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   3 --                   GNU ADA RUNTIME LIBRARY COMPONENTS                     --
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   5 --         S Y S T E M . C O M P A R E _ A R R A Y _ S I G N E D _ 8        --
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  34 --  This package contains functions for runtime comparisons on arrays whose
  35 --  elements are 8-bit discrete type values to be treated as signed.
  36
  37 package System.Compare_Array_Signed_8 is
  38
  39    --  Note: although the functions in this package are in a sense Pure, the
  40    --  package cannot be declared as Pure, since the arguments are addresses,
  41    --  not the data, and the result is not pure wrt the address values.
  42
  43    function Compare_Array_S8
  44      (Left      : System.Address;
  45       Right     : System.Address;
  46       Left_Len  : Natural;
  47       Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
  48    --  Compare the array starting at address Left of length Left_Len
  49    --  with the array starting at address Right of length Right_Len.
  50    --  The comparison is in the normal Ada semantic sense of array
  51    --  comparison. The result is -1,0,+1 for Left<Right, Left=Right,
  52    --  Left>Right respectively. This function works with 4 byte words
  53    --  if the operands are aligned on 4-byte boundaries and long enough.
  54
  55    function Compare_Array_S8_Unaligned
  56      (Left      : System.Address;
  57       Right     : System.Address;
  58       Left_Len  : Natural;
  59       Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
  60    --  Same functionality as Compare_Array_S8 but always proceeds by
  61    --  bytes. Used when the caller knows that the operands are unaligned,
  62    --  or short enough that it makes no sense to go by words.
  63
  64 end System.Compare_Array_Signed_8;