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langhooks.h
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1 /* The lang_hooks data structure.
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19 
20 #ifndef GCC_LANG_HOOKS_H
21 #define GCC_LANG_HOOKS_H
22 
23 /* FIXME: This file should be #include-d after tree.h (for enum tree_code). */
24 
25 struct diagnostic_info;
26 
27 struct gimplify_omp_ctx;
28 
29 struct array_descr_info;
30 
31 /* A print hook for print_tree (). */
32 typedef void (*lang_print_tree_hook) (FILE *, tree, int indent);
33 
34 enum classify_record
36 
37 /* The following hooks are documented in langhooks.c. Must not be
38  NULL. */
39 
41 {
42  bool (*var_mod_type_p) (tree, tree);
43 };
44 
45 /* The following hooks are used by tree-dump.c. */
46 
48 {
49  /* Dump language-specific parts of tree nodes. Returns nonzero if it
50  does not want the usual dumping of the second argument. */
51  bool (*dump_tree) (void *, tree);
52 
53  /* Determine type qualifiers in a language-specific way. */
55 };
56 
57 /* Hooks related to types. */
58 
60 {
61  /* Return a new type (with the indicated CODE), doing whatever
62  language-specific processing is required. */
64 
65  /* Return what kind of RECORD_TYPE this is, mainly for purposes of
66  debug information. If not defined, record types are assumed to
67  be structures. */
68  enum classify_record (*classify_record) (tree);
69 
70  /* Given MODE and UNSIGNEDP, return a suitable type-tree with that
71  mode. */
72  tree (*type_for_mode) (enum machine_mode, int);
73 
74  /* Given PRECISION and UNSIGNEDP, return a suitable type-tree for an
75  integer type with at least that precision. */
76  tree (*type_for_size) (unsigned, int);
77 
78  /* True if the type is an instantiation of a generic type,
79  e.g. C++ template implicit specializations. */
80  bool (*generic_p) (const_tree);
81 
82  /* Returns the TREE_VEC of elements of a given generic argument pack. */
84 
85  /* Given a type, apply default promotions to unnamed function
86  arguments and return the new type. Return the same type if no
87  change. Required by any language that supports variadic
88  arguments. The default hook dies. */
90 
91  /* Register TYPE as a builtin type with the indicated NAME. The
92  TYPE is placed in the outermost lexical scope. The semantics
93  should be analogous to:
94 
95  typedef TYPE NAME;
96 
97  in C. The default hook ignores the declaration. */
98  void (*register_builtin_type) (tree, const char *);
99 
100  /* This routine is called in tree.c to print an error message for
101  invalid use of an incomplete type. VALUE is the expression that
102  was used (or 0 if that isn't known) and TYPE is the type that was
103  invalid. */
105 
106  /* Called from assign_temp to return the maximum size, if there is one,
107  for a type. */
109 
110  /* Register language specific type size variables as potentially OpenMP
111  firstprivate variables. */
113 
114  /* Return TRUE if TYPE1 and TYPE2 are identical for type hashing purposes.
115  Called only after doing all language independent checks.
116  At present, this function is only called when both TYPE1 and TYPE2 are
117  FUNCTION_TYPEs. */
119 
120  /* Return TRUE if TYPE uses a hidden descriptor and fills in information
121  for the debugger about the array bounds, strides, etc. */
123 
124  /* Fill in information for the debugger about the bounds of TYPE. */
126 
127  /* A type descriptive of TYPE's complex layout generated to help the
128  debugger to decode variable-length or self-referential constructs.
