[PATCH 31/40] Handle custom completion match prefix / LCD

Pedro Alves palves@redhat.com
Fri Jun 2 12:33:00 GMT 2017


A following patch will add support for wild matching for C++ symbols,
making completing on "b push_ba" on a C++ program complete to
std::vector<...>::push_back, std::string::push_back etc., like:

 (gdb) b push_ba[TAB]
 std::vector<...>::push_back(....)
 std::string<...>::push_back(....)

Currently, we compute the "lowest common denominator" between all
completion candidates (what the input line is adjusted to) as the
common prefix of all matches.  That's problematic with wild matching
as above, as then we'd end up with TAB changing the input line to
"b std::", losing the original input, like:

 (gdb) b push_ba[TAB]
 std::vector<...>::push_back(....)
 std::string<...>::push_back(....)
 (gdb) b std::

while obviously we'd want it to adjust itself to "b push_back(" instead:

 (gdb) b push_ba[TAB]
 std::vector<...>::push_back(....)
 std::string<...>::push_back(....)
 (gdb) b push_back(

This patch adds the core code necessary to support this, though
nothing really makes use of it yet in this patch.

yyyy-mm-dd  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* ada-lang.c (ada_lookup_name_info::matches): Change type of
	parameter from completion_match to completion_match_result.
	Adjust.
	(do_wild_match, do_full_match, ada_symbol_name_matches): Likewise.
	* completer.c (completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion): Add
	match_for_lcd parameter and use it.
	(completion_tracker::add_completion): Likewise.
	* completer.h (class completion_match_for_lcd): New class.
	(completion_match_result::match_for_lcd): New field.
	(completion_tracker): Add comments.
	(completion_tracker::add_completion): Add match_for_lcd parameter.
	(completion_tracker::reset_completion_match_result): Reset
	match_for_lcd too.
	(completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion): Add match_for_lcd
	parameter.
	* cp-support.c (cp_fq_symbol_name_matches): Change type of
	parameter from completion_match to completion_match_result.
	Adjust.
	* language.c (default_symbol_name_matcher): Change type of
	parameter from completion_match to completion_match_result.
	Adjust.
	* language.h (completion_match_for_lcd): Forward declare.
	(default_symbol_name_matcher): Change type of parameter from
	completion_match to completion_match_result.
	* symtab.c (compare_symbol_name): Adjust.
	(completion_list_add_name): Pass the match_for_lcd to the tracker.
	* symtab.h (ada_lookup_name_info::matches): Change type of
	parameter from completion_match to completion_match_result.
	(symbol_name_matcher_ftype): Likewise, and update comments.
---
 gdb/ada-lang.c   | 20 +++++++++-------
 gdb/completer.c  | 17 +++++++++----
 gdb/completer.h  | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 gdb/cp-support.c |  9 ++++---
 gdb/language.c   |  9 ++++---
 gdb/language.h   |  3 ++-
 gdb/symtab.c     | 11 +++++++--
 gdb/symtab.h     | 20 ++++++++++------
 8 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index 11ff719..868ee35 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -6341,7 +6341,7 @@ bool
 ada_lookup_name_info::matches
   (const char *sym_name,
    symbol_name_match_type match_type,
-   completion_match *comp_match) const
+   completion_match_result *comp_match_res) const
 {
   bool match = false;
   const char *text = m_encoded_name.c_str ();
@@ -6399,14 +6399,15 @@ ada_lookup_name_info::matches
   if (!match)
     return false;
 
-  if (comp_match != NULL)
+  if (comp_match_res != NULL)
     {
-      std::string &match_str = comp_match->storage ();
+      std::string &match_str = comp_match_res->match.storage ();
 
       if (!m_encoded_p)
 	{
 	  match_str = ada_decode (sym_name);
-	  comp_match->set_match (match_str.c_str ());
+	  comp_match_res->match.set_match (match_str.c_str ());
+	  comp_match_res->match_for_lcd.set_match (match_str.c_str ());
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -6415,7 +6416,8 @@ ada_lookup_name_info::matches
 	  else
 	    match_str = sym_name;
 
-	  comp_match->set_match (match_str.c_str ());
+	  comp_match_res->match.set_match (match_str.c_str ());
+	  comp_match_res->match_for_lcd.set_match (match_str.c_str ());
 	}
     }
 
