1 /* Convenience functions implemented in Python.
3 Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #include "exceptions.h"
24 #include "python-internal.h"
27 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
28 #include "completer.h"
29 #include "expression.h"
32 static PyTypeObject fnpy_object_type;
37 convert_values_to_python (int argc, struct value **argv)
40 PyObject *result = PyTuple_New (argc);
42 for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
44 PyObject *elt = value_to_value_object (argv[i]);
48 error (_("Could not convert value to Python object."));
50 PyTuple_SetItem (result, i, elt);
55 /* Call a Python function object's invoke method. */
58 fnpy_call (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const struct language_defn *language,
59 void *cookie, int argc, struct value **argv)
61 struct value *value = NULL;
62 PyObject *result, *callable, *args;
63 struct cleanup *cleanup;
65 cleanup = ensure_python_env (gdbarch, language);
67 args = convert_values_to_python (argc, argv);
69 callable = PyObject_GetAttrString ((PyObject *) cookie, "invoke");
73 error (_("No method named 'invoke' in object."));
76 result = PyObject_Call (callable, args, NULL);
82 PyObject *ptype, *pvalue, *ptraceback;
85 PyErr_Fetch (&ptype, &pvalue, &ptraceback);
87 /* Try to fetch an error message contained within ptype, pvalue.
88 When fetching the error message we need to make our own copy,
89 we no longer own ptype, pvalue after the call to PyErr_Restore. */
91 msg = gdbpy_exception_to_string (ptype, pvalue);
92 make_cleanup (xfree, msg);
96 /* An error occurred computing the string representation of the
97 error message. This is rare, but we should inform the user. */
99 printf_filtered (_("An error occurred in a Python "
100 "convenience function\n"
101 "and then another occurred computing the "
102 "error message.\n"));
103 gdbpy_print_stack ();
106 /* Don't print the stack for gdb.GdbError exceptions.
107 It is generally used to flag user errors.
109 We also don't want to print "Error occurred in Python command"
110 for user errors. However, a missing message for gdb.GdbError
111 exceptions is arguably a bug, so we flag it as such. */
113 if (!PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches (ptype, gdbpy_gdberror_exc)
114 || msg == NULL || *msg == '\0')
116 PyErr_Restore (ptype, pvalue, ptraceback);
117 gdbpy_print_stack ();
118 if (msg != NULL && *msg != '\0')
119 error (_("Error occurred in Python convenience function: %s"),
122 error (_("Error occurred in Python convenience function."));
128 Py_XDECREF (ptraceback);
133 value = convert_value_from_python (result);
137 gdbpy_print_stack ();
138 error (_("Error while executing Python code."));
142 do_cleanups (cleanup);
147 /* Initializer for a Function object. It takes one argument, the name
151 fnpy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
154 char *docstring = NULL;
156 if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s", &name))
160 if (PyObject_HasAttrString (self, "__doc__"))
162 PyObject *ds_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString (self, "__doc__");
163 if (ds_obj && gdbpy_is_string (ds_obj))
165 docstring = python_string_to_host_string (ds_obj);
166 if (docstring == NULL)
174 docstring = xstrdup (_("This function is not documented."));
176 add_internal_function (name, docstring, fnpy_call, self);
180 /* Initialize internal function support. */
183 gdbpy_initialize_functions (void)
185 if (PyType_Ready (&fnpy_object_type) < 0)
188 Py_INCREF (&fnpy_object_type);
189 PyModule_AddObject (gdb_module, "Function", (PyObject *) &fnpy_object_type);
194 static PyTypeObject fnpy_object_type =
196 PyObject_HEAD_INIT (NULL)
198 "gdb.Function", /*tp_name*/
199 sizeof (PyObject), /*tp_basicsize*/
208 0, /*tp_as_sequence*/
216 Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
217 "GDB function object", /* tp_doc */
220 0, /* tp_richcompare */
221 0, /* tp_weaklistoffset */
229 0, /* tp_descr_get */
230 0, /* tp_descr_set */
231 0, /* tp_dictoffset */
232 fnpy_init, /* tp_init */
234 PyType_GenericNew /* tp_new */