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1"""
2Test some lldb help commands.
3
4See also CommandInterpreter::OutputFormattedHelpText().
5"""
6
7
8
9import os
10import lldb
11from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
12from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
13from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
14
15
16class HelpCommandTestCase(TestBase):
17
18    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
19
20    @no_debug_info_test
21    def test_simplehelp(self):
22        """A simple test of 'help' command and its output."""
23        self.expect("help",
24                    startstr='Debugger commands:')
25
26        self.expect("help -a", matching=False,
27                    substrs=['next'])
28
29        self.expect("help", matching=True,
30                    substrs=['next'])
31
32    @no_debug_info_test
33    def test_help_on_help(self):
34        """Testing the help on the help facility."""
35        self.expect("help help", matching=True,
36                    substrs=['--hide-aliases',
37                             '--hide-user-commands'])
38
39    @no_debug_info_test
40    def version_number_string(self):
41        """Helper function to find the version number string of lldb."""
42        plist = os.path.join(
43            os.environ["LLDB_SRC"],
44            "resources",
45            "LLDB-Info.plist")
46        try:
47            CFBundleVersionSegFound = False
48            with open(plist, 'r') as f:
49                for line in f:
50                    if CFBundleVersionSegFound:
51                        version_line = line.strip()
52                        import re
53                        m = re.match("<string>(.*)</string>", version_line)
54                        if m:
55                            version = m.group(1)
56                            return version
57                        else:
58                            # Unsuccessful, let's juts break out of the for
59                            # loop.
60                            break
61
62                    if line.find("<key>CFBundleVersion</key>") != -1:
63                        # Found our match.  The next line contains our version
64                        # string, for example:
65                        #
66                        #     <string>38</string>
67                        CFBundleVersionSegFound = True
68
69        except:
70            # Just fallthrough...
71            import traceback
72            traceback.print_exc()
73
74        # Use None to signify that we are not able to grok the version number.
75        return None
76
77    @no_debug_info_test
78    def test_help_arch(self):
79        """Test 'help arch' which should list of supported architectures."""
80        self.expect("help arch",
81                    substrs=['arm', 'i386', 'x86_64'])
82
83    @no_debug_info_test
84    def test_help_version(self):
85        """Test 'help version' and 'version' commands."""
86        self.expect("help version",
87                    substrs=['Show the LLDB debugger version.'])
88        import re
89        version_str = self.version_number_string()
90        match = re.match('[0-9]+', version_str)
91        search_regexp = ['lldb( version|-' + (version_str if match else '[0-9]+') + ').*\n']
92
93        self.expect("version",
94                    patterns=search_regexp)
95
96    @no_debug_info_test
97    def test_help_should_not_crash_lldb(self):
98        """Command 'help disasm' should not crash lldb."""
99        self.runCmd("help disasm", check=False)
100        self.runCmd("help unsigned-integer")
101
102    @no_debug_info_test
103    def test_help_should_not_hang_emacsshell(self):
104        """Command 'settings set term-width 0' should not hang the help command."""
105        self.expect(
106            "settings set term-width 0",
107            COMMAND_FAILED_AS_EXPECTED,
108            error=True,
109            substrs=['error: 0 is out of range, valid values must be between'])
110        # self.runCmd("settings set term-width 0")
111        self.expect("help",
112                    startstr='Debugger commands:')
113
114    @no_debug_info_test
115    def test_help_breakpoint_set(self):
116        """Test that 'help breakpoint set' does not print out redundant lines of:
117        'breakpoint set [-s <shlib-name>] ...'."""
118        self.expect("help breakpoint set", matching=False,
119                    substrs=['breakpoint set [-s <shlib-name>]'])
120
121    @no_debug_info_test
122    def test_help_image_dump_symtab_should_not_crash(self):
123        """Command 'help image dump symtab' should not crash lldb."""
124        # 'image' is an alias for 'target modules'.
125        self.expect("help image dump symtab",
126                    substrs=['dump symtab',
127                             'sort-order'])
128
129    @no_debug_info_test
130    def test_help_image_du_sym_is_ambiguous(self):
131        """Command 'help image du sym' is ambiguous and spits out the list of candidates."""
132        self.expect("help image du sym",
133                    COMMAND_FAILED_AS_EXPECTED, error=True,
134                    substrs=['error: ambiguous command image du sym',
135                             'symfile',
136                             'symtab'])
137
138    @no_debug_info_test
139    def test_help_image_du_line_should_work(self):
140        """Command 'help image du line-table' is not ambiguous and should work."""
141        # 'image' is an alias for 'target modules'.
142        self.expect("help image du line", substrs=[
143                    'Dump the line table for one or more compilation units'])
144
145    @no_debug_info_test
146    def test_help_target_variable_syntax(self):
147        """Command 'help target variable' should display <variable-name> ..."""
