view libinterp/corefcn/symtab.cc @ 31605:e88a07dec498 stable

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file-ops.h, file-stat.cc, file-stat.h, lo-sysdep.cc, lo-sysdep.h, lo-sysinfo.cc, lo-sysinfo.h, mach-info.cc, mach-info.h, oct-env.cc, oct-env.h, oct-group.cc, oct-group.h, oct-password.cc, oct-password.h, oct-syscalls.cc, oct-syscalls.h, oct-time.cc, oct-time.h, oct-uname.cc, oct-uname.h, action-container.cc, action-container.h, base-list.h, cmd-edit.cc, cmd-edit.h, cmd-hist.cc, cmd-hist.h, f77-fcn.h, file-info.cc, file-info.h, lo-array-errwarn.cc, lo-array-errwarn.h, lo-hash.cc, lo-hash.h, lo-ieee.h, lo-regexp.cc, lo-regexp.h, lo-utils.cc, lo-utils.h, oct-base64.cc, oct-base64.h, oct-glob.cc, oct-glob.h, oct-inttypes.h, oct-mutex.cc, oct-mutex.h, oct-refcount.h, oct-shlib.cc, oct-shlib.h, oct-sparse.cc, oct-sparse.h, oct-string.h, octave-preserve-stream-state.h, pathsearch.cc, pathsearch.h, quit.cc, quit.h, unwind-prot.cc, unwind-prot.h, url-transfer.cc, url-transfer.h : Use new macros to begin/end C++ namespaces.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:23:45 -0800
parents 32d2b6604a9f
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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// Copyright (C) 1993-2022 The Octave Project Developers
//
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#if defined (HAVE_CONFIG_H)
#  include "config.h"
#endif

#include <iostream>

#include <sstream>

#include "oct-time.h"

#include "bp-table.h"
#include "defun.h"
#include "fcn-info.h"
#include "interpreter-private.h"
#include "interpreter.h"
#include "load-path.h"
#include "ov-classdef.h"
#include "ov-fcn.h"
#include "ov-usr-fcn.h"
#include "pager.h"
#include "parse.h"
#include "pt-pr-code.h"
#include "symscope.h"
#include "symtab.h"

OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(octave)

  symbol_table::symbol_table (interpreter& interp)
    : m_interpreter (interp), m_fcn_table (), m_class_precedence_table (),
      m_parent_map ()
  {
    install_builtins ();
  }

  symbol_scope symbol_table::current_scope (void) const
  {
    tree_evaluator& tw = m_interpreter.get_evaluator ();

    return tw.get_current_scope ();
  }

  bool symbol_table::is_built_in_function_name (const std::string& name)
  {
    octave_value val = find_built_in_function (name);

    return val.is_defined ();
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::find_scoped_function (const std::string& name,
                                      const symbol_scope& search_scope)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    fcn_table_const_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_scoped_function (search_scope);
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_scoped_function (search_scope);

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::find_private_function (const std::string& dir_name,
                                       const std::string& name)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    fcn_table_const_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_private_function (dir_name);
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_private_function (dir_name);

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  // FIXME: this function only finds legacy class methods, not
  // classdef methods.

  octave_value symbol_table::find_method (const std::string& name,
                                          const std::string& dispatch_type)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    fcn_table_const_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_method (dispatch_type);
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_method (dispatch_type);

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  octave_value symbol_table::find_built_in_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    fcn_table_const_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_built_in_function ();
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_built_in_function ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  octave_value symbol_table::find_autoload (const std::string& name)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_autoload ();
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_autoload ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::builtin_find (const std::string& name,
                              const symbol_scope& search_scope_arg)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    fcn_table_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    symbol_scope search_scope
      = (search_scope_arg ? search_scope_arg : current_scope ());

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.builtin_find (search_scope);
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.builtin_find (search_scope);

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }

    return octave_value ();
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::fcn_table_find (const std::string& name,
                                const octave_value_list& args,
                                const symbol_scope& search_scope_arg)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    fcn_table_iterator p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    symbol_scope search_scope
      = (search_scope_arg ? search_scope_arg : current_scope ());

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find (search_scope, args);
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find (search_scope, args);

