a value has-a location
Andrew Cagney
cagney@gnu.org
Tue Nov 2 15:14:00 GMT 2004
(back to this one again)
We've the relationship:
LOCATION ----<> VALUE <>----- TYPE
.
/_\
|
+-------------------------.
| |
DWARF-2 LOCATION LEGACY LOCATION
That is:
A VALUE has-a TYPE and a LOCATION. The LOCATION describing how to
obtain the BITS and BYTES belonging to the value (but may not actually
contan those bits and bytes).
LOCATION could have methods such as:
int read (offset, length, readbuf)
-- read at least some of the bytes
void read_full (offset, length, writebuf)
-- read all the bytes, or throw an error
int io (offset, length, readbuf, writebuf)
and perhaphs:
iterate-over-pieces (method)
-- call method with each register/memory piece
-- needed by watchpoints
A DWARF-2 LOCATION would be implemented using the DWARF-2 code. A
LEGACY LOCATION would accomodate the old more explicit way of doing things.
It is this that will replace VALUE_CONTENTS{,_RAW} et.al.
I intend refactoring ``struct value'' so that there is an explicit
location object (at present it's a union :-/). Initially it will
probably remain in ``struct value''. Once the location has been
separated out we can look at making it virtual with separate dwarf-2 and
legacy locations.
comments?
Andrew
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