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GDB supports custom pretty-printers implemented in Python.
When debugging Godot, checking the values of Strings and StringNames
in the debugger was very inconvenient as the data is fairly deep
in the structure. This makes the values immediately visible.
The custom pretty printer can be taken into use manually by calling
`source misc/scripts/godot_gdb_pretty_print.py` in the GDB console.
In VS code, it can be activated by default by adding the source
command to the `setupCommands` of the configuration in launch.json.
Like this:
```json
// launch.json
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "C/C++: debug,
"type": "cppdbg",
...
"MIMode": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
},
{
"description": "Load custom pretty-printers for Godot types.",
"text": "source ${workspaceRoot}/misc/scripts/godot_gdb_pretty_print.py"
}
],
"miDebuggerPath": "gdb"
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
```
Extended the pretty-printer python script to support Vectors.
The printer needs to be uncomfortably aware of CowData
implementation details, but I don't think there is any
way around that.
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3.8 KiB
Python
Executable file
116 lines
3.8 KiB
Python
Executable file
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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# Load this file to your GDB session to enable pretty-printing
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# of some Godot C++ types.
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# GDB command: source misc/scripts/godot_gdb_pretty_print.py
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#
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# To load these automatically in Visual Studio Code,
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# add the source command to the setupCommands of your configuration
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# in launch.json.
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# "setupCommands": [
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# ...
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# {
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# "description": "Load custom pretty-printers for Godot types.",
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# "text": "source ${workspaceRoot}/misc/scripts/godot_gdb_pretty_print.py"
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# }
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# ]
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# Other UI:s that use GDB under the hood are likely to have their own ways to achieve this.
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#
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# To debug this script it's easiest to use the interactive python from a command-line
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# GDB session. Stop at a breakpoint, then use
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# python-interactive to enter the python shell and
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# acquire a Value object using gdb.selected_frame().read_var("variable name").
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# From there you can figure out how to print it nicely.
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import re
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import gdb
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# Printer for Godot StringName variables.
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class GodotStringNamePrinter:
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def __init__(self, value):
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self.value = value
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def to_string(self):
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return self.value["_data"]["name"]["_cowdata"]["_ptr"]
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# Hint that the object is string-like.
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def display_hint(self):
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return "string"
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# Printer for Godot String variables.
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class GodotStringPrinter:
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def __init__(self, value):
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self.value = value
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def to_string(self):
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return self.value["_cowdata"]["_ptr"]
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# Hint that the object is string-like.
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def display_hint(self):
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return "string"
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# Printer for Godot Vector variables.
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class GodotVectorPrinter:
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def __init__(self, value):
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self.value = value
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# The COW (Copy On Write) object does a bunch of pointer arithmetic to access
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# its members.
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# The offsets are constants on the C++ side, optimized out, so not accessible to us.
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# I'll just hard code the observed values and hope they are the same forever.
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# See core/templates/cowdata.h
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SIZE_OFFSET = 8
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DATA_OFFSET = 16
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# Figures out the number of elements in the vector.
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def get_size(self):
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cowdata = self.value["_cowdata"]
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if cowdata["_ptr"] == 0:
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return 0
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else:
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# The ptr member of cowdata does not point to the beginning of the
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# cowdata. It points to the beginning of the data section of the cowdata.
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# To get to the length section, we must back up to the beginning of the struct,
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# then move back forward to the size.
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# cf. CowData::_get_size
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ptr = cowdata["_ptr"].cast(gdb.lookup_type("uint8_t").pointer())
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return int((ptr - self.DATA_OFFSET + self.SIZE_OFFSET).dereference())
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# Lists children of the value, in this case the vector's items.
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def children(self):
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# Return nothing if ptr is null.
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ptr = self.value["_cowdata"]["_ptr"]
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if ptr == 0:
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return
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# Yield the items one by one.
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for i in range(self.get_size()):
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yield str(i), (ptr + i).dereference()
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def to_string(self):
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return "%s [%d]" % (self.value.type.name, self.get_size())
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# Hint that the object is array-like.
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def display_hint(self):
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return "array"
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VECTOR_REGEX = re.compile("^Vector<.*$")
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# Tries to find a pretty printer for a debugger value.
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def lookup_pretty_printer(value):
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if value.type.name == "StringName":
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return GodotStringNamePrinter(value)
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if value.type.name == "String":
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return GodotStringPrinter(value)
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if value.type.name and VECTOR_REGEX.match(value.type.name):
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return GodotVectorPrinter(value)
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return None
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# Register our printer lookup function.
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# The first parameter could be used to limit the scope of the printer
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# to a specific object file, but that is unnecessary for us.
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gdb.printing.register_pretty_printer(None, lookup_pretty_printer)
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