[FYI] Allow re-assigning to convenience variables
Commit Message
In Ada mode, re-assigning an array of a different size to a
convenience variable will cause an error:
(gdb) set lang ada
(gdb) set $v := "abc"
(gdb) set $v := "abcd"
cannot assign arrays of different length
However, this does not really make sense -- instead, it should always
be possible to overwrite a convenience variable.
This patch fixes this bug.
This was reviewed off-list by Joel. I'm checking it in.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-06-14 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* ada-lang.c (ada_evaluate_subexp) <case BINOP_ASSIGN>: Always
allow assignment to an internalvar.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-06-14 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.ada/set_wstr.exp: Add reassignment test.
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gdb/ada-lang.c | 6 +++++-
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/set_wstr.exp | 5 +++++
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
@@ -10486,7 +10486,11 @@ ada_evaluate_subexp (struct type *expect_type, struct expression *exp,
arg2 = evaluate_subexp (type, exp, pos, noside);
if (noside == EVAL_SKIP || noside == EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS)
return arg1;
- if (ada_is_fixed_point_type (value_type (arg1)))
+ if (VALUE_LVAL (arg1) == lval_internalvar)
+ {
+ /* Nothing. */
+ }
+ else if (ada_is_fixed_point_type (value_type (arg1)))
arg2 = cast_to_fixed (value_type (arg1), arg2);
else if (ada_is_fixed_point_type (value_type (arg2)))
error
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ gdb_test "print rws" \
gdb_test "set variable www := \"1#2#3#4#5#\"" \
"cannot assign arrays of different length"
+
+# However, reassigning an array of a different length should work when
+# the LHS is a convenience variable.
+gdb_test_no_output "set variable \$str := \"1234\""
+gdb_test_no_output "set variable \$str := \"12345\""