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1 /* Python pretty-printing
2 
3    Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 
5    This file is part of GDB.
6 
7    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10    (at your option) any later version.
11 
12    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15    GNU General Public License for more details.
16 
17    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
19 
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "objfiles.h"
22 #include "symtab.h"
23 #include "language.h"
24 #include "valprint.h"
25 #include "extension-priv.h"
26 #include "python.h"
27 #include "python-internal.h"
28 #include "py-ref.h"
29 
30 /* Return type of print_string_repr.  */
31 
32 enum string_repr_result
33   {
34     /* The string method returned None.  */
35     string_repr_none,
36     /* The string method had an error.  */
37     string_repr_error,
38     /* Everything ok.  */
39     string_repr_ok
40   };
41 
42 /* Helper function for find_pretty_printer which iterates over a list,
43    calls each function and inspects output.  This will return a
44    printer object if one recognizes VALUE.  If no printer is found, it
45    will return None.  On error, it will set the Python error and
46    return NULL.  */
47 
48 static PyObject *
49 search_pp_list (PyObject *list, PyObject *value)
50 {
51   Py_ssize_t pp_list_size, list_index;
52 
53   pp_list_size = PyList_Size (list);
54   for (list_index = 0; list_index < pp_list_size; list_index++)
55     {
56       PyObject *function = PyList_GetItem (list, list_index);
57       if (! function)
58 	return NULL;
59 
60       /* Skip if disabled.  */
61       if (PyObject_HasAttr (function, gdbpy_enabled_cst))
62 	{
63 	  gdbpy_ref<> attr (PyObject_GetAttr (function, gdbpy_enabled_cst));
64 	  int cmp;
65 
66 	  if (attr == NULL)
67 	    return NULL;
68 	  cmp = PyObject_IsTrue (attr.get ());
69 	  if (cmp == -1)
70 	    return NULL;
71 
72 	  if (!cmp)
73 	    continue;
74 	}
75 
76       gdbpy_ref<> printer (PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs (function, value,
77 							 NULL));
78       if (printer == NULL)
79 	return NULL;
80       else if (printer != Py_None)
81 	return printer.release ();
82     }
83 
84   Py_RETURN_NONE;
85 }
86 
87 /* Subroutine of find_pretty_printer to simplify it.
88    Look for a pretty-printer to print VALUE in all objfiles.
89    The result is NULL if there's an error and the search should be terminated.
90    The result is Py_None, suitably inc-ref'd, if no pretty-printer was found.
91    Otherwise the result is the pretty-printer function, suitably inc-ref'd.  */
92 
93 static PyObject *
94 find_pretty_printer_from_objfiles (PyObject *value)
95 {
96   struct objfile *obj;
97 
98   ALL_OBJFILES (obj)
99   {
100     PyObject *objf = objfile_to_objfile_object (obj);
101     if (!objf)
102       {
103 	/* Ignore the error and continue.  */
104 	PyErr_Clear ();
105 	continue;
106       }
107 
108     gdbpy_ref<> pp_list (objfpy_get_printers (objf, NULL));
109     gdbpy_ref<> function (search_pp_list (pp_list.get (), value));
110 
111     /* If there is an error in any objfile list, abort the search and exit.  */
112     if (function == NULL)
113       return NULL;
114 
115     if (function != Py_None)
116       return function.release ();
117   }
118 
119   Py_RETURN_NONE;
120 }
121 
122 /* Subroutine of find_pretty_printer to simplify it.
123    Look for a pretty-printer to print VALUE in the current program space.
124    The result is NULL if there's an error and the search should be terminated.
125    The result is Py_None, suitably inc-ref'd, if no pretty-printer was found.
126    Otherwise the result is the pretty-printer function, suitably inc-ref'd.  */
127 
128 static PyObject *
129 find_pretty_printer_from_progspace (PyObject *value)
130 {
131   PyObject *obj = pspace_to_pspace_object (current_program_space);
132 
133   if (!obj)
134     return NULL;
135   gdbpy_ref<> pp_list (pspy_get_printers (obj, NULL));
136   return search_pp_list (pp_list.get (), value);
137 }
138 
139 /* Subroutine of find_pretty_printer to simplify it.
