1 ;;;; most of the DESCRIBE system -- that part which isn't derived
4 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
7 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
8 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
9 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
10 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
11 ;;;; files for more information.
13 (in-package "SB-IMPL") ;(SB-IMPL, not SB!IMPL, since we're built in warm load.)
15 (declaim (ftype (function (t stream)) describe-object))
16 (defgeneric describe-object (x stream))
18 (defun describe (x &optional (stream-designator *standard-output*))
20 "Print a description of the object X."
21 (let ((stream (out-synonym-of stream-designator)))
22 ;; Until sbcl-0.8.0.x, we did
23 ;; (FRESH-LINE STREAM)
24 ;; (PPRINT-LOGICAL-BLOCK (STREAM NIL)
26 ;; here. However, ANSI's specification of DEFUN DESCRIBE,
27 ;; DESCRIBE exists as an interface primarily to manage argument
28 ;; defaulting (including conversion of arguments T and NIL into
29 ;; stream objects) and to inhibit any return values from
31 ;; doesn't mention either FRESH-LINEing or PPRINT-LOGICAL-BLOCKing,
32 ;; and the example of typical DESCRIBE-OBJECT behavior in ANSI's
33 ;; specification of DESCRIBE-OBJECT will work poorly if we do them
34 ;; here. (The example method for DESCRIBE-OBJECT does its own
35 ;; FRESH-LINEing, which is a physical directive which works poorly
36 ;; inside a pretty-printer logical block.)
37 (describe-object x stream)
38 ;; We don't TERPRI here either (any more since sbcl-0.8.0.x), because
39 ;; again ANSI's specification of DESCRIBE doesn't mention it and
40 ;; ANSI's example of DESCRIBE-OBJECT does its own final TERPRI.
44 ;;;; miscellaneous DESCRIBE-OBJECT methods
46 (defmethod describe-object ((x t) s)
47 (format s "~&~@<~S ~_is a ~S.~:>~%" x (type-of x)))
49 (defmethod describe-object ((x cons) s)
51 (when (and (legal-fun-name-p x)
53 (%describe-fun (fdefinition x) s :function x)
54 ;;was: (format s "~@:_Its FDEFINITION is ~S.~@:_" (fdefinition x))
55 ;; TO DO: should check for SETF documentation.
56 ;; TO DO: should make it clear whether the definition is a
57 ;; DEFUN (SETF FOO) or DEFSETF FOO or what.
60 (defmethod describe-object ((x array) s)
62 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
65 (format s "~S is a vector with ~D elements."
66 x (car (array-dimensions x)))
67 (when (array-has-fill-pointer-p x)
68 (format s "~@:_It has a fill pointer value of ~S."
71 (format s "~S is an array of dimension ~:S."
72 x (array-dimensions x))))
73 (let ((array-element-type (array-element-type x)))
74 (unless (eq array-element-type t)
76 "~@:_Its element type is specialized to ~S."
78 (if (and (array-header-p x) (%array-displaced-p x))
79 (format s "~@:_The array is displaced with offset ~S."
80 (%array-displacement x))))
83 (defmethod describe-object ((x hash-table) s)
84 (declare (type stream s))
85 (format s "~&~@<~S ~_is an ~S hash table.~:>" x (hash-table-test x))
86 (format s "~&Its SIZE is ~S." (hash-table-size x))
88 "~&~@<Its REHASH-SIZE is ~S. ~_Its REHASH-THRESHOLD is ~S.~:>"
89 (hash-table-rehash-size x)
90 (hash-table-rehash-threshold x))
92 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
93 (let ((count (hash-table-count x)))
94 (format s "It holds ~S key/value pair~:P~:[: ~2I~_~;.~]"
97 (declare (type index n))
100 (write-char #\space s))
102 (when (and *print-length* (> n *print-length*))
105 (format s "~:_(~@<~S ~:_~S~:>)" k v)))))
108 (defmethod describe-object ((condition condition) s)
109 (sb-kernel:describe-condition condition s))
111 ;;;; DESCRIBE-OBJECT methods for symbols and functions, including all
112 ;;;; sorts of messy stuff about documentation, type information,
113 ;;;; packaging, function implementation, etc...
115 ;;; Print the specified kind of documentation about the given NAME. If
116 ;;; NAME is null, or not a valid name, then don't print anything.