129  This is only used for the AT_GNAT_descriptive_type DWARF attribute. */
131 
132  /* If we requested a pointer to a vector, build up the pointers that
133  we stripped off while looking for the inner type. Similarly for
134  return values from functions. The argument TYPE is the top of the
135  chain, and BOTTOM is the new type which we will point to. */
137 };
138 
139 /* Language hooks related to decls and the symbol table. */
140 
142 {
143  /* Return true if we are in the global binding level. This hook is really
144  needed only if the language supports variable-sized types at the global
145  level, i.e. declared outside subprograms. */
146  bool (*global_bindings_p) (void);
147 
148  /* Function to add a decl to the current scope level. Takes one
149  argument, a decl to add. Returns that decl, or, if the same
150  symbol is already declared, may return a different decl for that
151  name. */
153 
154  /* Returns the chain of decls so far in the current scope level. */
155  tree (*getdecls) (void);
156 
157  /* Returns true if DECL is explicit member function. */
159 
160  /* Returns True if the parameter is a generic parameter decl
161  of a generic type, e.g a template template parameter for the C++ FE. */
163 
164  /* Determine if a function parameter got expanded from a
165  function parameter pack. */
167 
168  /* Returns the generic declaration of a generic function instantiations. */
170 
171  /* Returns true when we should warn for an unused global DECL.
172  We will already have checked that it has static binding. */
174 
175  /* Obtain a list of globals and do final output on them at end
176  of compilation */
177  void (*final_write_globals) (void);
178 
179  /* True if this decl may be called via a sibcall. */
181 
182  /* True if OpenMP should privatize what this DECL points to rather
183  than the DECL itself. */
185 
186  /* Return sharing kind if OpenMP sharing attribute of DECL is
187  predetermined, OMP_CLAUSE_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED otherwise. */
189 
190  /* Return decl that should be reported for DEFAULT(NONE) failure
191  diagnostics. Usually the DECL passed in. */
193 
194  /* Return true if DECL's DECL_VALUE_EXPR (if any) should be
195  disregarded in OpenMP construct, because it is going to be
196  remapped during OpenMP lowering. SHARED is true if DECL
197  is going to be shared, false if it is going to be privatized. */
199 
200  /* Return true if DECL that is shared iff SHARED is true should
201  be put into OMP_CLAUSE_PRIVATE_DEBUG. */
203 
204  /* Return true if DECL in private clause needs
205  OMP_CLAUSE_PRIVATE_OUTER_REF on the private clause. */
207 
208  /* Build and return code for a default constructor for DECL in
209  response to CLAUSE. OUTER is corresponding outer region's
210  variable if needed. Return NULL if nothing to be done. */
212 
213  /* Build and return code for a copy constructor from SRC to DST. */
214  tree (*omp_clause_copy_ctor) (tree clause, tree dst, tree src);
215 
216  /* Similarly, except use an assignment operator instead. */
217  tree (*omp_clause_assign_op) (tree clause, tree dst, tree src);
218 
219  /* Build and return code destructing DECL. Return NULL if nothing
220  to be done. */
222 
223  /* Do language specific checking on an implicitly determined clause. */
224  void (*omp_finish_clause) (tree clause);
225 };
226 
227 /* Language hooks related to LTO serialization. */
228 
230 {
231  /* Begin a new LTO section named NAME. */
232  void (*begin_section) (const char *name);
233 
234  /* Write DATA of length LEN to the currently open LTO section. BLOCK is a
235  pointer to the dynamically allocated memory containing DATA. The
236  append_data function is responsible for freeing it when it is no longer
237  needed. */
238  void (*append_data) (const void *data, size_t len, void *block);
239 
240  /* End the previously begun LTO section. */
241  void (*end_section) (void);
242 };
243 
244 /* Language-specific hooks. See langhooks-def.h for defaults. */
245 
247 {
248  /* String identifying the front end. e.g. "GNU C++". */
249  const char *name;
250 
251  /* sizeof (struct lang_identifier), so make_node () creates
252  identifier nodes long enough for the language-specific slots. */
254 
255  /* Remove any parts of the tree that are used only by the FE. */
256  void (*free_lang_data) (tree);
257 
258  /* Determines the size of any language-specific tcc_constant or
259  tcc_exceptional nodes. Since it is called from make_node, the
260  only information available is the tree code. Expected to die
261  on unrecognized codes. */
262  size_t (*tree_size) (enum tree_code);
263 
264  /* Return the language mask used for converting argv into a sequence
265  of options. */
266  unsigned int (*option_lang_mask) (void);
267 
268  /* Initialize variables in an options structure. */
269  void (*init_options_struct) (struct gcc_options *opts);
270 
271  /* After the initialize_diagnostics hook is called, do any simple
272  initialization needed before any calls to handle_option, other
273  than that done by the init_options_struct hook. */
274  void (*init_options) (unsigned int decoded_options_count,
275  struct cl_decoded_option *decoded_options);
276 
277  /* Callback used to perform language-specific initialization for the
278  global diagnostic context structure. */
280 
281  /* Return true if a warning should be given about option OPTION,
282  which is for the wrong language, false if it should be quietly
283  ignored. */
284  bool (*complain_wrong_lang_p) (const struct cl_option *option);
285 
286  /* Handle the switch CODE, which has real type enum opt_code from
287  options.h. If the switch takes an argument, it is passed in ARG
288  which points to permanent storage. The handler is responsible for
289  checking whether ARG is NULL, which indicates that no argument
290  was in fact supplied. For -f and -W switches, VALUE is 1 or 0
291  for the positive and negative forms respectively. HANDLERS should
292  be passed to any recursive handle_option calls. LOC is the
293  location of the option.
