:quit in the debugger should quit the whole program

src/libcmd/repl.cc

@@ -52,6 +52,27 @@ extern "C" {
 
 namespace nix {
 
+/**
+ * Returned by `NixRepl::processLine`.
+ */
+enum class ProcessLineResult {
+    /**
+     * The user exited with `:quit`. The REPL should exit. The surrounding
+     * program or evaluation (e.g., if the REPL was acting as the debugger)
+     * should also exit.
+     */
+    QuitAll,
+    /**
+     * The user exited with `:continue`. The REPL should exit, but the program
+     * should continue running.
+     */
+    QuitOnce,
+    /**
+     * The user did not exit. The REPL should request another line of input.
+     */
+    Continue,
+};
+
 struct NixRepl
     : AbstractNixRepl
     #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
@@ -75,13 +96,13 @@ struct NixRepl
             std::function<AnnotatedValues()> getValues);
     virtual ~NixRepl();
 
-    void mainLoop() override;
+    ReplExitStatus mainLoop() override;
     void initEnv() override;
 
     StringSet completePrefix(const std::string & prefix);
     bool getLine(std::string & input, const std::string & prompt);
     StorePath getDerivationPath(Value & v);
-    bool processLine(std::string line);
+    ProcessLineResult processLine(std::string line);
 
     void loadFile(const Path & path);
     void loadFlake(const std::string & flakeRef);
@@ -246,7 +267,7 @@ static std::ostream & showDebugTrace(std::ostream & out, const PosTable & positi
 
 static bool isFirstRepl = true;
 
-void NixRepl::mainLoop()
+ReplExitStatus NixRepl::mainLoop()
 {
     if (isFirstRepl) {
         std::string_view debuggerNotice = "";
@@ -287,15 +308,25 @@ void NixRepl::mainLoop()
         // When continuing input from previous lines, don't print a prompt, just align to the same
         // number of chars as the prompt.
         if (!getLine(input, input.empty() ? "nix-repl> " : "          ")) {
-            // ctrl-D should exit the debugger.
+            // Ctrl-D should exit the debugger.
             state->debugStop = false;
-            state->debugQuit = true;
             logger->cout("");
-            break;
+            // TODO: Should Ctrl-D exit just the current debugger session or
+            // the entire program?
+            return ReplExitStatus::QuitAll;
         }
         logger->resume();
         try {
-            if (!removeWhitespace(input).empty() && !processLine(input)) return;
+            switch (processLine(input)) {
+                case ProcessLineResult::QuitAll:
+                    return ReplExitStatus::QuitAll;
+                case ProcessLineResult::QuitOnce:
+                    return ReplExitStatus::Continue;
+                case ProcessLineResult::Continue:
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    abort();
+            }
         } catch (ParseError & e) {
             if (e.msg().find("unexpected end of file") != std::string::npos) {
                 // For parse errors on incomplete input, we continue waiting for the next line of
@@ -483,10 +514,11 @@ void NixRepl::loadDebugTraceEnv(DebugTrace & dt)
     }
 }
 
-bool NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
+ProcessLineResult NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
 {
     line = trim(line);
-    if (line == "") return true;
+    if (line.empty())
+        return ProcessLineResult::Continue;
 
     _isInterrupted = false;
 
@@ -581,13 +613,13 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
     else if (state->debugRepl && (command == ":s" || command == ":step")) {
         // set flag to stop at next DebugTrace; exit repl.
         state->debugStop = true;
-        return false;
+        return ProcessLineResult::QuitOnce;
     }
 
     else if (state->debugRepl && (command == ":c" || command == ":continue")) {
         // set flag to run to next breakpoint or end of program; exit repl.
         state->debugStop = false;
-        return false;
+        return ProcessLineResult::QuitOnce;
     }
 
     else if (command == ":a" || command == ":add") {
@@ -730,8 +762,7 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
 
     else if (command == ":q" || command == ":quit") {
         state->debugStop = false;
-        state->debugQuit = true;
-        return false;
+        return ProcessLineResult::QuitAll;
     }
 
     else if (command == ":doc") {
@@ -792,7 +823,7 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
         }
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return ProcessLineResult::Continue;
 }
 
 void NixRepl::loadFile(const Path & path)
@@ -923,7 +954,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<AbstractNixRepl> AbstractNixRepl::create(
 }
 
 
-void AbstractNixRepl::runSimple(
+ReplExitStatus AbstractNixRepl::runSimple(
     ref<EvalState> evalState,
     const ValMap & extraEnv)
 {
@@ -945,7 +976,7 @@ void AbstractNixRepl::runSimple(
     for (auto & [name, value] : extraEnv)
         repl->addVarToScope(repl->state->symbols.create(name), *value);
 
-    repl->mainLoop();
+    return repl->mainLoop();
 }
 
 }