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 - <h4 class="subsubsection">23.3.3.5 Values From Inferior In Guile</h4>
 - <a name="index-values-from-inferior_002c-in-guile"></a>
 - <a name="index-guile_002c-working-with-values-from-inferior"></a>
 - 
 - <a name="index-_003cgdb_003avalue_003e"></a>
 - <p><small>GDB</small> provides values it obtains from the inferior program in
 - an object of type <code><gdb:value></code>.  <small>GDB</small> uses this object
 - for its internal bookkeeping of the inferior’s values, and for
 - fetching values when necessary.
 - </p>
 - <p><small>GDB</small> does not memoize <code><gdb:value></code> objects.
 - <code>make-value</code> always returns a fresh object.
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(gdb) guile (eq? (make-value 1) (make-value 1))
 - $1 = #f
 - (gdb) guile (equal? (make-value 1) (make-value 1))
 - $1 = #t
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>A <code><gdb:value></code> that represents a function can be executed via
 - inferior function call with <code>value-call</code>.
 - Any arguments provided to the call must match the function’s prototype,
 - and must be provided in the order specified by that prototype.
 - </p>
 - <p>For example, <code>some-val</code> is a <code><gdb:value></code> instance
 - representing a function that takes two integers as arguments.  To
 - execute this function, call it like so:
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(define result (value-call some-val 10 20))
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>Any values returned from a function call are <code><gdb:value></code> objects.
 - </p>
 - <p>Note: Unlike Python scripting in <small>GDB</small>,
 - inferior values that are simple scalars cannot be used directly in
 - Scheme expressions that are valid for the value’s data type.
 - For example, <code>(+ (parse-and-eval "int_variable") 2)</code> does not work.
 - And inferior values that are structures or instances of some class cannot
 - be accessed using any special syntax, instead <code>value-field</code> must be used.
 - </p>
 - <p>The following value-related procedures are provided by the
 - <code>(gdb)</code> module.
 - </p>
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_003f"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value?</strong> <em>object</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return <code>#t</code> if <var>object</var> is a <code><gdb:value></code> object.
 - Otherwise return <code>#f</code>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-make_002dvalue"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>make-value</strong> <em>value <span class="roman">[</span>#:type type<span class="roman">]</span></em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Many Scheme values can be converted directly to a <code><gdb:value></code>
 - with this procedure.  If <var>type</var> is specified, the result is a value
 - of this type, and if <var>value</var> can’t be represented with this type
 - an exception is thrown.  Otherwise the type of the result is determined from
 - <var>value</var> as described below.
 - </p>
 - <p>See <a href="Architectures-In-Guile.html#Architectures-In-Guile">Architectures In Guile</a>, for a list of the builtin
 - types for an architecture.
 - </p>
 - <p>Here’s how Scheme values are converted when <var>type</var> argument to
 - <code>make-value</code> is not specified:
 - </p>
 - <dl compact="compact">
 - <dt>Scheme boolean</dt>
 - <dd><p>A Scheme boolean is converted the boolean type for the current language.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt>Scheme integer</dt>
 - <dd><p>A Scheme integer is converted to the first of a C <code>int</code>,
 - <code>unsigned int</code>, <code>long</code>, <code>unsigned long</code>,
 - <code>long long</code> or <code>unsigned long long</code> type
 - for the current architecture that can represent the value.
 - </p>
 - <p>If the Scheme integer cannot be represented as a target integer
 - an <code>out-of-range</code> exception is thrown.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt>Scheme real</dt>
 - <dd><p>A Scheme real is converted to the C <code>double</code> type for the
 - current architecture.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt>Scheme string</dt>
 - <dd><p>A Scheme string is converted to a string in the current target
 - language using the current target encoding.
 - Characters that cannot be represented in the current target encoding
 - are replaced with the corresponding escape sequence.  This is Guile’s
 - <code>SCM_FAILED_CONVERSION_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE</code> conversion strategy
 - (see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a> in <cite>GNU Guile Reference Manual</cite>).
 - </p>
 - <p>Passing <var>type</var> is not supported in this case,
 - if it is provided a <code>wrong-type-arg</code> exception is thrown.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code><gdb:lazy-string></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>If <var>value</var> is a <code><gdb:lazy-string></code> object (see <a href="Lazy-Strings-In-Guile.html#Lazy-Strings-In-Guile">Lazy Strings In Guile</a>), then the <code>lazy-string->value</code> procedure is called, and
 - its result is used.