294 
295  Return true if the switch is valid, false if invalid. */
296  bool (*handle_option) (size_t code, const char *arg, int value, int kind,
297  location_t loc,
298  const struct cl_option_handlers *handlers);
299 
300  /* Called when all command line options have been parsed to allow
301  further processing and initialization
302 
303  Should return true to indicate that a compiler back-end is
304  not required, such as with the -E option.
305 
306  If errorcount is nonzero after this call the compiler exits
307  immediately and the finish hook is not called. */
308  bool (*post_options) (const char **);
309 
310  /* Called after post_options to initialize the front end. Return
311  false to indicate that no further compilation be performed, in
312  which case the finish hook is called immediately. */
313  bool (*init) (void);
314 
315  /* Called at the end of compilation, as a finalizer. */
316  void (*finish) (void);
317 
318  /* Parses the entire file. */
319  void (*parse_file) (void);
320 
321  /* Determines if it's ok for a function to have no noreturn attribute. */
323 
324  /* Called to obtain the alias set to be used for an expression or type.
325  Returns -1 if the language does nothing special for it. */
327 
328  /* Function to finish handling an incomplete decl at the end of
329  compilation. Default hook is does nothing. */
331 
332  /* Replace the DECL_LANG_SPECIFIC data, which may be NULL, of the
333  DECL_NODE with a newly GC-allocated copy. */
335 
336  /* Set the DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME for a node. If it is the sort of
337  thing that the assembler should talk about, set
338  DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME to an appropriate IDENTIFIER_NODE.
339  Otherwise, set it to the ERROR_MARK_NODE to ensure that the
340  assembler does not talk about it. */
342 
343  /* The front end can add its own statistics to -fmem-report with
344  this hook. It should output to stderr. */
345  void (*print_statistics) (void);
346 
347  /* Called by print_tree when there is a tree of class tcc_exceptional
348  that it doesn't know how to display. */
350 
351  /* Called to print language-dependent parts of tcc_decl, tcc_type,
352  and IDENTIFIER_NODE nodes. */
356 
357  /* Computes the name to use to print a declaration. DECL is the
358  non-NULL declaration in question. VERBOSITY determines what
359  information will be printed: 0: DECL_NAME, demangled as
360  necessary. 1: and scope information. 2: and any other
361  information that might be interesting, such as function parameter
362  types in C++. The name is in the internal character set and
363  needs to be converted to the locale character set of diagnostics,
364  or to the execution character set for strings such as
365  __PRETTY_FUNCTION__. */
366  const char *(*decl_printable_name) (tree decl, int verbosity);
367 
368  /* Computes the dwarf-2/3 name for a tree. VERBOSITY determines what
369  information will be printed: 0: DECL_NAME, demangled as
370  necessary. 1: and scope information. */
371  const char *(*dwarf_name) (tree, int verbosity);
372 
373  /* This compares two types for equivalence ("compatible" in C-based languages).
