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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 with Atree
; use Atree
;
27 with Einfo
; use Einfo
;
28 with Einfo
.Entities
; use Einfo
.Entities
;
29 with Einfo
.Utils
; use Einfo
.Utils
;
30 with Errout
; use Errout
;
31 with Namet
; use Namet
;
33 with Sem_Aux
; use Sem_Aux
;
34 with Sinfo
; use Sinfo
;
35 with Sinfo
.Nodes
; use Sinfo
.Nodes
;
36 with Snames
; use Snames
;
38 package body Sem_Mech
is
40 -------------------------
41 -- Set_Mechanism_Value --
42 -------------------------
44 procedure Set_Mechanism_Value
(Ent
: Entity_Id
; Mech_Name
: Node_Id
) is
46 procedure Bad_Mechanism
;
47 -- Signal bad mechanism name
53 procedure Bad_Mechanism
is
55 Error_Msg_N
("unrecognized mechanism name", Mech_Name
);
58 -- Start of processing for Set_Mechanism_Value
61 if Mechanism
(Ent
) /= Default_Mechanism
then
63 ("mechanism for & has already been set", Mech_Name
, Ent
);
66 -- MECHANISM_NAME ::= value | reference
68 if Nkind
(Mech_Name
) = N_Identifier
then
69 if Chars
(Mech_Name
) = Name_Value
then
70 Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
(Ent
, By_Copy
, Mech_Name
);
72 elsif Chars
(Mech_Name
) = Name_Reference
then
73 Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
(Ent
, By_Reference
, Mech_Name
);
75 elsif Chars
(Mech_Name
) = Name_Copy
then
76 Error_Msg_N
("bad mechanism name, Value assumed", Mech_Name
);
77 Set_Mechanism
(Ent
, By_Copy
);
86 end Set_Mechanism_Value
;
88 -------------------------------
89 -- Set_Mechanism_With_Checks --
90 -------------------------------
92 procedure Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
94 Mech
: Mechanism_Type
;
97 pragma Unreferenced
(Enod
);
100 -- Right now we don't do any checks, should we do more ???
102 Set_Mechanism
(Ent
, Mech
);
103 end Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
;
109 procedure Set_Mechanisms
(E
: Entity_Id
) is
114 -- Skip this processing if inside a generic template. Not only is
115 -- it unnecessary (since neither extra formals nor mechanisms are
116 -- relevant for the template itself), but at least at the moment,
117 -- procedures get frozen early inside a template so attempting to
118 -- look at the formal types does not work too well if they are
119 -- private types that have not been frozen yet.
121 if Inside_A_Generic
then
125 -- Loop through formals
127 Formal
:= First_Formal
(E
);
128 while Present
(Formal
) loop
130 if Mechanism
(Formal
) = Default_Mechanism
then
131 Typ
:= Underlying_Type
(Etype
(Formal
));
133 -- If there is no underlying type, then skip this processing and
134 -- leave the convention set to Default_Mechanism. It seems odd
135 -- that there should ever be such cases but there are (see
136 -- comments for filed regression tests 1418-001 and 1912-009) ???
142 case Convention
(E
) is
148 -- Note: all RM defined conventions are treated the same from
149 -- the point of view of parameter passing mechanism. Convention
150 -- Ghost has the same dynamic semantics as convention Ada.
154 | Convention_Intrinsic
155 | Convention_Protected
158 -- By reference types are passed by reference (RM 6.2(4))
160 if Is_By_Reference_Type
(Typ
) then
161 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
163 -- By copy types are passed by copy (RM 6.2(3))
165 elsif Is_By_Copy_Type
(Typ
) then
166 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Copy
);
168 -- All other types we leave the Default_Mechanism set, so
169 -- that the backend can choose the appropriate method.
175 -- Special Ada conventions specifying passing mechanism
177 when Convention_Ada_Pass_By_Copy
=>
178 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Copy
);
180 when Convention_Ada_Pass_By_Reference
=>
181 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
187 -- Note: Assembler and Stdcall also use C conventions
189 when Convention_Assembler
190 | Convention_C_Family
193 -- The following values are passed by copy
195 -- IN Scalar parameters (RM B.3(66))
196 -- IN parameters of access types (RM B.3(67))
197 -- Access parameters (RM B.3(68))
198 -- Access to subprogram types (RM B.3(71))
200 -- Note: in the case of access parameters, it is the pointer
201 -- that is passed by value. In GNAT access parameters are
202 -- treated as IN parameters of an anonymous access type, so
203 -- this falls out free.
