gcc/ada/widechar.ads

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  33
  34 --  Subprograms for manipulation of wide character sequences. Note that in
  35 --  this package, wide character and wide wide character are not distinguished
  36 --  since this package is basically concerned with syntactic notions, and it
  37 --  deals with Char_Code values, rather than values of actual Ada types.
  38
  39 with Types; use Types;
  40
  41 package Widechar is
  42
  43    function Length_Wide return Nat;
  44    --  Returns the maximum length in characters for the escape sequence that
  45    --  is used to encode wide character literals outside the ASCII range. Used
  46    --  only in the implementation of the attribute Width for Wide_Character
  47    --  and Wide_Wide_Character.
  48
  49    procedure Scan_Wide
  50      (S   : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  51       P   : in out Source_Ptr;
  52       C   : out Char_Code;
  53       Err : out Boolean);
  54    --  On entry S (P) points to the first character in the source text for
  55    --  a wide character (i.e. to an ESC character, a left bracket, or an
  56    --  upper half character, depending on the representation method). A
  57    --  single wide character is scanned. If no error is found, the value
  58    --  stored in C is the code for this wide character, P is updated past
  59    --  the sequence and Err is set to False. If an error is found, then
  60    --  P points to the improper character, C is undefined, and Err is
  61    --  set to True.
  62
  63    procedure Set_Wide
  64      (C : Char_Code;
  65       S : in out String;
  66       P : in out Natural);
  67    --  The escape sequence (including any leading ESC character) for the
  68    --  given character code is stored starting at S (P + 1), and on return
  69    --  P points to the last stored character (i.e. P is the count of stored
  70    --  characters on entry and exit, and the escape sequence is appended to
  71    --  the end of the stored string). The character code C represents a code
  72    --  originally constructed by Scan_Wide, so it is known to be in a range
  73    --  that is appropriate for the encoding method in use.
  74
  75    procedure Skip_Wide (S : String; P : in out Natural);
  76    --  On entry, S (P) points to an ESC character for a wide character escape
  77    --  sequence or to an upper half character if the encoding method uses the
  78    --  upper bit, or to a left bracket if the brackets encoding method is in
  79    --  use. On exit, P is bumped past the wide character sequence. No error
  80    --  checking is done, since this is only used on escape sequences generated
  81    --  by Set_Wide, which are known to be correct.
  82
  83    procedure Skip_Wide (S : Source_Buffer_Ptr; P : in out Source_Ptr);
  84    --  Similar to the above procedure, but operates on a source buffer
  85    --  instead of a string, with P being a Source_Ptr referencing the
  86    --  contents of the source buffer.
  87
  88    function Is_Start_Of_Wide_Char
  89      (S : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  90       P : Source_Ptr) return Boolean;
  91    --  Determines if S (P) is the start of a wide character sequence
  92
  93 end Widechar;