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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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34 package body Gnatvsn
is
36 -- Import the string constant defined in the (language-independent)
37 -- source file version.c.
39 -- The size is a lie; we have no way of writing the truth (the size
40 -- is variable and depends on the actual text of the constant).
42 -- FIXME: It should be possible to declare this to be a constant, but
43 -- that is rejected by the compiler ("invalid context for deferred
44 -- constant declaration"). Per Ada95 this constraint only applies to
45 -- deferred constants completed by a full constant declaration, not
46 -- deferred constants completed by a pragma Import.
48 Version_String
: array (0 .. Ver_Len_Max
) of aliased Character;
49 pragma Import
(C
, Version_String
, "version_string");
51 -- Convert that string constant to an Ada String and return it.
52 -- This is essentially the same as the To_Ada routine in
53 -- Interfaces.C; that package is not linked into gnat1 so
56 function Gnat_Version_String
return String
62 if Version_String
(Count
) = Character'First then
70 R
: String (1 .. Count
);
74 R
(J
) := Version_String
(J
- 1);
79 end Gnat_Version_String
;