140    Look for a pretty-printer to print VALUE in the gdb module.
141    The result is NULL if there's an error and the search should be terminated.
142    The result is Py_None, suitably inc-ref'd, if no pretty-printer was found.
143    Otherwise the result is the pretty-printer function, suitably inc-ref'd.  */
144 
145 static PyObject *
146 find_pretty_printer_from_gdb (PyObject *value)
147 {
148   /* Fetch the global pretty printer list.  */
149   if (gdb_python_module == NULL
150       || ! PyObject_HasAttrString (gdb_python_module, "pretty_printers"))
151     Py_RETURN_NONE;
152   gdbpy_ref<> pp_list (PyObject_GetAttrString (gdb_python_module,
153 					       "pretty_printers"));
154   if (pp_list == NULL || ! PyList_Check (pp_list.get ()))
155     Py_RETURN_NONE;
156 
157   return search_pp_list (pp_list.get (), value);
158 }
159 
160 /* Find the pretty-printing constructor function for VALUE.  If no
161    pretty-printer exists, return None.  If one exists, return a new
162    reference.  On error, set the Python error and return NULL.  */
163 
164 static PyObject *
165 find_pretty_printer (PyObject *value)
166 {
167   /* Look at the pretty-printer list for each objfile
168      in the current program-space.  */
169   gdbpy_ref<> function (find_pretty_printer_from_objfiles (value));
170   if (function == NULL || function != Py_None)
171     return function.release ();
172 
173   /* Look at the pretty-printer list for the current program-space.  */
174   function.reset (find_pretty_printer_from_progspace (value));
175   if (function == NULL || function != Py_None)
176     return function.release ();
177 
178   /* Look at the pretty-printer list in the gdb module.  */
179   return find_pretty_printer_from_gdb (value);
180 }
181 
182 /* Pretty-print a single value, via the printer object PRINTER.
183    If the function returns a string, a PyObject containing the string
184    is returned.  If the function returns Py_NONE that means the pretty
185    printer returned the Python None as a value.  Otherwise, if the
186    function returns a value,  *OUT_VALUE is set to the value, and NULL
187    is returned.  On error, *OUT_VALUE is set to NULL, NULL is
188    returned, with a python exception set.  */
189 
190 static PyObject *
191 pretty_print_one_value (PyObject *printer, struct value **out_value)
192 {
193   gdbpy_ref<> result;
194 
195   *out_value = NULL;
196   TRY
197     {
198       result.reset (PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs (printer, gdbpy_to_string_cst,
199 						NULL));
200       if (result != NULL)
201 	{
202 	  if (! gdbpy_is_string (result.get ())
203 	      && ! gdbpy_is_lazy_string (result.get ())
204 	      && result != Py_None)
205 	    {
206 	      *out_value = convert_value_from_python (result.get ());
207 	      if (PyErr_Occurred ())
208 		*out_value = NULL;
209 	      result = NULL;
210 	    }
211 	}
212     }
213   CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
214     {
215     }
216   END_CATCH
217 
218   return result.release ();
219 }
220 
221 /* Return the display hint for the object printer, PRINTER.  Return
222    NULL if there is no display_hint method, or if the method did not
223    return a string.  On error, print stack trace and return NULL.  On
224    success, return an xmalloc()d string.  */
225 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
226 gdbpy_get_display_hint (PyObject *printer)
227 {
228   gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> result;
229 
230   if (! PyObject_HasAttr (printer, gdbpy_display_hint_cst))
231     return NULL;
232 
233   gdbpy_ref<> hint (PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs (printer, gdbpy_display_hint_cst,
234 						NULL));
235   if (hint != NULL)
236     {
237       if (gdbpy_is_string (hint.get ()))
238 	{
239 	  result = python_string_to_host_string (hint.get ());
240 	  if (result == NULL)
241 	    gdbpy_print_stack ();
242 	}
243     }
244   else
245     gdbpy_print_stack ();
246 
247   return result;
248 }
249 
250 /* A wrapper for gdbpy_print_stack that ignores MemoryError.  */
251 
252 static void
253 print_stack_unless_memory_error (struct ui_file *stream)
254 {
255   if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches (gdbpy_gdb_memory_error))
256     {
