Introduce the "with" command

( See original discussion and prototype here:
   https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-05/msg00570.html )

 (gdb) help with
 Temporarily set SETTING to VALUE, run COMMAND, and restore SETTING.
 Usage: with SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]
 Usage: w SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]
 With no COMMAND, repeats the last executed command.
 SETTING is any setting you can change with the "set" subcommands.
 E.g.:
   with language pascal -- print obj
   with print elements unlimited -- print obj

As can be seen above, the "with" command is just like "set", but
instead of setting the setting permanently, it sets the setting, runs
a command and then restores the setting.

 (gdb) p g_s
 $1 = {a = 1, b = 2, c = 3}
 (gdb) with language ada -- print g_s
 $2 = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3)
 Warning: the current language does not match this frame.
 (gdb) show language
 The current source language is "auto; currently c".
 (gdb) with print elements 100 -- with print object on -- print 1
 $3 = 1

You can shorten things a bit though, as long as unambiguous.  So this:

 (gdb) with print elements 100 -- with print object off -- print 1

is the same as:

 (gdb) w p el 100 -- w p o 0 -- p 1

Note that the patch adds a "w" alias for "with", as "w" is not
currently taken:

 (gdb) w
 Ambiguous command "w": watch, wh, whatis, where, while, while-stepping, winheight, ws.

Let me know if you'd prefer to reserve "w" for one of the other
commands above.  IMHO, this command will end up being used frequently
enough that it deserves the "w" shorthand.

A nice feature is that this is fully integrated with TAB-completion:

 (gdb) with p[TAB]
 pagination  print       prompt      python
 (gdb) with print [TAB]
 address                max-depth              static-members
 array                  max-symbolic-offset    symbol
 array-indexes          null-stop              symbol-filename
 asm-demangle           object                 symbol-loading
 demangle               pascal_static-members  thread-events
 elements               pretty                 type
 entry-values           raw                    union
 frame-arguments        repeats                vtbl
 inferior-events        sevenbit-strings
 (gdb) with print [TAB]

 (gdb) with print elements unlimited -- thread apply all -[TAB]
 -ascending  -c          -q          -s

 (gdb) with print elements unlimited -- print -[TAB]
 -address         -max-depth       -repeats         -vtbl
 -array           -null-stop       -static-members
 -array-indexes   -object          -symbol
 -elements        -pretty          -union

The main advantage of this new command compared to command options,
like the new "print -OPT", is that this command works with any
setting, and, it works nicely when you want to override a setting
while running a user-defined command, like:

 (gdb) with print pretty -- usercmd

The disadvantage is that it isn't as compact or easy to type.  I think
of command options and this command as complementary.  I think that
even with this new command, it makes sense to continue developing the
command options in the direction of exposing most-oft-used settings as
command options.

Inspired by Philippe's "/" command proposal, if no command is
specified, then the last command is re-invoked, under the overridden
setting:

 (gdb) p g_s
 $1 = {a = 1, b = 2, c = 3}
 (gdb) with language ada
 $2 = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3)
 Warning: the current language does not match this frame.

Note: "with" requires "--" to separate the setting from the command.
It might be possible to do without that, but, I haven't tried it yet,
and I think that this can go in without it.  We can always downgrade
to making "--" optional if we manage to make it work.

On to the patch itself, the implementation of the command is simpler
than one might expect.  A few details:

- I factored out a bit from pipe_command into repeat_previous
  directly, because otherwise I'd need to copy&paste the same code and
  same error message in the with command.

- The parse_cli_var_uinteger / parse_cli_var_zuinteger_unlimited /
  do_set_command changes are necessary since we can now pass an empty
  string as argument.

- do_show_command was split in two, as a FIXME comment suggests, but
  for a different reason: we need to get a string version of a "set"
  command's value, and we already had code for that in
  do_show_command.  That code is now factored out to the new
  get_setshow_command_value_string function.

- There's a new "maint with" command added too:

   (gdb) help maint with
   Like "with", but works with "maintenance set" variables.
   Usage: maintenance with SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]
   With no COMMAND, repeats the last executed command.
   SETTING is any setting you can change with the "maintenance set"
   subcommands.

  "with" and "maint with" share 99% of the implementation.

  This might be useful on its own, but it's also useful for testing,
  since with this, we can use the "maint set/show test-settings"
  settings for exercising the "with" machinery with all the command
  type variants (all enum var_types).  This is done in the new
  gdb/base/with.exp testcase.

The documentation bits are originally based on Philippe's docs for the
"/" command, hence the attribution in the ChangeLog.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-07-03  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* NEWS (New commands): Mention "with" and "maint with".
	* cli/cli-cmds.c (with_command_1, with_command_completer_1)
	(with_command, with_command_completer): New.
	(pipe_command): Adjust to new repeat_previous
	interface.
	(_initialize_cli_cmds): Install the "with" command and its "w"
	alias.
	* cli/cli-cmds.h (with_command_1, with_command_completer_1): New
	declarations.
	* cli/cli-setshow.c (parse_cli_var_uinteger)
	(parse_cli_var_zuinteger_unlimited, do_set_command): Handle empty
	argument strings for all var_types.
	(get_setshow_command_value_string): New, factored out from ...
	(do_show_command): ... this.
	* cli/cli-setshow.h: Include <string>.
	(get_setshow_command_value_string): Declare.
	* command.h (repeat_previous): Now returns const char *.  Adjust
	comment.
	* maint.c: Include "cli/cli-cmds.h".
	(maintenance_with_cmd, maintenance_with_cmd_completer): New.
	(_initialize_maint_cmds): Register the "maintenance with" command.
	* top.c (repeat_previous): Move bits from pipe_command here:
	Return the saved command line, if any; error out if there's no
	command to relaunch.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-07-03  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
	    Philippe Waroquiers  <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>

	* gdb.texinfo (Command Settings): New node documenting the general
	concept of settings, how to change them, and the new "with"
	command.
	(Maintenance Commands): Document "maint with".