 - </p>
 - <p>Passing <var>type</var> is not supported in this case,
 - if it is provided a <code>wrong-type-arg</code> exception is thrown.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt>Scheme bytevector</dt>
 - <dd><p>If <var>value</var> is a Scheme bytevector and <var>type</var> is provided,
 - <var>value</var> must be the same size, in bytes, of values of type <var>type</var>,
 - and the result is essentially created by using <code>memcpy</code>.
 - </p>
 - <p>If <var>value</var> is a Scheme bytevector and <var>type</var> is not provided,
 - the result is an array of type <code>uint8</code> of the same length.
 - </p></dd>
 - </dl>
 - </dd></dl>
 - 
 - <a name="index-optimized-out-value-in-guile"></a>
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002doptimized_002dout_003f"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-optimized-out?</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return <code>#t</code> if the compiler optimized out <var>value</var>,
 - thus it is not available for fetching from the inferior.
 - Otherwise return <code>#f</code>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002daddress"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-address</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>If <var>value</var> is addressable, returns a
 - <code><gdb:value></code> object representing the address.
 - Otherwise, <code>#f</code> is returned.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dtype"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-type</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the type of <var>value</var> as a <code><gdb:type></code> object
 - (see <a href="Types-In-Guile.html#Types-In-Guile">Types In Guile</a>).
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002ddynamic_002dtype"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-dynamic-type</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the dynamic type of <var>value</var>.  This uses C<tt>++</tt> run-time
 - type information (<acronym>RTTI</acronym>) to determine the dynamic type of the
 - value.  If the value is of class type, it will return the class in
 - which the value is embedded, if any.  If the value is of pointer or
 - reference to a class type, it will compute the dynamic type of the
 - referenced object, and return a pointer or reference to that type,
 - respectively.  In all other cases, it will return the value’s static
 - type.
 - </p>
 - <p>Note that this feature will only work when debugging a C<tt>++</tt> program
 - that includes <acronym>RTTI</acronym> for the object in question.  Otherwise,
 - it will just return the static type of the value as in <kbd>ptype foo</kbd>.
 - See <a href="Symbols.html#Symbols">ptype</a>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dcast"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-cast</strong> <em>value type</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return a new instance of <code><gdb:value></code> that is the result of
 - casting <var>value</var> to the type described by <var>type</var>, which must
 - be a <code><gdb:type></code> object.  If the cast cannot be performed for some
 - reason, this method throws an exception.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002ddynamic_002dcast"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-dynamic-cast</strong> <em>value type</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Like <code>value-cast</code>, but works as if the C<tt>++</tt> <code>dynamic_cast</code>
 - operator were used.  Consult a C<tt>++</tt> reference for details.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dreinterpret_002dcast"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-reinterpret-cast</strong> <em>value type</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Like <code>value-cast</code>, but works as if the C<tt>++</tt> <code>reinterpret_cast</code>
 - operator were used.  Consult a C<tt>++</tt> reference for details.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002ddereference"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-dereference</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>For pointer data types, this method returns a new <code><gdb:value></code> object
 - whose contents is the object pointed to by <var>value</var>.  For example, if
 - <code>foo</code> is a C pointer to an <code>int</code>, declared in your C program as
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">int *foo;
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>then you can use the corresponding <code><gdb:value></code> to access what
 - <code>foo</code> points to like this:
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(define bar (value-dereference foo))
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>The result <code>bar</code> will be a <code><gdb:value></code> object holding the
 - value pointed to by <code>foo</code>.
 - </p>
 - <p>A similar function <code>value-referenced-value</code> exists which also
 - returns <code><gdb:value></code> objects corresponding to the values pointed to
 - by pointer values (and additionally, values referenced by reference
 - values).  However, the behavior of <code>value-dereference</code>
 - differs from <code>value-referenced-value</code> by the fact that the
 - behavior of <code>value-dereference</code> is identical to applying the C
 - unary operator <code>*</code> on a given value.  For example, consider a
 - reference to a pointer <code>ptrref</code>, declared in your C<tt>++</tt> program
 - as
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">typedef int *intptr;
 - ...
 - int val = 10;
 - intptr ptr = &val;
 - intptr &ptrref = ptr;
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>Though <code>ptrref</code> is a reference value, one can apply the method
 - <code>value-dereference</code> to the <code><gdb:value></code> object corresponding
 - to it and obtain a <code><gdb:value></code> which is identical to that
 - corresponding to <code>val</code>.  However, if you apply the method
 - <code>value-referenced-value</code>, the result would be a <code><gdb:value></code>
 - object identical to that corresponding to <code>ptr</code>.