257       PyObject *type, *value, *trace;
258 
259       PyErr_Fetch (&type, &value, &trace);
260 
261       gdbpy_ref<> type_ref (type);
262       gdbpy_ref<> value_ref (value);
263       gdbpy_ref<> trace_ref (trace);
264 
265       gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
266 	msg (gdbpy_exception_to_string (type, value));
267 
268       if (msg == NULL || *msg == '\0')
269 	fprintf_filtered (stream, _("<error reading variable>"));
270       else
271 	fprintf_filtered (stream, _("<error reading variable: %s>"),
272 			  msg.get ());
273     }
274   else
275     gdbpy_print_stack ();
276 }
277 
278 /* Helper for gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer which calls to_string and
279    formats the result.  */
280 
281 static enum string_repr_result
282 print_string_repr (PyObject *printer, const char *hint,
283 		   struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
284 		   const struct value_print_options *options,
285 		   const struct language_defn *language,
286 		   struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
287 {
288   struct value *replacement = NULL;
289   enum string_repr_result result = string_repr_ok;
290 
291   gdbpy_ref<> py_str (pretty_print_one_value (printer, &replacement));
292   if (py_str != NULL)
293     {
294       if (py_str == Py_None)
295 	result = string_repr_none;
296       else if (gdbpy_is_lazy_string (py_str.get ()))
297 	{
298 	  CORE_ADDR addr;
299 	  long length;
300 	  struct type *type;
301 	  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> encoding;
302 	  struct value_print_options local_opts = *options;
303 
304 	  gdbpy_extract_lazy_string (py_str.get (), &addr, &type,
305 				     &length, &encoding);
306 
307 	  local_opts.addressprint = 0;
308 	  val_print_string (type, encoding.get (), addr, (int) length,
309 			    stream, &local_opts);
310 	}
311       else
312 	{
313 	  gdbpy_ref<> string
314 	    (python_string_to_target_python_string (py_str.get ()));
315 	  if (string != NULL)
316 	    {
317 	      char *output;
318 	      long length;
319 	      struct type *type;
320 
321 #ifdef IS_PY3K
322 	      output = PyBytes_AS_STRING (string.get ());
323 	      length = PyBytes_GET_SIZE (string.get ());
324 #else
325 	      output = PyString_AsString (string.get ());
326 	      length = PyString_Size (string.get ());
327 #endif
328 	      type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_char;
329 
330 	      if (hint && !strcmp (hint, "string"))
331 		LA_PRINT_STRING (stream, type, (gdb_byte *) output,
332 				 length, NULL, 0, options);
333 	      else
334 		fputs_filtered (output, stream);
335 	    }
336 	  else
337 	    {
338 	      result = string_repr_error;
339 	      print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
340 	    }
341 	}
342     }
343   else if (replacement)
344     {
345       struct value_print_options opts = *options;
346 
347       opts.addressprint = 0;
348       common_val_print (replacement, stream, recurse, &opts, language);
349     }
350   else
351     {
352       result = string_repr_error;
353       print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
354     }
355 
356   return result;
357 }
358 
359 #ifndef IS_PY3K
360 
361 /* Create a dummy PyFrameObject, needed to work around
362    a Python-2.4 bug with generators.  */
363 class dummy_python_frame
364 {
365  public:
366 
367   dummy_python_frame ();
368 
369   ~dummy_python_frame ()
370   {
371     if (m_valid)
372       m_tstate->frame = m_saved_frame;
373   }
374 
375   bool failed () const
376   {
377     return !m_valid;
378   }
379 
380  private:
381 
382   bool m_valid;
383   PyFrameObject *m_saved_frame;
384   gdbpy_ref<> m_frame;
385   PyThreadState *m_tstate;
386 };
387 
388 dummy_python_frame::dummy_python_frame ()
389 : m_valid (false),
390   m_saved_frame (NULL),
391   m_tstate (NULL)
392 {
393   PyCodeObject *code;
394   PyFrameObject *frame;
395 
396   gdbpy_ref<> empty_string (PyString_FromString (""));
397   if (empty_string == NULL)
398     return;
399 
400   gdbpy_ref<> null_tuple (PyTuple_New (0));
401   if (null_tuple == NULL)
402     return;
403 
404   code = PyCode_New (0,			  /* argcount */
405 		     0,			  /* locals */
406 		     0,			  /* stacksize */
407 		     0,			  /* flags */
408 		     empty_string.get (), /* code */
