share/gdb/python/gdb/types.py

# Type utilities.
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"""Utilities for working with gdb.Types."""

import gdb


def get_basic_type(type_):
    """Return the "basic" type of a type.

    Arguments:
        type_: The type to reduce to its basic type.

    Returns:
        type_ with const/volatile is stripped away,
        and typedefs/references converted to the underlying type.
    """

    while (type_.code == gdb.TYPE_CODE_REF or
           type_.code == gdb.TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF):
        if type_.code == gdb.TYPE_CODE_REF:
            type_ = type_.target()
        else:
            type_ = type_.strip_typedefs()
    return type_.unqualified()


def has_field(type_, field):
    """Return True if a type has the specified field.

    Arguments:
        type_: The type to examine.
            It must be one of gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT, gdb.TYPE_CODE_UNION.
        field: The name of the field to look up.

    Returns:
        True if the field is present either in type_ or any baseclass.

    Raises:
        TypeError: The type is not a struct or union.
    """

    type_ = get_basic_type(type_)
    if (type_.code != gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT and
        type_.code != gdb.TYPE_CODE_UNION):
        raise TypeError("not a struct or union")
    for f in type_.fields():
        if f.is_base_class:
            if has_field(f.type, field):
                return True
        else:
            # NOTE: f.name could be None
            if f.name == field:
                return True
    return False


def make_enum_dict(enum_type):
    """Return a dictionary from a program's enum type.

    Arguments:
        enum_type: The enum to compute the dictionary for.

    Returns:
        The dictionary of the enum.

    Raises:
        TypeError: The type is not an enum.
    """

    if enum_type.code != gdb.TYPE_CODE_ENUM:
        raise TypeError("not an enum type")
    enum_dict = {}
    for field in enum_type.fields():
        # The enum's value is stored in "bitpos".
        enum_dict[field.name] = field.bitpos
    return enum_dict