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-07-03  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.base/with.c: New file.
	* gdb.base/with.exp: New file.
This commit is contained in:
Pedro Alves
2019-07-03 13:34:20 +01:00
parent c6ac893109
commit fdbc98707b
14 changed files with 716 additions and 49 deletions

@ -211,6 +211,116 @@ show_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
cmd_show_list (showlist, from_tty, "");
}
/* See cli/cli-cmds.h. */
void
with_command_1 (const char *set_cmd_prefix,
cmd_list_element *setlist, const char *args, int from_tty)
{
const char *delim = strstr (args, "--");
const char *nested_cmd = nullptr;
if (delim == args)
error (_("Missing setting before '--' delimiter"));
if (delim == nullptr || *skip_spaces (&delim[2]) == '\0')
nested_cmd = repeat_previous ();
cmd_list_element *set_cmd = lookup_cmd (&args, setlist, set_cmd_prefix,
/*allow_unknown=*/ 0,
/*ignore_help_classes=*/ 1);
gdb_assert (set_cmd != nullptr);
if (set_cmd->var == nullptr)
error (_("Cannot use this setting with the \"with\" command"));
std::string temp_value
= (delim == nullptr ? args : std::string (args, delim - args));
if (nested_cmd == nullptr)
nested_cmd = skip_spaces (delim + 2);
std::string org_value = get_setshow_command_value_string (set_cmd);
/* Tweak the setting to the new temporary value. */
do_set_command (temp_value.c_str (), from_tty, set_cmd);
try
{
scoped_restore save_async = make_scoped_restore (&current_ui->async, 0);
/* Execute the nested command. */
execute_command (nested_cmd, from_tty);
}
catch (const gdb_exception &ex)
{
/* Restore the setting and rethrow. If restoring the setting
throws, swallow the new exception and warn. There's nothing
else we can reasonably do. */
try
{
do_set_command (org_value.c_str (), from_tty, set_cmd);
}
catch (const gdb_exception &ex2)
{
warning (_("Couldn't restore setting: %s"), ex2.what ());
}
throw;
}
/* Restore the setting. */
do_set_command (org_value.c_str (), from_tty, set_cmd);
}
/* See cli/cli-cmds.h. */
void
with_command_completer_1 (const char *set_cmd_prefix,
completion_tracker &tracker,
const char *text)
{
tracker.set_use_custom_word_point (true);
const char *delim = strstr (text, "--");
/* If we're still not past the "--" delimiter, complete the "with"
command as if it was a "set" command. */
if (delim == text
|| delim == nullptr
|| !isspace (delim[-1])
|| !(isspace (delim[2]) || delim[2] == '\0'))
{
std::string new_text = std::string (set_cmd_prefix) + text;
tracker.advance_custom_word_point_by (-(int) strlen (set_cmd_prefix));
complete_nested_command_line (tracker, new_text.c_str ());
return;
}
/* We're past the "--" delimiter. Complete on the sub command. */
const char *nested_cmd = skip_spaces (delim + 2);
tracker.advance_custom_word_point_by (nested_cmd - text);
complete_nested_command_line (tracker, nested_cmd);
}
/* The "with" command. */
static void
with_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
{
with_command_1 ("set ", setlist, args, from_tty);
}
/* "with" command completer. */
static void
with_command_completer (struct cmd_list_element *ignore,
completion_tracker &tracker,
const char *text, const char * /*word*/)
{
with_command_completer_1 ("set ", tracker, text);
}
/* Provide documentation on command or list given by COMMAND. FROM_TTY
is ignored. */
@ -878,12 +988,7 @@ pipe_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
arg += delim.length (); /* Skip the delimiter. */
if (gdb_cmd.empty ())
{
repeat_previous ();
gdb_cmd = skip_spaces (get_saved_command_line ());
if (gdb_cmd.empty ())
error (_("No previous command to relaunch"));
}
gdb_cmd = repeat_previous ();
const char *shell_command = skip_spaces (arg);
if (*shell_command == '\0')
@ -1850,6 +1955,23 @@ Generic command for showing things about the debugger."),
/* Another way to get at the same thing. */
add_info ("set", show_command, _("Show all GDB settings."));
c = add_com ("with", class_vars, with_command, _("\
Temporarily set SETTING to VALUE, run COMMAND, and restore SETTING.\n\
Usage: with SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]\n\
Usage: w SETTING [VALUE] [-- COMMAND]\n\
With no COMMAND, repeats the last executed command.\n\
\n\
SETTING is any setting you can change with the \"set\" subcommands.\n\
E.g.:\n\
with language pascal -- print obj\n\
with print elements unlimited -- print obj\n\
\n\
You can change multiple settings using nested with, and use\n\
abbreviations for commands and/or values. E.g.:\n\
w la p -- w p el u -- p obj"));
set_cmd_completer_handle_brkchars (c, with_command_completer);
add_com_alias ("w", "with", class_vars, 1);
add_cmd ("commands", no_set_class, show_commands, _("\
Show the history of commands you typed.\n\
You can supply a command number to start with, or a `+' to start after\n\