409 		     null_tuple.get (),	  /* consts */
410 		     null_tuple.get (),	  /* names */
411 		     null_tuple.get (),	  /* varnames */
412 #if PYTHON_API_VERSION >= 1010
413 		     null_tuple.get (),	  /* freevars */
414 		     null_tuple.get (),	  /* cellvars */
415 #endif
416 		     empty_string.get (), /* filename */
417 		     empty_string.get (), /* name */
418 		     1,			  /* firstlineno */
419 		     empty_string.get ()  /* lnotab */
420 		     );
421   if (code == NULL)
422     return;
423   gdbpy_ref<> code_holder ((PyObject *) code);
424 
425   gdbpy_ref<> globals (PyDict_New ());
426   if (globals == NULL)
427     return;
428 
429   m_tstate = PyThreadState_GET ();
430   frame = PyFrame_New (m_tstate, code, globals.get (), NULL);
431   if (frame == NULL)
432     return;
433 
434   m_frame.reset ((PyObject *) frame);
435   m_tstate->frame = frame;
436   m_saved_frame = frame->f_back;
437   m_valid = true;
438 }
439 #endif
440 
441 /* Helper for gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer that formats children of the
442    printer, if any exist.  If is_py_none is true, then nothing has
443    been printed by to_string, and format output accordingly. */
444 static void
445 print_children (PyObject *printer, const char *hint,
446 		struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
447 		const struct value_print_options *options,
448 		const struct language_defn *language,
449 		int is_py_none)
450 {
451   int is_map, is_array, done_flag, pretty;
452   unsigned int i;
453 
454   if (! PyObject_HasAttr (printer, gdbpy_children_cst))
455     return;
456 
457   /* If we are printing a map or an array, we want some special
458      formatting.  */
459   is_map = hint && ! strcmp (hint, "map");
460   is_array = hint && ! strcmp (hint, "array");
461 
462   gdbpy_ref<> children (PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs (printer, gdbpy_children_cst,
463 						    NULL));
464   if (children == NULL)
465     {
466       print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
467       return;
468     }
469 
470   gdbpy_ref<> iter (PyObject_GetIter (children.get ()));
471   if (iter == NULL)
472     {
473       print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
474       return;
475     }
476 
477   /* Use the prettyformat_arrays option if we are printing an array,
478      and the pretty option otherwise.  */
479   if (is_array)
480     pretty = options->prettyformat_arrays;
481   else
482     {
483       if (options->prettyformat == Val_prettyformat)
484 	pretty = 1;
485       else
486 	pretty = options->prettyformat_structs;
487     }
488 
489   /* Manufacture a dummy Python frame to work around Python 2.4 bug,
490      where it insists on having a non-NULL tstate->frame when
491      a generator is called.  */
492 #ifndef IS_PY3K
493   dummy_python_frame frame;
494   if (frame.failed ())
495     {
496       gdbpy_print_stack ();
497       return;
498     }
499 #endif
500 
501   done_flag = 0;
502   for (i = 0; i < options->print_max; ++i)
503     {
504       PyObject *py_v;
505       const char *name;
506 
507       gdbpy_ref<> item (PyIter_Next (iter.get ()));
508       if (item == NULL)
509 	{
510 	  if (PyErr_Occurred ())
511 	    print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
512 	  /* Set a flag so we can know whether we printed all the
513 	     available elements.  */
514 	  else
515 	    done_flag = 1;
516 	  break;
517 	}
518 
519       if (! PyTuple_Check (item.get ()) || PyTuple_Size (item.get ()) != 2)
520 	{
521 	  PyErr_SetString (PyExc_TypeError,
522 			   _("Result of children iterator not a tuple"
523 			     " of two elements."));
524 	  gdbpy_print_stack ();
525 	  continue;
526 	}
527       if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (item.get (), "sO", &name, &py_v))
528 	{
529 	  /* The user won't necessarily get a stack trace here, so provide
530 	     more context.  */
531 	  if (gdbpy_print_python_errors_p ())
532 	    fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr,
533 				_("Bad result from children iterator.\n"));
534 	  gdbpy_print_stack ();
535 	  continue;
536 	}
537 
538       /* Print initial "{".  For other elements, there are three
539 	 cases:
540 	 1. Maps.  Print a "," after each value element.
