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PR python/10664:
	* language.h (struct language_defn) <la_get_string>: Add
	'char_type' argument.
	(LA_GET_STRING): Likewise.
	(default_get_string, c_get_string): Update.
	* language.c (default_get_string): Add 'char_type' argument.
	* c-valprint.c (c_textual_element_type): Rename from
	textual_element_type.  No longer static.  Update callers.
	* c-lang.h (c_textual_element_type): Declare.
	* c-lang.c (c_get_string): Add 'char_type' argument.
gdb/testsuite
	PR python/10664:
	* gdb.base/charset.exp: Test utf-16 strings with Python.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2009-09-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR python/10664:
+	* language.h (struct language_defn) <la_get_string>: Add
+	'char_type' argument.
+	(LA_GET_STRING): Likewise.
+	(default_get_string, c_get_string): Update.
+	* language.c (default_get_string): Add 'char_type' argument.
+	* c-valprint.c (c_textual_element_type): Rename from
+	textual_element_type.  No longer static.  Update callers.
+	* c-lang.h (c_textual_element_type): Declare.
+	* c-lang.c (c_get_string): Add 'char_type' argument.
+
 2009-09-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* charset.c (iconv_open): Use UTF-16 and UTF-32, not UCS-2 and

gdb/c-lang.c

@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ c_printstr (struct ui_file *stream, struct type *type, const gdb_byte *string,
 
 void
 c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
-	      const char **charset)
+	      struct type **char_type, const char **charset)
 {
   int err, width;
   unsigned int fetchlimit;
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
   struct type *element_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);
   int req_length = *length;
   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (get_type_arch (type));
+  enum c_string_type kind;
 
   if (element_type == NULL)
     goto error;
@@ -652,13 +653,11 @@ c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
     /* We work only with arrays and pointers.  */
     goto error;
 
-  element_type = check_typedef (element_type);
+  if (! c_textual_element_type (element_type, 0))
-  if (TYPE_CODE (element_type) != TYPE_CODE_INT
-      && TYPE_CODE (element_type) != TYPE_CODE_CHAR)
-    /* If the elements are not integers or characters, we don't consider it
-       a string.  */
     goto error;
-
+  kind = classify_type (element_type,
+			gdbarch_byte_order (get_type_arch (element_type)),
+			charset);
   width = TYPE_LENGTH (element_type);
 
   /* If the string lives in GDB's memory instead of the inferior's, then we
@@ -717,7 +716,7 @@ c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
   if (*length != 0)
      *length = *length / width;
 
-  *charset = target_charset ();
+  *char_type = element_type;
 
   return;
 

gdb/c-lang.h

@@ -106,5 +106,9 @@ extern int cp_is_vtbl_ptr_type (struct type *);
 
 extern int cp_is_vtbl_member (struct type *);
 
+/* These are in c-valprint.c.  */
+
+extern int c_textual_element_type (struct type *, char);
+
 
 #endif /* !defined (C_LANG_H) */

gdb/c-valprint.c

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ print_function_pointer_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR address,
 }
 
 
-/* A helper for textual_element_type.  This checks the name of the
+/* A helper for c_textual_element_type.  This checks the name of the
    typedef.  This is bogus but it isn't apparent that the compiler
    provides us the help we may need.  */
 
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ textual_name (const char *name)
    vector types is not.  The user can override this by using the /s
    format letter.  */
 
-static int
+int
-textual_element_type (struct type *type, char format)
+c_textual_element_type (struct type *type, char format)
 {
   struct type *true_type, *iter_type;
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ c_val_print (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr, int embedded_offset,
 	    }
 
 	  /* Print arrays of textual chars with a string syntax.  */
-          if (textual_element_type (unresolved_elttype, options->format))
+          if (c_textual_element_type (unresolved_elttype, options->format))
 	    {
 	      /* If requested, look for the first null char and only print
 	         elements up to it.  */
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ c_val_print (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr, int embedded_offset,
 	  /* For a pointer to a textual type, also print the string
 	     pointed to, unless pointer is null.  */
 
