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   3 --                    GNAT RUN-TIME LIBRARY COMPONENTS                      --
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  34 --  This package contains functions for runtime comparisons on arrays whose
  35 --  elements are 64-bit discrete type values to be treated as signed.
  36
  37 package System.Compare_Array_Signed_64 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_S64
  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.
  53
  54 end System.Compare_Array_Signed_64;