148        self.expect("help target variable",
149                    substrs=['<variable-name> [<variable-name> [...]]'])
150
151    @no_debug_info_test
152    def test_help_watchpoint_and_its_args(self):
153        """Command 'help watchpoint', 'help watchpt-id', and 'help watchpt-id-list' should work."""
154        self.expect("help watchpoint",
155                    substrs=['delete', 'disable', 'enable', 'list'])
156        self.expect("help watchpt-id",
157                    substrs=['<watchpt-id>'])
158        self.expect("help watchpt-id-list",
159                    substrs=['<watchpt-id-list>'])
160
161    @no_debug_info_test
162    def test_help_watchpoint_set(self):
163        """Test that 'help watchpoint set' prints out 'expression' and 'variable'
164        as the possible subcommands."""
165        self.expect("help watchpoint set",
166                    substrs=['The following subcommands are supported:'],
167                    patterns=['expression +--',
168                              'variable +--'])
169
170    @no_debug_info_test
171    def test_help_po_hides_options(self):
172        """Test that 'help po' does not show all the options for expression"""
173        self.expect(
174            "help po",
175            substrs=[
176                '--show-all-children',
177                '--object-description'],
178            matching=False)
179
180    @no_debug_info_test
181    def test_help_run_hides_options(self):
182        """Test that 'help run' does not show all the options for process launch"""
183        self.expect("help run",
184                    substrs=['--arch', '--environment'], matching=False)
185
186    @no_debug_info_test
187    def test_help_next_shows_options(self):
188        """Test that 'help next' shows all the options for thread step-over"""
189        self.expect("help next",
190                    substrs=['--step-out-avoids-no-debug', '--run-mode'], matching=True)
191
192    @no_debug_info_test
193    def test_help_provides_alternatives(self):
194        """Test that help on commands that don't exist provides information on additional help avenues"""
195        self.expect(
196            "help thisisnotadebuggercommand",
197            substrs=[
198                "'thisisnotadebuggercommand' is not a known command.",
199                "Try 'help' to see a current list of commands.",
200                "Try 'apropos thisisnotadebuggercommand' for a list of related commands.",
201                "Try 'type lookup thisisnotadebuggercommand' for information on types, methods, functions, modules, etc."],
202            error=True)
203
204        self.expect(
205            "help process thisisnotadebuggercommand",
206            substrs=[
207                "'process thisisnotadebuggercommand' is not a known command.",
208                "Try 'help' to see a current list of commands.",
209                "Try 'apropos thisisnotadebuggercommand' for a list of related commands.",
210                "Try 'type lookup thisisnotadebuggercommand' for information on types, methods, functions, modules, etc."])
211
212    @no_debug_info_test
213    def test_custom_help_alias(self):
214        """Test that aliases pick up custom help text."""
215        def cleanup():
216            self.runCmd('command unalias afriendlyalias', check=False)
217            self.runCmd('command unalias averyfriendlyalias', check=False)
218
219        self.addTearDownHook(cleanup)
220        self.runCmd(
221            'command alias --help "I am a friendly alias" -- afriendlyalias help')
222        self.expect(
223            "help afriendlyalias",
224            matching=True,
225            substrs=['I am a friendly alias'])
226        self.runCmd(
227            'command alias --long-help "I am a very friendly alias" -- averyfriendlyalias help')
228        self.expect("help averyfriendlyalias", matching=True,
229                    substrs=['I am a very friendly alias'])
230    @no_debug_info_test
231    def test_alias_prints_origin(self):
232        """Test that 'help <unique_match_to_alias>' prints the alias origin."""
233        def cleanup():
234            self.runCmd('command unalias alongaliasname', check=False)
235
236        self.addTearDownHook(cleanup)
237        self.runCmd('command alias alongaliasname help')
238        self.expect("help alongaliasna", matching=True,
239                    substrs=["'alongaliasna' is an abbreviation for 'help'"])
240
241    @no_debug_info_test
242    def test_hidden_help(self):
243        self.expect("help -h",
244                    substrs=["_regexp-bt"])
245
246    @no_debug_info_test
247    def test_help_ambiguous(self):
248        self.expect("help g",
249                    substrs=["Help requested with ambiguous command name, possible completions:",
250                             "gdb-remote", "gui"])
251
252    @no_debug_info_test
253    def test_help_unknown_flag(self):
254        self.expect("help -z", error=True,
255                    substrs=["unknown or ambiguous option"])
256
257    @no_debug_info_test
258    def test_help_format_output(self):
259        """Test that help output reaches TerminalWidth."""
260        self.runCmd(
261            'settings set term-width 108')
262        self.expect(
263            "help format",
264            matching=True,
265            substrs=['<format> -- One of the format names'])
266