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binutils-gdb/gdb/mi/mi-interp.h
Pedro Alves b885aea1bb Simplify interp::exec / interp_exec - let exceptions propagate
This patch implements a simplication that I suggested here:

  https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-March/186320.html

Currently, the interp::exec virtual method interface is such that
subclass implementations must catch exceptions and then return them
via normal function return.

However, higher up the in chain, for the CLI we get to
interpreter_exec_cmd, which does:

  for (i = 1; i < nrules; i++)
    {
      struct gdb_exception e = interp_exec (interp_to_use, prules[i]);

      if (e.reason < 0)
	{
	  interp_set (old_interp, 0);
	  error (_("error in command: \"%s\"."), prules[i]);
	}
    }

and for MI we get to mi_cmd_interpreter_exec, which has:

  void
  mi_cmd_interpreter_exec (const char *command, char **argv, int argc)
  {
  ...
    for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      {
	struct gdb_exception e = interp_exec (interp_to_use, argv[i]);

	if (e.reason < 0)
	  error ("%s", e.what ());
      }
  }

Note that if those errors are reached, we lose the original
exception's error code.  I can't see why we'd want that.

And, I can't see why we need to have interp_exec catch the exception
and return it via the normal return path.  That's normally needed when
we need to handle propagating exceptions across C code, like across
readline or ncurses, but that's not the case here.

It seems to me that we can simplify things by removing some
try/catch-ing and just letting exceptions propagate normally.

Note, the "error in command" error shown above, which only exists in
the CLI interpreter-exec command, is only ever printed AFAICS if you
run "interpreter-exec console" when the top level interpreter is
already the console/tui.  Like:

 (gdb) interpreter-exec console "foobar"
 Undefined command: "foobar".  Try "help".
 error in command: "foobar".

You won't see it with MI's "-interpreter-exec console" from a top
level MI interpreter:

 (gdb)
 -interpreter-exec console "foobar"
 &"Undefined command: \"foobar\".  Try \"help\".\n"
 ^error,msg="Undefined command: \"foobar\".  Try \"help\"."
 (gdb)

nor with MI's "-interpreter-exec mi" from a top level MI interpreter:

 (gdb)
 -interpreter-exec mi "-foobar"
 ^error,msg="Undefined MI command: foobar",code="undefined-command"
 ^done
 (gdb)

in both these cases because MI's -interpreter-exec just does:

  error ("%s", e.what ());

You won't see it either when running an MI command with the CLI's
"interpreter-exec mi":

 (gdb) interpreter-exec mi "-foobar"
 ^error,msg="Undefined MI command: foobar",code="undefined-command"
 (gdb)

This last case is because MI's interp::exec implementation never
returns an error:

 gdb_exception
 mi_interp::exec (const char *command)
 {
   mi_execute_command_wrapper (command);
   return gdb_exception ();
 }

Thus I think that "error in command" error is pretty pointless, and
since it simplifies things to not have it, the patch just removes it.

The patch also ends up addressing an old FIXME.

Change-Id: I5a6432a80496934ac7127594c53bf5221622e393
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Approved-By: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
2023-02-08 17:28:42 +00:00

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/* MI Interpreter Definitions and Commands for GDB, the GNU debugger.
Copyright (C) 2017-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef MI_MI_INTERP_H
#define MI_MI_INTERP_H
#include "interps.h"
struct mi_console_file;
/* An MI interpreter. */
class mi_interp final : public interp
{
public:
mi_interp (const char *name)
: interp (name)
{}
void init (bool top_level) override;
void resume () override;
void suspend () override;
void exec (const char *command_str) override;
ui_out *interp_ui_out () override;
void set_logging (ui_file_up logfile, bool logging_redirect,
bool debug_redirect) override;
void pre_command_loop () override;
/* MI's output channels */
mi_console_file *out;
mi_console_file *err;
mi_console_file *log;
mi_console_file *targ;
mi_console_file *event_channel;
/* Raw console output. */
struct ui_file *raw_stdout;
/* Save the original value of raw_stdout here when logging, and the
file which we need to delete, so we can restore correctly when
done. */
struct ui_file *saved_raw_stdout;
ui_file_up logfile_holder;
ui_file_up stdout_holder;
/* MI's builder. */
struct ui_out *mi_uiout;
/* MI's CLI builder (wraps OUT). */
struct ui_out *cli_uiout;
};
/* Output the shared object attributes to UIOUT. */
void mi_output_solib_attribs (ui_out *uiout, struct so_list *solib);
#endif /* MI_MI_INTERP_H */