205 -- The bottom line is that all IN elementary types are
206 -- passed by copy in GNAT.
208 if Is_Elementary_Type
(Typ
) then
209 if Ekind
(Formal
) = E_In_Parameter
then
210 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Copy
);
212 -- OUT and IN OUT parameters of elementary types are
213 -- passed by reference (RM B.3(68)). Note that we are
214 -- not following the advice to pass the address of a
215 -- copy to preserve by copy semantics.
218 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
221 -- Records are normally passed by reference (RM B.3(69)).
222 -- However, this can be overridden by the use of the
223 -- C_Pass_By_Copy pragma or C_Pass_By_Copy convention.
225 elsif Is_Record_Type
(Typ
) then
227 -- If the record is not convention C, then we always
228 -- pass by reference, C_Pass_By_Copy does not apply.
230 if Convention
(Typ
) /= Convention_C
then
231 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
233 -- OUT and IN OUT parameters of record types are passed
234 -- by reference regardless of pragmas (RM B.3 (69/2)).
236 elsif Ekind
(Formal
) in
237 E_Out_Parameter | E_In_Out_Parameter
239 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
241 -- IN parameters of record types are passed by copy only
242 -- when the related type has convention C_Pass_By_Copy
243 -- (RM B.3 (68.1/2)).
245 elsif Ekind
(Formal
) = E_In_Parameter
246 and then C_Pass_By_Copy
(Typ
)
248 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Copy
);
250 -- Otherwise, for a C convention record, we set the
251 -- convention in accordance with a possible use of
252 -- the C_Pass_By_Copy pragma. Note that the value of
253 -- Default_C_Record_Mechanism in the absence of such
254 -- a pragma is By_Reference.
257 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, Default_C_Record_Mechanism
);
260 -- Array types are passed by reference (B.3 (71))
262 elsif Is_Array_Type
(Typ
) then
263 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
265 -- For all other types, use Default_Mechanism mechanism
275 when Convention_COBOL
=>
277 -- Access parameters (which in GNAT look like IN parameters
278 -- of an access type) are passed by copy (RM B.4(96)) as
279 -- are all other IN parameters of scalar type (RM B.4(97)).
281 -- For now we pass these parameters by reference as well.
282 -- The RM specifies the intent BY_CONTENT, but gigi does
283 -- not currently transform By_Copy properly. If we pass by
284 -- reference, it will be imperative to introduce copies ???
286 if Is_Elementary_Type
(Typ
)
287 and then Ekind
(Formal
) = E_In_Parameter
289 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
291 -- All other parameters (i.e. all non-scalar types, and
292 -- all OUT or IN OUT parameters) are passed by reference.
293 -- Note that at the moment we are not bothering to make
294 -- copies of scalar types as recommended in the RM.
297 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
304 when Convention_Fortran
=>
306 -- Access types are passed by default (presumably this
307 -- will mean they are passed by copy)
309 if Is_Access_Type
(Typ
) then
312 -- For now, we pass all other parameters by reference.
313 -- It is not clear that this is right in the long run,
314 -- but it seems to correspond to what gnu f77 wants.
317 Set_Mechanism
(Formal
, By_Reference
);
322 <<Skip_Formal
>> -- remove this when problem above is fixed ???
324 Next_Formal
(Formal
);
327 -- Note: there is nothing we need to do for the return type here.
328 -- We deal with returning by reference in the Ada sense, by use of
329 -- the flag By_Ref, rather than by messing with mechanisms.
331 -- A mechanism of Reference for the return means that an extra
332 -- parameter must be provided for the return value (that is the
333 -- DEC meaning of the pragma), and is unrelated to the Ada notion
334 -- of return by reference.
336 -- Note: there was originally code here to set the mechanism to
337 -- By_Reference for types that are "by reference" in the Ada sense,
338 -- but, in accordance with the discussion above, this is wrong, and
339 -- the code was removed.