@@ -13863,7 +13865,7 @@ static const struct exp_descriptor ada_exp_descriptor = {
 static bool
 do_wild_match (const char *symbol_search_name,
 	       const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-	       completion_match *match)
+	       completion_match_result *comp_match_res)
 {
   return wild_match (symbol_search_name, ada_lookup_name (lookup_name));
 }
@@ -13873,7 +13875,7 @@ do_wild_match (const char *symbol_search_name,
 static bool
 do_full_match (const char *symbol_search_name,
 	       const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-	       completion_match *match)
+	       completion_match_result *comp_match_res)
 {
   return full_match (symbol_search_name, ada_lookup_name (lookup_name));
 }
@@ -13943,11 +13945,11 @@ ada_lookup_name_info::ada_lookup_name_info (const lookup_name_info &lookup_name)
 static bool
 ada_symbol_name_matches (const char *symbol_search_name,
 			 const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-			 completion_match *match)
+			 completion_match_result *comp_match_res)
 {
   return lookup_name.ada ().matches (symbol_search_name,
 				     lookup_name.match_type (),
-				     match);
+				     comp_match_res);
 }
 
 /* Implement the "la_get_symbol_name_matcher" language_defn method for
diff --git a/gdb/completer.c b/gdb/completer.c
index 0835563..eabbce7 100644
--- a/gdb/completer.c
+++ b/gdb/completer.c
@@ -1503,7 +1503,9 @@ completion_tracker::~completion_tracker ()
 /* See completer.h.  */
 
 bool
-completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name)
+completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion
+  (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name,
+   completion_match_for_lcd *match_for_lcd)
 {
   void **slot;
 
@@ -1516,7 +1518,13 @@ completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name)
   slot = htab_find_slot (m_entries_hash, name.get (), INSERT);
   if (*slot == HTAB_EMPTY_ENTRY)
     {
-      const char *match_for_lcd_str = name.get ();
+      const char *match_for_lcd_str = NULL;
+
+      if (match_for_lcd != NULL)
+	match_for_lcd_str = match_for_lcd->finish ();
+
+      if (match_for_lcd_str == NULL)
+	match_for_lcd_str = name.get ();
 
       recompute_lowest_common_denominator (match_for_lcd_str);
 
@@ -1528,9 +1536,10 @@ completion_tracker::maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name)
 }
 
 void
-completion_tracker::add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name)
+completion_tracker::add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name,
+				    completion_match_for_lcd *match_for_lcd)
 {
-  if (!maybe_add_completion (std::move (name)))
+  if (!maybe_add_completion (std::move (name), match_for_lcd))
     throw_max_completions_reached_error ();
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/completer.h b/gdb/completer.h
index df90822..db781ab 100644
--- a/gdb/completer.h
+++ b/gdb/completer.h
@@ -116,12 +116,44 @@ private:
   std::string m_storage;
 };
 
+/* The result of a successful completion match, but for least common
+   denominator (LCD) computation.  Some completers provide matches
+   that don't start with the completion "word".  E.g., completing on
+   "b push_ba" on a C++ program usually completes to
+   std::vector<...>::push_back, std::string::push_back etc.  In such
+   case, the symbol comparison routine will set the LCD match to point
+   into the "push_back" substring within the symbol's name string.  */
+class completion_match_for_lcd
+{
+public:
+  /* Set the match for LCD.  See m_match's description.  */
+  void set_match (const char *match)
+  { m_match = match; }
+
+  /* Get the resulting LCD, after a successful match.  */
+  const char *finish ()
+  { return m_match; }
+
+  /* Prepare for another completion matching sequence.  */
+  void clear ()
+  { m_match = NULL; }
+
+private:
+  /* The completion match result for LCD.  This is usually either a
+     pointer into to a substring within a symbol's name, or to the
+     storage of the pairing completion_match object.  */
+  const char *m_match;
+};
+
 /* Convenience aggregate holding info returned by the symbol name
    matching routines (see symbol_name_matcher_ftype).  */
 struct completion_match_result
 {
   /* The completion match candidate.  */
   completion_match match;
+
+  /* The completion match, for LCD computation purposes.  */
+  completion_match_for_lcd match_for_lcd;
 };
 
 /* The final result of a completion that is handed over to either
@@ -190,6 +222,21 @@ public:
      that necessitates the time consuming expansion of many symbol
      tables.
 