541 	 2. Arrays.  Always print a ",".
542 	 3. Other.  Always print a ",".  */
543       if (i == 0)
544 	{
545          if (is_py_none)
546            fputs_filtered ("{", stream);
547          else
548            fputs_filtered (" = {", stream);
549        }
550 
551       else if (! is_map || i % 2 == 0)
552 	fputs_filtered (pretty ? "," : ", ", stream);
553 
554       /* In summary mode, we just want to print "= {...}" if there is
555 	 a value.  */
556       if (options->summary)
557 	{
558 	  /* This increment tricks the post-loop logic to print what
559 	     we want.  */
560 	  ++i;
561 	  /* Likewise.  */
562 	  pretty = 0;
563 	  break;
564 	}
565 
566       if (! is_map || i % 2 == 0)
567 	{
568 	  if (pretty)
569 	    {
570 	      fputs_filtered ("\n", stream);
571 	      print_spaces_filtered (2 + 2 * recurse, stream);
572 	    }
573 	  else
574 	    wrap_here (n_spaces (2 + 2 *recurse));
575 	}
576 
577       if (is_map && i % 2 == 0)
578 	fputs_filtered ("[", stream);
579       else if (is_array)
580 	{
581 	  /* We print the index, not whatever the child method
582 	     returned as the name.  */
583 	  if (options->print_array_indexes)
584 	    fprintf_filtered (stream, "[%d] = ", i);
585 	}
586       else if (! is_map)
587 	{
588 	  fputs_filtered (name, stream);
589 	  fputs_filtered (" = ", stream);
590 	}
591 
592       if (gdbpy_is_lazy_string (py_v))
593 	{
594 	  CORE_ADDR addr;
595 	  struct type *type;
596 	  long length;
597 	  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> encoding;
598 	  struct value_print_options local_opts = *options;
599 
600 	  gdbpy_extract_lazy_string (py_v, &addr, &type, &length, &encoding);
601 
602 	  local_opts.addressprint = 0;
603 	  val_print_string (type, encoding.get (), addr, (int) length, stream,
604 			    &local_opts);
605 	}
606       else if (gdbpy_is_string (py_v))
607 	{
608 	  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> output;
609 
610 	  output = python_string_to_host_string (py_v);
611 	  if (!output)
612 	    gdbpy_print_stack ();
613 	  else
614 	    fputs_filtered (output.get (), stream);
615 	}
616       else
617 	{
618 	  struct value *value = convert_value_from_python (py_v);
619 
620 	  if (value == NULL)
621 	    {
622 	      gdbpy_print_stack ();
623 	      error (_("Error while executing Python code."));
624 	    }
625 	  else
626 	    common_val_print (value, stream, recurse + 1, options, language);
627 	}
628 
629       if (is_map && i % 2 == 0)
630 	fputs_filtered ("] = ", stream);
631     }
632 
633   if (i)
634     {
635       if (!done_flag)
636 	{
637 	  if (pretty)
638 	    {
639 	      fputs_filtered ("\n", stream);
640 	      print_spaces_filtered (2 + 2 * recurse, stream);
641 	    }
642 	  fputs_filtered ("...", stream);
643 	}
644       if (pretty)
645 	{
646 	  fputs_filtered ("\n", stream);
647 	  print_spaces_filtered (2 * recurse, stream);
648 	}
649       fputs_filtered ("}", stream);
650     }
651 }
652 
653 enum ext_lang_rc
654 gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
655 				struct type *type,
656 				LONGEST embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
657 				struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
658 				struct value *val,
659 				const struct value_print_options *options,
660 				const struct language_defn *language)
661 {
662   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_type_arch (type);
663   struct value *value;
664   enum string_repr_result print_result;
665   const gdb_byte *valaddr = value_contents_for_printing (val);
666 
667   /* No pretty-printer support for unavailable values.  */
668   if (!value_bytes_available (val, embedded_offset, TYPE_LENGTH (type)))
669     return EXT_LANG_RC_NOP;
670 
671   if (!gdb_python_initialized)
672     return EXT_LANG_RC_NOP;
673 
674   gdbpy_enter enter_py (gdbarch, language);
675 
676   /* Instantiate the printer.  */
