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2 -- --
3 -- GNU ADA RUNTIME LIBRARY (GNARL) COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- S Y S T E M . V E C T O R S . B O O L E A N _ O P E R A T I O N S --
6 -- --
7 -- S p e c --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
10 -- --
11 -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
12 -- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
13 -- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
14 -- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
15 -- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
16 -- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License --
17 -- for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General --
18 -- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
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20 -- MA 02111-1307, USA. --
21 -- --
22 -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this --
23 -- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, --
24 -- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
25 -- covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not --
26 -- however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be --
27 -- covered by the GNU Public License. --
28 -- --
29 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
30 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
31 -- --
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34 -- This package contains functions for runtime operations on boolean vectors
36 package System.Vectors.Boolean_Operations is
37 pragma Pure (Boolean_Operations);
39 -- Although in general the boolean operations on arrays of booleans are
40 -- identical to operations on arrays of unsigned words of the same size,
41 -- for the "not" operator this is not the case as False is typically
42 -- represented by 0 and true by 1.
44 function "not" (Item : Vectors.Vector) return Vectors.Vector;
46 -- The three boolean operations "nand", "nor" and "nxor" are needed
47 -- for cases where the compiler moves boolean array operations into
48 -- the body of the loop that iterates over the array elements.
50 -- Note the following equivalences:
51 -- (not X) or (not Y) = not (X and Y) = Nand (X, Y)
52 -- (not X) and (not Y) = not (X or Y) = Nor (X, Y)
53 -- (not X) xor (not Y) = X xor Y
54 -- X xor (not Y) = not (X xor Y) = Nxor (X, Y)
56 function Nand (Left, Right : Boolean) return Boolean;
57 function Nor (Left, Right : Boolean) return Boolean;
58 function Nxor (Left, Right : Boolean) return Boolean;
60 function Nand (Left, Right : Vectors.Vector) return Vectors.Vector;
61 function Nor (Left, Right : Vectors.Vector) return Vectors.Vector;
62 function Nxor (Left, Right : Vectors.Vector) return Vectors.Vector;
64 pragma Inline_Always ("not");
65 pragma Inline_Always (Nand);
66 pragma Inline_Always (Nor);
67 pragma Inline_Always (Nxor);
68 end System.Vectors.Boolean_Operations;