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(define scm-ptrref (parse-and-eval "ptrref"))
 - (define scm-val (value-dereference scm-ptrref))
 - (define scm-ptr (value-referenced-value scm-ptrref))
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>The <code><gdb:value></code> object <code>scm-val</code> is identical to that
 - corresponding to <code>val</code>, and <code>scm-ptr</code> is identical to that
 - corresponding to <code>ptr</code>.  In general, <code>value-dereference</code> can
 - be applied whenever the C unary operator <code>*</code> can be applied
 - to the corresponding C value.  For those cases where applying both
 - <code>value-dereference</code> and <code>value-referenced-value</code> is allowed,
 - the results obtained need not be identical (as we have seen in the above
 - example).  The results are however identical when applied on
 - <code><gdb:value></code> objects corresponding to pointers (<code><gdb:value></code>
 - objects with type code <code>TYPE_CODE_PTR</code>) in a C/C<tt>++</tt> program.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dreferenced_002dvalue"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-referenced-value</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>For pointer or reference data types, this method returns a new
 - <code><gdb:value></code> object corresponding to the value referenced by the
 - pointer/reference value.  For pointer data types,
 - <code>value-dereference</code> and <code>value-referenced-value</code> produce
 - identical results.  The difference between these methods is that
 - <code>value-dereference</code> cannot get the values referenced by reference
 - values.  For example, consider a reference to an <code>int</code>, declared
 - in your C<tt>++</tt> program as
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">int val = 10;
 - int &ref = val;
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>then applying <code>value-dereference</code> to the <code><gdb:value></code> object
 - corresponding to <code>ref</code> will result in an error, while applying
 - <code>value-referenced-value</code> will result in a <code><gdb:value></code> object
 - identical to that corresponding to <code>val</code>.
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(define scm-ref (parse-and-eval "ref"))
 - (define err-ref (value-dereference scm-ref))      ;; error
 - (define scm-val (value-referenced-value scm-ref)) ;; ok
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>The <code><gdb:value></code> object <code>scm-val</code> is identical to that
 - corresponding to <code>val</code>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dfield"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-field</strong> <em>value field-name</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return field <var>field-name</var> from <code><gdb:value></code> object <var>value</var>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dsubscript"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-subscript</strong> <em>value index</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the value of array <var>value</var> at index <var>index</var>.
 - The <var>value</var> argument must be a subscriptable <code><gdb:value></code> object.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dcall"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-call</strong> <em>value arg-list</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Perform an inferior function call, taking <var>value</var> as a pointer
 - to the function to call.
 - Each element of list <var>arg-list</var> must be a <gdb:value> object or an object
 - that can be converted to a value.
 - The result is the value returned by the function.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003ebool"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->bool</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the Scheme boolean representing <code><gdb:value></code> <var>value</var>.
 - The value must be “integer like”.  Pointers are ok.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003einteger"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->integer</strong></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the Scheme integer representing <code><gdb:value></code> <var>value</var>.
 - The value must be “integer like”.  Pointers are ok.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003ereal"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->real</strong></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the Scheme real number representing <code><gdb:value></code> <var>value</var>.
 - The value must be a number.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003ebytevector"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->bytevector</strong></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return a Scheme bytevector with the raw contents of <code><gdb:value></code>
 - <var>value</var>.  No transformation, endian or otherwise, is performed.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003estring"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->string</strong> <em>value <span class="roman">[</span>#:encoding encoding<span class="roman">]</span> <span class="roman">[</span>#:errors errors<span class="roman">]</span> <span class="roman">[</span>#:length length<span class="roman">]</span></em></dt>
 - <dd><p>If <var>value></var> represents a string, then this method
 - converts the contents to a Guile string.  Otherwise, this method will
 - throw an exception.
 - </p>
 - <p>Values are interpreted as strings according to the rules of the
 - current language.  If the optional length argument is given, the
 - string will be converted to that length, and will include any embedded
 - zeroes that the string may contain.  Otherwise, for languages
 - where the string is zero-terminated, the entire string will be
 - converted.
 - </p>
 - <p>For example, in C-like languages, a value is a string if it is a pointer
 - to or an array of characters or ints of type <code>wchar_t</code>, <code>char16_t</code>,
 - or <code>char32_t</code>.