677   value = value_from_component (val, type, embedded_offset);
678 
679   gdbpy_ref<> val_obj (value_to_value_object (value));
680   if (val_obj == NULL)
681     {
682       print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
683       return EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR;
684     }
685 
686   /* Find the constructor.  */
687   gdbpy_ref<> printer (find_pretty_printer (val_obj.get ()));
688   if (printer == NULL)
689     {
690       print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
691       return EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR;
692     }
693 
694   if (printer == Py_None)
695     return EXT_LANG_RC_NOP;
696 
697   /* If we are printing a map, we want some special formatting.  */
698   gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> hint (gdbpy_get_display_hint (printer.get ()));
699 
700   /* Print the section */
701   print_result = print_string_repr (printer.get (), hint.get (), stream,
702 				    recurse, options, language, gdbarch);
703   if (print_result != string_repr_error)
704     print_children (printer.get (), hint.get (), stream, recurse, options,
705 		    language, print_result == string_repr_none);
706 
707   if (PyErr_Occurred ())
708     print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
709   return EXT_LANG_RC_OK;
710 }
711 
712 
713 /* Apply a pretty-printer for the varobj code.  PRINTER_OBJ is the
714    print object.  It must have a 'to_string' method (but this is
715    checked by varobj, not here) which takes no arguments and
716    returns a string.  The printer will return a value and in the case
717    of a Python string being returned, this function will return a
718    PyObject containing the string.  For any other type, *REPLACEMENT is
719    set to the replacement value and this function returns NULL.  On
720    error, *REPLACEMENT is set to NULL and this function also returns
721    NULL.  */
722 PyObject *
723 apply_varobj_pretty_printer (PyObject *printer_obj,
724 			     struct value **replacement,
725 			     struct ui_file *stream)
726 {
727   PyObject *py_str = NULL;
728 
729   *replacement = NULL;
730   py_str = pretty_print_one_value (printer_obj, replacement);
731 
732   if (*replacement == NULL && py_str == NULL)
733     print_stack_unless_memory_error (stream);
734 
735   return py_str;
736 }
737 
738 /* Find a pretty-printer object for the varobj module.  Returns a new
739    reference to the object if successful; returns NULL if not.  VALUE
740    is the value for which a printer tests to determine if it
741    can pretty-print the value.  */
742 PyObject *
743 gdbpy_get_varobj_pretty_printer (struct value *value)
744 {
745   TRY
746     {
747       value = value_copy (value);
748     }
749   CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
750     {
751       GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
752     }
753   END_CATCH
754 
755   gdbpy_ref<> val_obj (value_to_value_object (value));
756   if (val_obj == NULL)
757     return NULL;
758 
759   return find_pretty_printer (val_obj.get ());
760 }
761 
762 /* A Python function which wraps find_pretty_printer and instantiates
763    the resulting class.  This accepts a Value argument and returns a
764    pretty printer instance, or None.  This function is useful as an
765    argument to the MI command -var-set-visualizer.  */
766 PyObject *
767 gdbpy_default_visualizer (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
768 {
769   PyObject *val_obj;
770   PyObject *cons;
771   struct value *value;
772 
773   if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "O", &val_obj))
774     return NULL;
775   value = value_object_to_value (val_obj);
776   if (! value)
777     {
778       PyErr_SetString (PyExc_TypeError,
779 		       _("Argument must be a gdb.Value."));
780       return NULL;
781     }
782 
783   cons = find_pretty_printer (val_obj);
784   return cons;
785 }
786