Similar to "libdrgn: make memory reader pluggable with callbacks", we
want to support custom type indexes (imagine, e.g., using drgn to parse
a binary format). For now, this disables the dwarf index tests; we'll
have a better way to test them later, so let's not bother adding more
test scaffolding.
The declaration file name of a DIE depends on the compilation directory,
which may not always be what the user expects. Instead, make the search
match as long as the full declaration file name ends with the given file
name. This is more convenient and more intuitive.
The current mixed Python/C implementation works well, but it has a
couple of important limitations:
- It's too slow for some common use cases, like iterating over large
data structures.
- It can't be reused in utilities written in other languages.
This replaces the internals with a new library written in C, libdrgn. It
includes Python bindings with mostly the same public interface as
before, with some important improvements:
- Types are now represented by a single Type class rather than the messy
polymorphism in the Python implementation.
- Qualifiers are a bitmask instead of a set of strings.
- Bit fields are not considered a separate type.
- The lvalue/rvalue terminology is replaced with reference/value.
- Structure, union, and array values are better supported.
- Function objects are supported.
- Program distinguishes between lookups of variables, constants, and
functions.
The C rewrite is about 6x as fast as the original Python when using the
Python bindings, and about 8x when using the C API directly.
Currently, the exposed API in C is fairly conservative. In the future,
the memory reader, type index, and object index APIs will probably be
exposed for more flexibility.
