ocaml/debugger/loadprinter.ml

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(*                           Objective Caml                            *)
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(*            Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt         *)
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(*  Copyright 1997 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  Automatique.  Distributed only by permission.                      *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(* Loading and installation of user-defined printer functions *)

open Misc
open Debugger_config
open Path
open Types

(* Error report *)

type error =
    Load_failure of Dynlink.error
  | Unbound_identifier of Longident.t
  | Unavailable_module of string * Longident.t
  | Wrong_type of Longident.t
  | No_active_printer of Longident.t

exception Error of error

(* Symtable has global state, and normally holds the symbol table
   for the debuggee. We need to switch it temporarily to the
   symbol table for the debugger. *)

let debugger_symtable = ref (None: Symtable.global_map option)

let use_debugger_symtable fn arg =
  let old_symtable = Symtable.current_state() in
  begin match !debugger_symtable with
    None ->
      Symtable.init_toplevel();
      debugger_symtable := Some(Symtable.current_state())
  | Some st ->
      Symtable.restore_state st
  end;
  try
    fn arg;
    debugger_symtable := Some(Symtable.current_state());
    Symtable.restore_state old_symtable
  with exn ->
    Symtable.restore_state old_symtable;
    raise exn

(* Load a .cmo or .cma file *)

let loadfile filename =
  if !debugger_symtable = None then begin
    Dynlink.add_interfaces stdlib_units [Config.standard_library];
    Dynlink.allow_unsafe_modules true
  end;
  try
    use_debugger_symtable Dynlink.loadfile filename
  with Dynlink.Error e ->
    raise(Error(Load_failure e))

(* Return the value referred to by a path (as in toplevel/topdirs) *)
(* Note: evaluation proceeds in the debugger memory space, not in
   the debuggee. *)

let rec eval_path = function
    Pident id -> Symtable.get_global_value id
  | Pdot(p, s, pos) -> Obj.field (eval_path p) pos
  | Papply(p1, p2) -> fatal_error "Loadprinter.eval_path"

(* Install, remove a printer (as in toplevel/topdirs) *)

let find_printer_type lid =
  try
    let (path, desc) = Env.lookup_value lid Env.empty in
    Ctype.init_def(Ident.current_time());
    Ctype.begin_def();
    let ty_arg = Ctype.newvar() in
    Ctype.unify Env.empty
      (Ctype.newty (Tarrow(ty_arg, Ctype.instance Predef.type_unit)))
      (Ctype.instance desc.val_type);
    Ctype.end_def();
    Ctype.generalize ty_arg;
    (ty_arg, path)
  with 
    Not_found -> raise(Error(Unbound_identifier lid))
  | Ctype.Unify _ -> raise(Error(Wrong_type lid))
    
let install_printer lid =
  let (ty_arg, path) = find_printer_type lid in
  let v =
    try
      use_debugger_symtable eval_path path
    with Symtable.Error(Symtable.Undefined_global s) ->
      raise(Error(Unavailable_module(s, lid))) in
  Printval.install_printer path ty_arg (Obj.magic v : Obj.t -> unit)

let remove_printer lid =
  let (ty_arg, path) = find_printer_type lid in
  try
    Printval.remove_printer path
  with Not_found ->
    raise(Error(No_active_printer lid))

(* Error report *)

open Format

let report_error error =
  open_hovbox 0;
  begin match error with
    Load_failure e ->
      print_string "Error during code loading:"; print_space();
      print_string (Dynlink.error_message e)
  | Unbound_identifier lid ->
      print_string "Unbound identifier ";
      Printtyp.longident lid
  | Unavailable_module(md, lid) ->
      print_string "The debugger does not contain the code for";
      print_space(); Printtyp.longident lid; print_string "."; print_space();
      print_string "Please load an implementation of ";
      print_string md; print_string " first."
  | Wrong_type lid ->
      Printtyp.longident lid;
      print_string " has the wrong type for a printing function."
  | No_active_printer lid ->
      Printtyp.longident lid;
      print_string " is not currently active as a printing function."
  end;
  close_box(); print_newline()