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3 -- GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS --
5 -- S Y S T E M . S C A L A R _ V A L U E S --
9 -- Copyright (C) 2001-2005, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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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. --
29 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
30 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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34 -- This package defines the constants used for initializing scalar values
35 -- when pragma Initialize_Scalars is used. The actual values are defined
36 -- in the binder generated file. This package contains the Ada names that
37 -- are used by the generated code, which are linked to the actual values
38 -- by the use of pragma Import.
40 package System
.Scalar_Values
is
42 -- Note: logically this package should be Pure since it can be accessed
43 -- from pure units, but the IS_xxx variables below get set at run time,
44 -- so they have to be library level variables. In fact we only ever
45 -- access this from generated code, and the compiler knows that it is
46 -- OK to access this unit from generated code.
48 type Byte1
is mod 2 ** 8;
49 type Byte2
is mod 2 ** 16;
50 type Byte4
is mod 2 ** 32;
51 type Byte8
is mod 2 ** 64;
53 -- The explicit initializations here are not really required, since these
54 -- variables are always set by System.Scalar_Values.Initialize.
56 IS_Is1
: Byte1
:= 0; -- Initialize 1 byte signed
57 IS_Is2
: Byte2
:= 0; -- Initialize 2 byte signed
58 IS_Is4
: Byte4
:= 0; -- Initialize 4 byte signed
59 IS_Is8
: Byte8
:= 0; -- Initialize 8 byte signed
60 -- For the above cases, the undefined value (set by the binder -Sin switch)
61 -- is the largest negative number (1 followed by all zero bits).
63 IS_Iu1
: Byte1
:= 0; -- Initialize 1 byte unsigned
64 IS_Iu2
: Byte2
:= 0; -- Initialize 2 byte unsigned
65 IS_Iu4
: Byte4
:= 0; -- Initialize 4 byte unsigned
66 IS_Iu8
: Byte8
:= 0; -- Initialize 8 byte unsigned
67 -- For the above cases, the undefined value (set by the binder -Sin switch)
68 -- is the largest unsigned number (all 1 bits).
70 IS_Iz1
: Byte1
:= 0; -- Initialize 1 byte zeroes
71 IS_Iz2
: Byte2
:= 0; -- Initialize 2 byte zeroes
72 IS_Iz4
: Byte4
:= 0; -- Initialize 4 byte zeroes
73 IS_Iz8
: Byte8
:= 0; -- Initialize 8 byte zeroes
74 -- For the above cases, the undefined value (set by the binder -Sin switch)
75 -- is the zero (all 0 bits). This is used when zero is known to be an
78 -- The float definitions are aliased, because we use overlays to set them
80 IS_Isf
: aliased Short_Float := 0.0; -- Initialize short float
81 IS_Ifl
: aliased Float := 0.0; -- Initialize float
82 IS_Ilf
: aliased Long_Float := 0.0; -- Initialize long float
83 IS_Ill
: aliased Long_Long_Float := 0.0; -- Initialize long long float
85 procedure Initialize
(Mode1
: Character; Mode2
: Character);
86 -- This procedure is called from the binder when Initialize_Scalars mode
87 -- is active. The arguments are the two characters from the -S switch,
88 -- with letters forced upper case. So for example if -S5a is given, then
89 -- Mode1 will be '5' and Mode2 will be 'A'. If the parameters are EV,
90 -- then this routine reads the environment variable GNAT_INIT_SCALARS.
91 -- The possible settings are the same as those for the -S switch (except
92 -- for EV), i.e. IN/LO/HO/xx, xx = 2 hex digits. If no -S switch is given
93 -- then the default of IN (invalid values) is passed on the call.
95 end System
.Scalar_Values
;