+   - The completer's idea of least common denominator (aka the common
+     prefix) between all completion matches to hand over to readline.
+     Some completers provide matches that don't start with the
+     completion "word".  E.g., completing on "b push_ba" on a C++
+     program usually completes to std::vector<...>::push_back,
+     std::string::push_back etc.  If all matches happen to start with
+     "std::", then readline would figure out that the lowest common
+     denominator is "std::", and thus would do a partial completion
+     with that.  I.e., it would replace "push_ba" in the input buffer
+     with "std::", losing the original "push_ba", which is obviously
+     undesirable.  To avoid that, such completers pass the substring
+     of the match that matters for common denominator computation as
+     MATCH_FOR_LCD argument to add_completion.  The end result is
+     passed to readline in gdb_rl_attempted_completion_function.
+
    - The custom word point to hand over to readline, for completers
      that parse the input string in order to dynamically adjust
      themselves depending on exactly what they're completing.  E.g.,
@@ -209,7 +256,8 @@ public:
   /* Add the completion NAME to the list of generated completions if
      it is not there already.  If too many completions were already
      found, this throws an error.  */
-  void add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name);
+  void add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name,
+		       completion_match_for_lcd *match_for_lcd = NULL);
 
   /* Add all completions matches in LIST.  Elements are moved out of
      LIST.  */
@@ -272,6 +320,7 @@ public:
 
     /* Clear any previous match.  */
     res.match.clear ();
+    res.match_for_lcd.clear ();
     return m_completion_match_result;
   }
 
@@ -294,10 +343,19 @@ private:
   /* Add the completion NAME to the list of generated completions if
      it is not there already.  If false is returned, too many
      completions were found.  */
-  bool maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name);
+  bool maybe_add_completion (gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name,
+			     completion_match_for_lcd *match_for_lcd);
 
   /* Given a new match, recompute the lowest common denominator (LCD)
-     to hand over to readline.  */
+     to hand over to readline.  Normally readline computes this itself
+     based on the whole set of completion matches.  However, some
+     completers want to override readline, in order to be able to
+     provide a LCD that is not really a prefix of the matches, but the
+     lowest common denominator of some relevant substring of each
+     match.  E.g., "b push_ba" completes to
+     "std::vector<..>::push_back", "std::string::push_back", etc., and
+     in this case we want the lowest common denominator to be
+     "push_back" instead of "std::".  */
   void recompute_lowest_common_denominator (const char *new_match);
 
   /* Completion match outputs returned by the symbol name matching
@@ -352,8 +410,13 @@ private:
      See intro.  */
   char *m_lowest_common_denominator = NULL;
 
-  /* If true, the LCD is unique.  I.e., all completion candidates had
-     the same string.  */
+  /* If true, the LCD is unique.  I.e., all completions had the same
+     MATCH_FOR_LCD substring, even if the completions were different.
+     For example, if "break function<tab>" found "a::function()" and
+     "b::function()", the LCD will be "function()" in both cases and
+     so we want to tell readline to complete the line with
+     "function()", instead of showing all the possible
+     completions.  */
   bool m_lowest_common_denominator_unique = false;
 };
 
diff --git a/gdb/cp-support.c b/gdb/cp-support.c
index 064a45b..397c738 100644
--- a/gdb/cp-support.c
+++ b/gdb/cp-support.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ gdb_sniff_from_mangled_name (const char *mangled, char **demangled)
 static bool
 cp_fq_symbol_name_matches (const char *symbol_search_name,
 			   const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-			   completion_match *match)
+			   completion_match_result *comp_match_res)
 {
   /* Get the demangled name.  */
   const std::string &name = lookup_name.cplus ().lookup_name ();
@@ -1660,8 +1660,11 @@ cp_fq_symbol_name_matches (const char *symbol_search_name,
 			    name.c_str (), name.size (),
 			    mode) == 0)
     {
-      if (match != NULL)
-	match->set_match (symbol_search_name);
+      if (comp_match_res != NULL)
+	{
+	  comp_match_res->match.set_match (symbol_search_name);
+	  comp_match_res->match_for_lcd.set_match (symbol_search_name);
+	}
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/gdb/language.c b/gdb/language.c
index 6705a3b..511a86f 100644
--- a/gdb/language.c
+++ b/gdb/language.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
 bool
 default_symbol_name_matcher (const char *symbol_search_name,
 			     const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-			     completion_match *match)
+			     completion_match_result *comp_match_res)
 {
   const std::string &name = lookup_name.name ();
 
