ^error,msg="Undefined MI command: unsupported"

The only indication that the command does not exist is the error
message. It would be a little fragile for a consumer to rely solely
on the contents of the error message in order to determine whether
a command exists or not.

This patch improves the situation by adding concept of error
code, starting with one well-defined error code ("undefined-command")
identifying errors due to a non-existant command. Here is the new
output:

    -unsupported
    ^error,msg="Undefined MI command: unsupported",code="undefined-command"

This error code is only displayed when the corresponding error
condition is met. Otherwise, the error record remains unchanged.
For instance:

    -symbol-list-lines foo.adb
    ^error,msg="-symbol-list-lines: Unknown source file name."

For frontends to be able to know whether they can rely on this
variable, a new entry "undefined-command-error-code" has been
added to the "-list-features" command.  Another option would be
to always generate an error="..." variable (for the default case,
we could decide for instance that the error code is the empty string).
But it seems more efficient to provide that info in "-list-features"
and then only add the error code when meaningful.

gdb/ChangeLog:

        (from Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>)
        (from Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>)
        * exceptions.h (enum_errors) <UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR>: New enum.
        * mi/mi-parse.c (mi_parse): Throw UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR instead
        of a regular error when the GDB/MI command does not exist.
        * mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_list_features): Add
        "undefined-command-error-code".
        (mi_print_exception): Print an "undefined-command"
        error code if EXCEPTION.ERROR is UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR.
        * NEWS: Add entry documenting the new "code" variable in
        "^error" result records.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Result Records): Fix the syntax of the
        "^error" result record concerning the error message.  Document
        the error code that may also be part of that result record.
        (GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document the
        "undefined-command-error-code" element in the output of
        the "-list-features" GDB/MI command.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.mi/mi-undefined-cmd.exp: New testcase.
This commit is contained in:
Joel Brobecker
2013-11-18 16:55:16 +04:00
parent 6b7cbff192
commit 2ea126fa78
9 changed files with 97 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ enum errors {
aborted as the inferior state is no longer valid. */
TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR,
/* An undefined command was executed. */
UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR,
/* Add more errors here. */
NR_ERRORS
};