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }

    return octave_value ();
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::find_function (const std::string& name,
                               const symbol_scope& search_scope_arg)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    if (name[0] == '@')
      {
        std::size_t pos = name.find_first_of ('/');

        if (pos == std::string::npos)
          return octave_value ();

        std::string method = name.substr (pos+1);
        std::string dispatch_type = name.substr (1, pos-1);

        return find_method (method, dispatch_type);
      }
    else
      {
        symbol_scope search_scope
          = (search_scope_arg ? search_scope_arg : current_scope ());

        return find_function (name, ovl (), search_scope);
      }
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::find_function (const std::string& name,
                               const octave_value_list& args,
                               const symbol_scope& search_scope)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    return fcn_table_find (name, args, search_scope);
  }

  octave_value
  symbol_table::find_user_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_user_function ();
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_user_function ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  octave_value symbol_table::find_cmdline_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    if (name.empty ())
      return octave_value ();

    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      return p->second.find_cmdline_function ();
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        octave_value fcn = finfo.find_cmdline_function ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;

        return fcn;
      }
  }

  void symbol_table::install_cmdline_function (const std::string& name,
                                               const octave_value& fcn)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.install_cmdline_function (fcn);
      }
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        finfo.install_cmdline_function (fcn);

        m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;
      }
  }

  // Install local function FCN named NAME.  FILE_NAME is the name of
  // the file containing the local function.

  void symbol_table::install_local_function (const std::string& name,
                                             const octave_value& fcn,
                                             const std::string& file_name)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.install_local_function (fcn, file_name);
      }
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        finfo.install_local_function (fcn, file_name);

        m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;
      }
  }

  void symbol_table::install_user_function (const std::string& name,
                                            const octave_value& fcn)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.install_user_function (fcn);
      }
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        finfo.install_user_function (fcn);

        m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;
      }
  }

  // FIXME: should we ensure that FCN really is a built-in function
  // object?
  void symbol_table::install_built_in_function (const std::string& name,
                                                const octave_value& fcn)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.install_built_in_function (fcn);
      }
    else
      {
        fcn_info finfo (name);

        finfo.install_built_in_function (fcn);

        m_fcn_table[name] = finfo;
      }
  }

  // This is written as two separate functions instead of a single
  // function with default values so that it will work properly with
  // unwind_protect.

  void symbol_table::clear_functions (bool force)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.begin ();

    while (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      (p++)->second.clear (force);
  }

  void symbol_table::clear_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    clear_user_function (name);
  }

  void symbol_table::clear_function_pattern (const std::string& pat)
  {
    glob_match pattern (pat);

    auto p = m_fcn_table.begin ();

    while (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        if (pattern.match (p->first))
          (p++)->second.clear_user_function ();
        else
          p++;
      }
  }

  void symbol_table::clear_function_regexp (const std::string& pat)
  {
    regexp pattern (pat);

    auto p = m_fcn_table.begin ();

    while (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        if (pattern.is_match (p->first))
          (p++)->second.clear_user_function ();
        else
          p++;
      }
  }

  void symbol_table::clear_user_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.clear_user_function ();
      }
    // FIXME: is this necessary, or even useful?
    // else
    //   error ("clear: no such function '%s'", name.c_str ());
  }

  // This clears oct and mex files, including autoloads.
  void symbol_table::clear_dld_function (const std::string& name)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.clear_autoload_function ();
        finfo.clear_user_function ();
      }
  }

  void symbol_table::clear_mex_functions (void)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.begin ();

    while (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      (p++)->second.clear_mex_function ();
  }

  // Insert INF_CLASS in the set of class names that are considered
  // inferior to SUP_CLASS.  Return FALSE if INF_CLASS is currently
  // marked as superior to SUP_CLASS.

  bool symbol_table::set_class_relationship (const std::string& sup_class,
                                             const std::string& inf_class)
  {
    if (is_superiorto (inf_class, sup_class))
      return false;

