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This commit adds a new exception, MAX_COMPLETIONS_REACHED_ERROR, to be thrown whenever the completer has generated too many candidates to be useful. A new user-settable variable, "max_completions", is added to control this behaviour. A top-level completion limit is added to complete_line_internal, as the final check to ensure the user never sees too many completions. An additional limit is added to default_make_symbol_completion_list_break_on, to halt time-consuming symbol table expansions. gdb/ChangeLog: PR cli/9007 PR cli/11920 PR cli/15548 * cli/cli-cmds.c (complete_command): Notify user if max-completions reached. * common/common-exceptions.h (enum errors) <MAX_COMPLETIONS_REACHED_ERROR>: New value. * completer.h (get_max_completions_reached_message): New declaration. (max_completions): Likewise. (completion_tracker_t): New typedef. (new_completion_tracker): New declaration. (make_cleanup_free_completion_tracker): Likewise. (maybe_add_completion_enum): New enum. (maybe_add_completion): New declaration. (throw_max_completions_reached_error): Likewise. * completer.c (max_completions): New global variable. (new_completion_tracker): New function. (free_completion_tracker): Likewise. (make_cleanup_free_completion_tracker): Likewise. (maybe_add_completions): Likewise. (throw_max_completions_reached_error): Likewise. (complete_line): Remove duplicates and limit result to max_completions entries. (get_max_completions_reached_message): New function. (gdb_display_match_list): Handle max_completions. (_initialize_completer): New declaration and function. * symtab.c: Include completer.h. (completion_tracker): New static variable. (completion_list_add_name): Call maybe_add_completion. (default_make_symbol_completion_list_break_on_1): Renamed from default_make_symbol_completion_list_break_on. Maintain completion_tracker across calls to completion_list_add_name. (default_make_symbol_completion_list_break_on): New function. * top.c (init_main): Set rl_completion_display_matches_hook. * tui/tui-io.c: Include completer.h. (tui_old_rl_display_matches_hook): New static global. (tui_rl_display_match_list): Notify user if max-completions reached. (tui_setup_io): Save/restore rl_completion_display_matches_hook. * NEWS (New Options): Mention set/show max-completions. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Command Completion): Document new "set/show max-completions" option. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.base/completion.exp: Disable completion limiting for existing tests. Add new tests to check completion limiting. * gdb.linespec/ls-errs.exp: Disable completion limiting.
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