 - </p>
 - <p>If the optional <var>encoding</var> argument is given, it must be a string
 - naming the encoding of the string in the <code><gdb:value></code>, such as
 - <code>"ascii"</code>, <code>"iso-8859-6"</code> or <code>"utf-8"</code>.  It accepts
 - the same encodings as the corresponding argument to Guile’s
 - <code>scm_from_stringn</code> function, and the Guile codec machinery will be used
 - to convert the string.  If <var>encoding</var> is not given, or if
 - <var>encoding</var> is the empty string, then either the <code>target-charset</code>
 - (see <a href="Character-Sets.html#Character-Sets">Character Sets</a>) will be used, or a language-specific encoding
 - will be used, if the current language is able to supply one.
 - </p>
 - <p>The optional <var>errors</var> argument is one of <code>#f</code>, <code>error</code> or
 - <code>substitute</code>.  <code>error</code> and <code>substitute</code> must be symbols.
 - If <var>errors</var> is not specified, or if its value is <code>#f</code>, then the
 - default conversion strategy is used, which is set with the Scheme function
 - <code>set-port-conversion-strategy!</code>.
 - If the value is <code>'error</code> then an exception is thrown if there is any
 - conversion error.  If the value is <code>'substitute</code> then any conversion
 - error is replaced with question marks.
 - See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a> in <cite>GNU Guile Reference Manual</cite>.
 - </p>
 - <p>If the optional <var>length</var> argument is given, the string will be
 - fetched and converted to the given length.
 - The length must be a Scheme integer and not a <code><gdb:value></code> integer.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002d_003elazy_002dstring"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value->lazy-string</strong> <em>value <span class="roman">[</span>#:encoding encoding<span class="roman">]</span> <span class="roman">[</span>#:length length<span class="roman">]</span></em></dt>
 - <dd><p>If this <code><gdb:value></code> represents a string, then this method
 - converts <var>value</var> to a <code><gdb:lazy-string</code> (see <a href="Lazy-Strings-In-Guile.html#Lazy-Strings-In-Guile">Lazy Strings In Guile</a>).  Otherwise, this method will throw an exception.
 - </p>
 - <p>If the optional <var>encoding</var> argument is given, it must be a string
 - naming the encoding of the <code><gdb:lazy-string</code>.  Some examples are:
 - <code>"ascii"</code>, <code>"iso-8859-6"</code> or <code>"utf-8"</code>.  If the
 - <var>encoding</var> argument is an encoding that <small>GDB</small> does not
 - recognize, <small>GDB</small> will raise an error.
 - </p>
 - <p>When a lazy string is printed, the <small>GDB</small> encoding machinery is
 - used to convert the string during printing.  If the optional
 - <var>encoding</var> argument is not provided, or is an empty string,
 - <small>GDB</small> will automatically select the encoding most suitable for
 - the string type.  For further information on encoding in <small>GDB</small>
 - please see <a href="Character-Sets.html#Character-Sets">Character Sets</a>.
 - </p>
 - <p>If the optional <var>length</var> argument is given, the string will be
 - fetched and encoded to the length of characters specified.  If
 - the <var>length</var> argument is not provided, the string will be fetched
 - and encoded until a null of appropriate width is found.
 - The length must be a Scheme integer and not a <code><gdb:value></code> integer.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dlazy_003f"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-lazy?</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return <code>#t</code> if <var>value</var> has not yet been fetched
 - from the inferior.
 - Otherwise return <code>#f</code>.
 - <small>GDB</small> does not fetch values until necessary, for efficiency.
 - For example:
 - </p>
 - <div class="smallexample">
 - <pre class="smallexample">(define myval (parse-and-eval "somevar"))
 - </pre></div>
 - 
 - <p>The value of <code>somevar</code> is not fetched at this time.  It will be
 - fetched when the value is needed, or when the <code>fetch-lazy</code>
 - procedure is invoked.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-make_002dlazy_002dvalue"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>make-lazy-value</strong> <em>type address</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return a <code><gdb:value></code> that will be lazily fetched from the
 - target.  The object of type <code><gdb:type></code> whose value to fetch is
 - specified by its <var>type</var> and its target memory <var>address</var>, which
 - is a Scheme integer.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dfetch_002dlazy_0021"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-fetch-lazy!</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>If <var>value</var> is a lazy value (<code>(value-lazy? value)</code> is <code>#t</code>),
 - then the value is fetched from the inferior.
 - Any errors that occur in the process will produce a Guile exception.
 - </p>
 - <p>If <var>value</var> is not a lazy value, this method has no effect.
 - </p>
 - <p>The result of this function is unspecified.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
 - <dl>
 - <dt><a name="index-value_002dprint"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>value-print</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
 - <dd><p>Return the string representation (print form) of <code><gdb:value></code>
 - <var>value</var>.
 - </p></dd></dl>
 - 
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