    // If sup_class doesn't have an entry in the precedence table,
    // this will automatically create it, and associate to it a
    // singleton set {inf_class} of inferior classes.
    m_class_precedence_table[sup_class].insert (inf_class);

    return true;
  }

  // Has class A been marked as superior to class B?  Also returns
  // TRUE if B has been marked as inferior to A, since we only keep
  // one table, and convert inferiorto information to a superiorto
  // relationship.  Two calls are required to determine whether there
  // is no relationship between two classes:
  //
  //  if (symbol_table::is_superiorto (a, b))
  //    // A is superior to B, or B has been marked inferior to A.
  //  else if (symbol_table::is_superiorto (b, a))
  //    // B is superior to A, or A has been marked inferior to B.
  //  else
  //    // No relation.

  bool symbol_table::is_superiorto (const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
  {
    class_precedence_table_const_iterator p = m_class_precedence_table.find (a);
    // If a has no entry in the precedence table, return false
    if (p == m_class_precedence_table.end ())
      return false;

    const std::set<std::string>& inferior_classes = p->second;
    std::set<std::string>::const_iterator q = inferior_classes.find (b);
    return (q != inferior_classes.end ());
  }

  void symbol_table::alias_built_in_function (const std::string& alias,
                                              const std::string& name)
  {
    octave_value fcn = find_built_in_function (name);

    if (fcn.is_defined ())
      {
        fcn_info finfo (alias);

        finfo.install_built_in_function (fcn);

        m_fcn_table[alias] = finfo;
      }
    else
      panic ("alias: '%s' is undefined", name.c_str ());
  }

  void symbol_table::install_built_in_dispatch (const std::string& name,
                                                const std::string& klass)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);

    if (p != m_fcn_table.end ())
      {
        fcn_info& finfo = p->second;

        finfo.install_built_in_dispatch (klass);
      }
    else
      error ("install_built_in_dispatch: '%s' is undefined", name.c_str ());
  }

  std::list<std::string> symbol_table::user_function_names (void)
  {
    std::list<std::string> retval;

    for (const auto& nm_finfo : m_fcn_table)
      {
        if (nm_finfo.second.is_user_function_defined ())
          retval.push_back (nm_finfo.first);
      }

    if (! retval.empty ())
      retval.sort ();

    return retval;
  }

  std::list<std::string> symbol_table::built_in_function_names (void)
  {
    std::list<std::string> retval;

    for (const auto& nm_finfo : m_fcn_table)
      {
        octave_value fcn = nm_finfo.second.find_built_in_function ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          retval.push_back (nm_finfo.first);
      }

    if (! retval.empty ())
      retval.sort ();

    return retval;
  }

  std::list<std::string> symbol_table::cmdline_function_names (void)
  {
    std::list<std::string> retval;

    for (const auto& nm_finfo : m_fcn_table)
      {
        octave_value fcn = nm_finfo.second.find_cmdline_function ();

        if (fcn.is_defined ())
          retval.push_back (nm_finfo.first);
      }

    if (! retval.empty ())
      retval.sort ();

    return retval;
  }

  template <template <typename, typename...> class C, typename V,
            typename... A>
  static octave_value
  dump_container_map (const std::map<std::string, C<V, A...>>& container_map)
  {
    if (container_map.empty ())
      return octave_value (Matrix ());

    std::map<std::string, octave_value> info_map;

    for (const auto& nm_container : container_map)
      {
        std::string nm = nm_container.first;
        const C<V, A...>& container = nm_container.second;
        info_map[nm] = Cell (container);
      }

    return octave_value (info_map);
  }

  octave_value symbol_table::dump (void) const
  {
    std::map<std::string, octave_value> m
      = {{ "function_info", dump_fcn_table_map () },
         { "precedence_table", dump_container_map (m_class_precedence_table) },
         { "parent_classes", dump_container_map (m_parent_map) }};

    return octave_value (m);
  }

  void symbol_table::add_to_parent_map (const std::string& classname,
                          const std::list<std::string>& parent_list)
  {
    m_parent_map[classname] = parent_list;
  }

  std::list<std::string> symbol_table::parent_classes (const std::string& dispatch_type)
  {
    std::list<std::string> retval;

    const_parent_map_iterator it = m_parent_map.find (dispatch_type);

    if (it != m_parent_map.end ())
      retval = it->second;

    for (const auto& nm : retval)
      {
        // Search for parents of parents and append them to the list.