374  This routine should only return 1 if it is sure. It should not be used
375  in contexts where erroneously returning 0 causes problems. */
376  int (*types_compatible_p) (tree x, tree y);
377 
378  /* Called by report_error_function to print out function name. */
379  void (*print_error_function) (diagnostic_context *, const char *,
380  struct diagnostic_info *);
381 
382  /* Convert a character from the host's to the target's character
383  set. The character should be in what C calls the "basic source
384  character set" (roughly, the set of characters defined by plain
385  old ASCII). The default is to return the character unchanged,
386  which is correct in most circumstances. Note that both argument
387  and result should be sign-extended under -fsigned-char,
388  zero-extended under -fno-signed-char. */
390 
391  /* Pointers to machine-independent attribute tables, for front ends
392  using attribs.c. If one is NULL, it is ignored. Respectively, a
393  table of attributes specific to the language, a table of
394  attributes common to two or more languages (to allow easy
395  sharing), and a table of attributes for checking formats. */
399 
401 
403 
405 
407 
409 
410  /* Returns a TREE_VEC of the generic parameters of an instantiation of
411  a generic type or decl, e.g. C++ template instantiation. If
412  TREE_CHAIN of the return value is set, it is an INTEGER_CST
413  indicating how many of the elements are non-default. */
415 
416  /* Returns the TREE_VEC of arguments of an instantiation
417  of a generic type of decl, e.g. C++ template instantiation. */
419 
420  /* Determine if a tree is a function parameter pack. */
422 
423  /* Perform language-specific gimplification on the argument. Returns an
424  enum gimplify_status, though we can't see that type here. */
426 
427  /* Do language specific processing in the builtin function DECL */
429 
430  /* Like builtin_function, but make sure the scope is the external scope.
431  This is used to delay putting in back end builtin functions until the ISA
432  that defines the builtin is declared via function specific target options,
433  which can save memory for machines like the x86_64 that have multiple
434  ISAs. If this points to the same function as builtin_function, the
435  backend must add all of the builtins at program initialization time. */
437 
438  /* Used to set up the tree_contains_structure array for a frontend. */
439  void (*init_ts) (void);
440 
441  /* Called by recompute_tree_invariant_for_addr_expr to go from EXPR
442  to a contained expression or DECL, possibly updating *TC or *SE
443  if in the process TREE_CONSTANT or TREE_SIDE_EFFECTS need updating. */
444  tree (*expr_to_decl) (tree expr, bool *tc, bool *se);
445 
446  /* The EH personality function decl. */
447  tree (*eh_personality) (void);
448 
449  /* Map a type to a runtime object to match type. */
451 
452  /* If non-NULL, this is a function that returns a function decl to be
453  executed if an unhandled exception is propagated out of a cleanup
454  region. For example, in C++, an exception thrown by a destructor
455  during stack unwinding is required to result in a call to
456  `std::terminate', so the C++ version of this function returns a
457  FUNCTION_DECL for `std::terminate'. */
459 
460  /* Return true if a stmt can fallthru. Used by block_may_fallthru
461  to possibly handle language trees. */
463 
464  /* True if this language uses __cxa_end_cleanup when the ARM EABI
465  is enabled. */
467 
468  /* True if this language requires deep unsharing of tree nodes prior to
469  gimplification. */
471 
472  /* Whenever you add entries here, make sure you adjust langhooks-def.h
473  and langhooks.c accordingly. */
474 };
475 
476 /* Each front end provides its own. */
477 extern struct lang_hooks lang_hooks;
478 
479 extern tree add_builtin_function (const char *name, tree type,
480  int function_code, enum built_in_class cl,
481  const char *library_name,
482  tree attrs);
483 
484 extern tree add_builtin_function_ext_scope (const char *name, tree type,
485  int function_code,
486  enum built_in_class cl,
487  const char *library_name,
488  tree attrs);
489 extern tree add_builtin_type (const char *name, tree type);
490 
491 #endif /* GCC_LANG_HOOKS_H */