117 (declaim (ftype (function (t stream t t) (values)) %describe-doc))
118 (defun %describe-doc (name s kind kind-doc)
119 (when (and name (typep name '(or symbol cons)))
120 (let ((doc (fdocumentation name kind)))
122 (format s "~&~@(~A documentation:~)~% ~A"
123 (or kind-doc kind) doc))))
126 ;;; Describe various stuff about the functional semantics attached to
127 ;;; the specified NAME, if NAME is the kind of thing you can look
128 ;;; up as a name. (In the case of anonymous closures and other
129 ;;; things, it might not be.) TYPE-SPEC is the function type specifier
130 ;;; extracted from the definition, or NIL if none.
131 (declaim (ftype (function (t stream t)) %describe-fun-name))
132 (defun %describe-fun-name (name s type-spec)
133 (when (and name (typep name '(or symbol cons)))
134 (multiple-value-bind (type where)
135 (if (legal-fun-name-p name)
136 (values (type-specifier (info :function :type name))
137 (info :function :where-from name))
138 (values type-spec :defined))
140 (format s "~&Its ~(~A~) argument types are:~% ~S"
142 (format s "~&Its result type is:~% ~S" (third type))))
143 (let ((inlinep (info :function :inlinep name)))
146 "~&It is currently declared ~(~A~);~
147 ~:[no~;~] expansion is available."
148 inlinep (info :function :inline-expansion-designator name))))))
150 ;;; Print information from the debug-info about where CODE-OBJ was
152 (defun %describe-compiled-from (code-obj s)
153 (declare (type stream s))
154 (let ((info (sb-kernel:%code-debug-info code-obj)))
156 (let ((sources (sb-c::debug-info-source info)))
158 (format s "~&On ~A it was compiled from:"
159 ;; FIXME: The FORMAT-UNIVERSAL-TIME calls in the system
160 ;; should become more consistent, probably not using
161 ;; any nondefault options.
162 (format-universal-time nil
163 (sb-c::debug-source-compiled
165 :style :abbreviated))
166 (dolist (source sources)
167 (let ((name (sb-c::debug-source-name source)))
168 (ecase (sb-c::debug-source-from source)
170 (format s "~&~A~@:_ Created: " (namestring name))
171 (format-universal-time s (sb-c::debug-source-created
173 (:lisp (format s "~&~S" name))))))))))
175 ;;; Describe a compiled function. The closure case calls us to print
177 (defun %describe-fun-compiled (x s kind name)
178 (declare (type stream s))
179 (let ((args (%simple-fun-arglist x)))
181 (write-string " There are no arguments." s))
183 (format s "~&~@(The ~@[~A's ~]arguments are:~@:_~)" kind)
185 (let ((*print-pretty* t)
189 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
190 (pprint-indent :current 2)
191 (format s "~A" args))))))
192 (let ((name (or name (%simple-fun-name x))))
193 (%describe-doc name s 'function kind)
194 (unless (eq kind :macro)
195 (%describe-fun-name name s (%simple-fun-type x))))
196 (%describe-compiled-from (sb-kernel:fun-code-header x) s))
198 ;;; Describe a function object. KIND and NAME provide some information
199 ;;; about where the function came from.
200 (defun %describe-fun (x s &optional (kind :function) (name nil))
201 (declare (type function x))
202 (declare (type stream s))
203 (declare (type (member :macro :function) kind))
205 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
207 (:macro (format s "Macro-function: ~S" x))
209 (format s "Function: ~S" x)
210 (format s "~S is a function." x))))
211 (format s "~@:_~@<Its associated name (as in ~S) is ~2I~_~S.~:>"
212 'function-lambda-expression
215 (#.sb-vm:closure-header-widetag
216 (%describe-fun-compiled (%closure-fun x) s kind name)
217 (format s "~@:_Its closure environment is:")
218 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
219 (pprint-indent :current 8)
220 (dotimes (i (- (get-closure-length x) (1- sb-vm:closure-info-offset)))
221 (format s "~@:_~S: ~S" i (%closure-index-ref x i)))))
222 (#.sb-vm:simple-fun-header-widetag
223 (%describe-fun-compiled x s kind name))
224 (#.sb-vm:funcallable-instance-header-widetag
225 ;; Only STANDARD-GENERIC-FUNCTION would be handled here, but
226 ;; since it has its own DESCRIBE-OBJECT method, it should've been
227 ;; picked off before getting here. So hopefully we never get here.