        // FIXME: should we worry about a circular inheritance graph?

        std::list<std::string> parents = parent_classes (nm);

        if (! parents.empty ())
          retval.insert (retval.end (), parents.begin (), parents.end ());
      }

    return retval;
  }

  void symbol_table::cleanup (void)
  {
    clear_functions ();

    m_fcn_table.clear ();
    m_class_precedence_table.clear ();
    m_parent_map.clear ();
  }

  fcn_info * symbol_table::get_fcn_info (const std::string& name)
  {
    auto p = m_fcn_table.find (name);
    return p != m_fcn_table.end () ? &p->second : nullptr;
  }

  octave_value symbol_table::dump_fcn_table_map (void) const
  {
    if (m_fcn_table.empty ())
      return octave_value (Matrix ());

    std::map<std::string, octave_value> info_map;

    for (const auto& nm_finfo : m_fcn_table)
      {
        std::string nm = nm_finfo.first;
        const fcn_info& finfo = nm_finfo.second;
        info_map[nm] = finfo.dump ();
      }

    return octave_value (info_map);
  }

DEFMETHOD (__dump_symtab_info__, interp, args, ,
           doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn  {} {@var{S} =} __dump_symtab_info__ ()
@deftypefnx {} {@var{S} =} __dump_symtab_info__ (@var{function})
Return a structure with information from the symbol table.
@end deftypefn */)
{
  int nargin = args.length ();

  if (nargin > 1)
    print_usage ();

  symbol_table& symtab = interp.get_symbol_table ();

  if (nargin == 0)
    return symtab.dump ();
  else
    {
      std::string fname = args(0).xstring_value ("__dump_symtab_info__: argument must be a function name");

      fcn_info *finfo = symtab.get_fcn_info (fname);

      if (finfo)
        return finfo->dump ();
    }

  return ovl ();
}

DEFMETHOD (__get_cmdline_fcn_txt__, interp, args, ,
           doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {@var{str} =} __get_cmdline_fcn_txt__ (@var{name})
Undocumented internal function.
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 1)
    print_usage ();

  std::string name = args(0).xstring_value ("__get_cmdline_fcn_txt__: first argument must be function name");

  symbol_table& symtab = interp.get_symbol_table ();

  octave_value ov = symtab.find_cmdline_function (name);

  octave_user_function *f = ov.user_function_value ();

  octave_value_list retval;

  if (f)
    {
      std::ostringstream buf;

      tree_print_code tpc (buf);

      f->accept (tpc);

      retval = ovl (buf.str ());
    }

  return retval;
}

// FIXME: should we have functions like this in Octave?
//
// DEFMETHOD (set_variable, interp, args, , "set_variable (NAME, VALUE)")
// {
//   if (args.length () != 2)
//     print_usage ();
//
//   std::string name = args(0).xstring_value ("set_variable: variable NAME must be a string");
//
//   symbol_table& symtab = interp.get_symbol_table ();
//
//   symtab.assign (name, args(1));
//
//   return ovl ();
// }
//
// DEFMETHOD (variable_value, interp, args, , "VALUE = variable_value (NAME)")
// {
//   if (args.length () != 1)
//     print_usage ();
//
//   octave_value retval;
//
//   std::string name = args(0).xstring_value ("variable_value: variable NAME must be a string");
//
//   symbol_table& symtab = interp.get_symbol_table ();
//
//   retval = symtab.varval (name);
//
//   if (retval.is_undefined ())
//     error ("variable_value: '%s' is not a variable in the current scope",
//            name.c_str ());
//
//   return retval;
// }

/*
bug #34497: 'clear -f' does not work for command line functions

This test relies on bar being a core function that is implemented in an m-file.
If the first assert fails, this is no longer the case and the tests need to be
updated to use some other function.

%!assert <34497> (! strcmp (which ("bar"), ""))

%!function x = bar ()
%!  x = 5;
%!endfunction
%!test
%! assert (bar == 5);
%! assert (strcmp (which ("bar"), "command-line function"));
%! clear -f bar;
%! assert (! strcmp (which ("bar"), ""));

%!function x = bar ()
%!  x = 5;
%!endfunction
%!test
%! assert (bar == 5);
%! assert (strcmp (which ("bar"), "command-line function"));
%! clear bar;
%! assert (! strcmp (which ("bar"), ""));
*/

OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)