Functions to convert to/from CORE_ADDR and a string. Use in Insight.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2001-10-16  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
+
+	Based on code by John Moore <jmore@redhat.com>:
+	
+	* utils.c (core_addr_to_string): New function for conversion of
+	CORE_ADDR to string.
+	(string_to_core_addr): New function to convert from string to
+	CORE_ADDR.
+	* defs.h: Added extern statements for the above.
+
 2001-10-17  Jason Molenda  (jason-cl@molenda.com)
 
 	* symtab.c (lookup_block_symbol):  Break out of linear search

gdb/defs.h

@@ -690,6 +690,12 @@ extern char *paddr_d (LONGEST addr);
 extern char *phex (ULONGEST l, int sizeof_l);
 extern char *phex_nz (ULONGEST l, int sizeof_l);
 
+/* Like paddr() only print/scan raw CORE_ADDR.  The output from
+   core_addr_to_string() can be passed direct to
+   string_to_core_addr().  */
+extern const char *core_addr_to_string (const CORE_ADDR addr);
+extern CORE_ADDR string_to_core_addr (const char *my_string);
+
 extern void fprintf_symbol_filtered (struct ui_file *, char *,
 				     enum language, int);
 

gdb/utils.c

@@ -2490,3 +2490,47 @@ address_to_host_pointer (CORE_ADDR addr)
   ADDRESS_TO_POINTER (builtin_type_void_data_ptr, &ptr, addr);
   return ptr;
 }
+
+/* Convert a CORE_ADDR into a string.  */
+const char *
+core_addr_to_string (const CORE_ADDR addr)
+{
+  char *str = get_cell ();
+  strcpy (str, "0x");
+  strcat (str, phex_nz (addr, sizeof (addr)));
+  return str;
+}
+
+/* Convert a string back into a CORE_ADDR.  */
+CORE_ADDR
+string_to_core_addr (const char *my_string)
+{
+  CORE_ADDR addr = 0;
+  if (my_string[0] == '0' && tolower (my_string[1]) == 'x')
+    {
+      /* Assume that it is in decimal.  */
+      int i;
+      for (i = 2; my_string[i] != '\0'; i++)
+	{
+	  if (isdigit (my_string[i]))
+	    addr = (my_string[i] - '0') + (addr * 16);
+	  else if (isxdigit (my_string[i])) 
+	    addr = (tolower (my_string[i]) - 'a' + 0xa) + (addr * 16);
+	  else
+	    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, "invalid hex");
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* Assume that it is in decimal.  */
+      int i;
+      for (i = 0; my_string[i] != '\0'; i++)
+	{
+	  if (isdigit (my_string[i]))
+	    addr = (my_string[i] - '0') + (addr * 10);
+	  else
+	    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, "invalid decimal");
+	}
+    }
+  return addr;
+}