@@ -725,8 +725,11 @@ default_symbol_name_matcher (const char *symbol_search_name,
   if (strncmp_iw_with_mode (symbol_search_name, name.c_str (), name.size (),
 			    mode) == 0)
     {
-      if (match != NULL)
-	match->set_match (symbol_search_name);
+      if (comp_match_res != NULL)
+	{
+	  comp_match_res->match.set_match (symbol_search_name);
+	  comp_match_res->match_for_lcd.set_match (symbol_search_name);
+	}
       return true;
     }
   else
diff --git a/gdb/language.h b/gdb/language.h
index 90b3bb4..1ac43b3 100644
--- a/gdb/language.h
+++ b/gdb/language.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct type_print_options;
 struct lang_varobj_ops;
 struct parser_state;
 struct compile_instance;
+struct completion_match_for_lcd;
 
 #define MAX_FORTRAN_DIMS  7	/* Maximum number of F77 array dims.  */
 
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
 extern bool default_symbol_name_matcher
   (const char *symbol_search_name,
    const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-   completion_match *match);
+   completion_match_result *comp_match_res);
 
 /* Get language LANG's symbol_name_matcher method for LOOKUP_NAME.
    Returns default_symbol_name_matcher if not set.  */
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index c5cd9ec..bbc317d 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -4807,7 +4807,7 @@ compare_symbol_name (const char *symbol_name, language symbol_language,
   symbol_name_matcher_ftype *name_match
     = language_get_symbol_name_matcher (lang, lookup_name);
 
-  return name_match (symbol_name, lookup_name, &match_res.match);
+  return name_match (symbol_name, lookup_name, &match_res);
 }
 
 /*  Test to see if the symbol specified by SYMNAME (which is already
@@ -4862,7 +4862,14 @@ completion_list_add_name (completion_tracker &tracker,
 
     gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> completion (newobj);
 
-    tracker.add_completion (std::move (completion));
+    /* Here we pass the match-for-lcd object to add_completion.  Some
+       languages match the user text against substrings of symbol
+       names in some cases.  E.g., in C++, "b push_ba" completes to
+       "std::vector::push_back", "std::string::push_back", etc., and
+       in this case we want the completion lowest common denominator
+       to be "push_back" instead of "std::".  */
+    tracker.add_completion (std::move (completion),
+			    &match_res.match_for_lcd);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.h b/gdb/symtab.h
index d68eed8..736fea0 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.h
+++ b/gdb/symtab.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ada_lookup_name_info final
      otherwise.  If non-NULL, store the matching results in MATCH.  */
   bool matches (const char *symbol_search_name,
 		symbol_name_match_type match_type,
-		completion_match *match) const;
+		completion_match_result *comp_match_res) const;
 
   /* The Ada-encoded lookup name.  */
   const std::string &lookup_name () const
@@ -292,15 +292,21 @@ private:
 
    SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME should be a symbol's "search" name.
 
-   On success and if non-NULL, MATCH is set to point to the symbol
-   name as should be presented to the user as a completion match list
-   element.  In most languages, this is the same as the symbol's
-   search name, but in some, like Ada, the display name is dynamically
-   computed within the comparison routine.  */
+   On success and if non-NULL, COMP_MATCH_RES->match is set to point
+   to the symbol name as should be presented to the user as a
+   completion match list element.  In most languages, this is the same
+   as the symbol's search name, but in some, like Ada, the display
+   name is dynamically computed within the comparison routine.
+
+   Also, on success and if non-NULL, COMP_MATCH_RES->match_for_lcd
+   points the part of SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME that was considered to match
+   LOOKUP_NAME.  E.g., in C++, in linespec/wild mode, if the symbol is
+   "foo::function()" and LOOKUP_NAME is "function(", MATCH_FOR_LCD
+   points to "function()" inside SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME.  */
 typedef bool (symbol_name_matcher_ftype)
   (const char *symbol_search_name,
    const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
-   completion_match *match);
+   completion_match_result *comp_match_res);
 
 /* Some of the structures in this file are space critical.
    The space-critical structures are:
-- 
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