debugging: Add GDB pretty printers for common types (#1957)

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python
import gdb
import re
class BetypePrinter:
PATTERN = re.compile("^betype<.*>$")
def __init__(self, obj):
self._obj = obj
def to_string(self):
underlying = self._obj["m_value"]
reversed_bytes = bytes(reversed(underlying.bytes))
return gdb.Value(reversed_bytes, underlying.type)
class MemptrPrinter:
PATTERN = re.compile("^MEMPTR<.*>$")
def __init__(self, obj):
self._ptr_type = obj.type.strip_typedefs().unqualified().template_argument(0).pointer()
self._guest_address = obj["m_value"].cast(gdb.lookup_type("uint32"))
def ptr(self):
if self._guest_address == 0:
return gdb.Value(0, self._ptr_type)
base_addr = gdb.parse_and_eval('memory_base', global_context=True)
return (self._guest_address + base_addr).reinterpret_cast(self._ptr_type)
def children(self):
return [("raw", self.ptr())]
def to_string(self):
return self._guest_address.format_string(format="x")
def lookup(val):
tag = val.type.strip_typedefs().unqualified().tag
if tag is None:
return None
printers = [BetypePrinter, MemptrPrinter]
for printer in printers:
if printer.PATTERN.match(tag):
return printer(val)
return None
gdb.pretty_printers.append(lookup)