228 (format s "~@:_It is an unknown type of funcallable instance."))
230 (format s "~@:_It is an unknown type of function."))))
233 (defmethod describe-object ((x function) s)
234 (%describe-fun x s :function))
236 (defgeneric describe-symbol-fdefinition (function stream &key name))
238 (defmethod describe-symbol-fdefinition ((fun function) stream &key name)
239 (%describe-fun fun stream :function name))
241 (defmethod describe-symbol-fdefinition ((fun standard-generic-function) stream
243 (declare (ignore name))
245 (describe-object fun stream))
247 (defmethod describe-object ((x symbol) s)
248 (declare (type stream s))
250 ;; Describe the packaging.
251 (let ((package (symbol-package x)))
253 (multiple-value-bind (symbol status)
254 (find-symbol (symbol-name x) package)
255 (declare (ignore symbol))
256 (format s "~&~@<~S is ~_an ~(~A~) symbol ~_in ~S.~:>"
257 x status (symbol-package x)))
258 (format s "~&~@<~S is ~_an uninterned symbol.~:>" x)))
259 ;; TO DO: We could grovel over all packages looking for and
260 ;; reporting other phenomena, e.g. IMPORT and SHADOW, or
261 ;; availability in some package even after (SYMBOL-PACKAGE X) has
264 ;; Describe the value cell.
265 (let* ((kind (info :variable :kind x))
267 (:special "special variable")
268 (:macro "symbol macro")
269 (:constant "constant")
270 (:global "undefined variable")
272 (pprint-logical-block (s nil)
275 (let ((info (info :variable :alien-info x)))
276 (format s "~&~@<It is an alien at #X~8,'0X of type ~3I~:_~S.~:>"
277 (sap-int (eval (sb-alien::heap-alien-info-sap-form info)))
278 (sb-alien-internals:unparse-alien-type
279 (sb-alien::heap-alien-info-type info)))
280 (format s "~&~@<Its current value is ~3I~:_~S.~:>"
283 (let ((expansion (info :variable :macro-expansion x)))
284 (format s "~&It is a ~A with expansion ~S." wot expansion)))
286 (format s "~&~@<It is a ~A; its ~_value is ~S.~:>"
287 wot (symbol-value x)))
288 ((not (eq kind :global))
289 (format s "~&~@<It is a ~A; no current value.~:>" wot)))
291 (when (eq (info :variable :where-from x) :declared)
292 (format s "~&~@<Its declared type ~_is ~S.~:>"
293 (type-specifier (info :variable :type x)))))
295 (%describe-doc x s 'variable kind))
297 ;; Print out properties.
298 (format s "~@[~&Its SYMBOL-PLIST is ~@<~2I~_~S~:>.~]" (symbol-plist x))
300 ;; Describe the function cell.
301 (cond ((macro-function x)
302 (%describe-fun (macro-function x) s :macro x))
303 ((special-operator-p x)
304 (%describe-doc x s :function "Special form"))
306 (describe-symbol-fdefinition (fdefinition x) s :name x)))
308 ;; Print other documentation.
309 (%describe-doc x s 'structure "Structure")
310 (%describe-doc x s 'type "Type")
311 (%describe-doc x s 'setf "Setf macro")
312 (dolist (assoc (info :random-documentation :stuff x))
314 "~&~@<Documentation on the ~(~A~):~@:_~A~:>"
318 ;; Mention the associated type information, if any.
320 ;; As of sbcl-0.7.2, (INFO :TYPE :KIND X) might be
321 ;; * :PRIMITIVE, which is handled by the FIND-CLASS case.
322 ;; * :DEFINED, which is handled specially.
323 ;; * :INSTANCE, which is handled by the FIND-CLASS case.
324 ;; * :FORTHCOMING-DEFCLASS-TYPE, which is an internal-to-the-compiler
325 ;; note that we don't try to report.
326 ;; * NIL, in which case there's nothing to see here, move along.
327 (when (eq (info :type :kind x) :defined)
328 (format s "~&It names a type specifier."))
329 (let ((symbol-named-class (find-class x nil)))
330 (when symbol-named-class
331 (format s "~&It names a class ~A." symbol-named-class)
332 (describe symbol-named-class s)))