-	  if (textual_element_type (unresolved_elttype, options->format)
+	  if (c_textual_element_type (unresolved_elttype, options->format)
 	      && addr != 0)
 	    {
 	      i = val_print_string (unresolved_elttype, addr, -1, stream,
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ c_val_print (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr, int embedded_offset,
 	     Since we don't know whether the value is really intended to
 	     be used as an integer or a character, print the character
 	     equivalent as well.  */
-	  if (textual_element_type (unresolved_type, options->format))
+	  if (c_textual_element_type (unresolved_type, options->format))
 	    {
 	      fputs_filtered (" ", stream);
 	      LA_PRINT_CHAR ((unsigned char) unpack_long (type, valaddr + embedded_offset),
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ c_value_print (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream,
     {
       /* Hack:  remove (char *) for char strings.  Their
          type is indicated by the quoted string anyway.
-         (Don't use textual_element_type here; quoted strings
+         (Don't use c_textual_element_type here; quoted strings
          are always exactly (char *), (wchar_t *), or the like.  */
       if (TYPE_CODE (val_type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR
 	  && TYPE_NAME (val_type) == NULL

gdb/language.c

@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ default_print_array_index (struct value *index_value, struct ui_file *stream,
 
 void
 default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
-		    const char **charset)
+		    struct type **char_type, const char **charset)
 {
   error (_("Getting a string is unsupported in this language."));
 }

gdb/language.h

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ struct language_defn
        Otherwise *LENGTH will include all characters - including any nulls.
        CHARSET will hold the encoding used in the string.  */
     void (*la_get_string) (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
-			  const char **charset);
+			   struct type **chartype, const char **charset);
 
     /* Add fields above this point, so the magic number is always last. */
     /* Magic number for compat checking */
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ extern enum language set_language (enum language);
 				 force_ellipses,options))
 #define LA_EMIT_CHAR(ch, type, stream, quoter) \
   (current_language->la_emitchar(ch, type, stream, quoter))
-#define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, encoding) \
+#define LA_GET_STRING(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding) \
-  (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, encoding))
+  (current_language->la_get_string(value, buffer, length, chartype, encoding))
 
 #define LA_PRINT_ARRAY_INDEX(index_value, stream, optins) \
   (current_language->la_print_array_index(index_value, stream, options))
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ void default_print_typedef (struct type *type, struct symbol *new_symbol,
 			    struct ui_file *stream);
 
 void default_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
-			 const char **charset);
+			 struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
 
 void c_get_string (struct value *value, gdb_byte **buffer, int *length,
-		   const char **charset);
+		   struct type **char_type, const char **charset);
 
 #endif /* defined (LANGUAGE_H) */

gdb/python/py-value.c

@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ valpy_string (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
   const char *errors = NULL;
   const char *user_encoding = NULL;
   const char *la_encoding = NULL;
+  struct type *char_type;
   static char *keywords[] = { "encoding", "errors", "length" };
 
   if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kw, "|ssi", keywords,
@@ -246,12 +247,13 @@ valpy_string (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 
   TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
     {
-      LA_GET_STRING (value, &buffer, &length, &la_encoding);
+      LA_GET_STRING (value, &buffer, &length, &char_type, &la_encoding);
     }
   GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
 
   encoding = (user_encoding && *user_encoding) ? user_encoding : la_encoding;
-  unicode = PyUnicode_Decode (buffer, length, encoding, errors);
+  unicode = PyUnicode_Decode (buffer, length * TYPE_LENGTH (char_type),
+			      encoding, errors);
   xfree (buffer);
 
   return unicode;

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-09-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/charset.exp: Test utf-16 strings with Python.
+
 2009-09-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/charset.exp: Use UTF-16 and UTF-32, not UCS-2 and

gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/charset.exp

@@ -610,6 +610,26 @@ if {$ucs2_ok && $ucs4_ok} {
     test_combination u UTF-16 U UTF-32
 }
 
+if {$ucs2_ok} {
+    set go 1
+    gdb_test_multiple "python print 'hello, world!'" \
+	"verify python support for charset tests" {
+	    -re "not supported.*$gdb_prompt $"	{
+		unsupported "python support is disabled"
+		set go 0
+	    }
+	    -re "$gdb_prompt $"	{}
+	}
+
+    if {$go} {
+	gdb_test "print u\"abcdef\"" " = u\"abcdef\"" \
+	    "set up for python printing of utf-16 string"
+
+	gdb_test "python print gdb.history(0).string()" "abcdef" \
+	    "extract utf-16 string using python"
+    }
+}
+
 # Regression test for a cleanup bug in the charset code.
 gdb_test "print 'a' == 'a' || 'b' == 'b'" \
   ".* = 1" \