gcc/ada/sem_mech.ads

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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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  26
  27 --  This package contains the routine used to establish calling mechanisms
  28 --  The reason we separate this off into its own package is that it is
  29 --  entirely possible that it may need some target specific specialization.
  30
  31 with Types; use Types;
  32
  33 package Sem_Mech is
  34
  35    -------------------------------------------------
  36    -- Definitions for Parameter Mechanism Control --
  37    -------------------------------------------------
  38
  39    --  For parameters passed to subprograms, and for function return values,
  40    --  as passing mechanism is defined. The entity attribute Mechanism returns
  41    --  an indication of the mechanism, and Set_Mechanism can be used to set
  42    --  the mechanism. At the program level, there are three ways to explicitly
  43    --  set the mechanism:
  44
  45    --    An Import_xxx or Export_xxx pragma (where xxx is Function, Procedure,
  46    --    or Valued_Procedure) can explicitly set the mechanism for either a
  47    --    parameter or a function return value. A mechanism explicitly set by
  48    --    such a pragma overrides the effect of C_Pass_By_Copy described below.
  49
  50    --    If convention C_Pass_By_Copy is set for a record, and the record type
  51    --    is used as the formal type of a subprogram with a foreign convention,
  52    --    then the mechanism is set to By_Copy.
  53
  54    --    If a pragma C_Pass_By_Copy applies, and a record type has Convention
  55    --    C, and the record type is used as the formal type of a subprogram
  56    --    with a foreign convention, then the mechanism is set to use By_Copy
  57    --    if the size of the record is sufficiently small (as determined by
  58    --    the value of the parameter to pragma C_Pass_By_Copy).
  59
  60    --  The subtype Mechanism_Type (declared in Types) is used to describe
  61    --  the mechanism to be used. The following special values of this type
  62    --  specify the mechanism, as follows.
  63
  64    Default_Mechanism : constant Mechanism_Type := 0;
  65    --  The default setting indicates that the backend will choose the proper
  66    --  default mechanism. This depends on the convention of the subprogram
  67    --  involved, and is generally target dependent. In the compiler, the
  68    --  backend chooses the mechanism in this case in accordance with any
  69    --  requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that Default is never used for
  70    --  record types on foreign convention subprograms, since By_Reference
  71    --  is forced for such types unless one of the above described approaches
  72    --  is used to explicitly force By_Copy.
  73
  74    By_Copy : constant Mechanism_Type := -1;
  75    --  Passing by copy is forced. The exact meaning of By_Copy (e.g. whether
  76    --  at a low level the value is passed in registers, or the value is copied
  77    --  and a pointer is passed), is determined by the backend in accordance
  78    --  with requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that in the extended import
  79    --  and export pragma mechanisms, this is called Value, rather than Copy.
  80
  81    By_Reference : constant Mechanism_Type := -2;
  82    --  Passing by reference is forced. This is always equivalent to passing
  83    --  a simple pointer in the case of subprograms with a foreign convention.
  84    --  For unconstrained arrays passed to foreign convention subprograms, the
  85    --  address of the first element of the array is passed. For convention
  86    --  Ada, the result is logically to pass a reference, but the precise
  87    --  mechanism (e.g. to pass bounds of unconstrained types and other needed
  88    --  special information) is determined by the backend in accordance with
  89    --  requirements imposed by the ABI as interpreted for Ada.
  90
  91    By_Descriptor      : constant Mechanism_Type := -3;
  92    By_Descriptor_UBS  : constant Mechanism_Type := -4;
  93    By_Descriptor_UBSB : constant Mechanism_Type := -5;
  94    By_Descriptor_UBA  : constant Mechanism_Type := -6;
  95    By_Descriptor_S    : constant Mechanism_Type := -7;
  96    By_Descriptor_SB   : constant Mechanism_Type := -8;
  97    By_Descriptor_A    : constant Mechanism_Type := -9;
  98    By_Descriptor_NCA  : constant Mechanism_Type := -10;
  99    --  These values are used only in OpenVMS ports of GNAT. Pass by descriptor
 100    --  is forced, as described in the OpenVMS ABI. The suffix indicates the
 101    --  descriptor type:
 102    --
 103    --     UBS    unaligned bit string
 104    --     UBSB   aligned bit string with arbitrary bounds
 105    --     UBA    unaligned bit array
 106    --     S      string, also a scalar or access type parameter
 107    --     SB     string with arbitrary bounds
 108    --     A      contiguous array
 109    --     NCA    non-contiguous array
 110    --
 111    --  Note: the form with no suffix is used if the Import/Export pragma
 112    --  uses the simple form of the mechanism name where no descriptor
 113    --  type is supplied. In this case the back end assigns a descriptor
 114    --  type based on the Ada type in accordance with the OpenVMS ABI.
 115
 116    subtype Descriptor_Codes is Mechanism_Type
 117      range By_Descriptor_NCA .. By_Descriptor;
 118    --  Subtype including all descriptor mechanisms
 119
 120    --  All the above special values are non-positive. Positive values for
 121    --  Mechanism_Type values have a special meaning. They are used only in
 122    --  the case of records, as a result of the use of the C_Pass_By_Copy
 123    --  pragma, and the meaning is that if the size of the record is known
 124    --  at compile time and does not exceed the mechanism type value, then
 125    --  By_Copy passing is forced, otherwise By_Reference is forced.
 126
 127    ----------------------
 128    -- Global Variables --
 129    ----------------------
 130
 131    Default_C_Record_Mechanism : Mechanism_Type := By_Reference;
 132    --  This value is the default mechanism used for C convention records
 133    --  in foreign-convention subprograms if no mechanism is otherwise
 134    --  specified. This value is modified appropriately by the occurrence
 135    --  of a C_Pass_By_Copy configuration pragma.
 136
 137    -----------------
 138    -- Subprograms --
 139    -----------------
 140
 141    procedure Set_Mechanisms (E : Entity_Id);
 142    --  E is a subprogram or subprogram type that has been frozen, so the
 143    --  convention of the subprogram and all its formal types and result
 144    --  type in the case of a function are established. The function of
 145    --  this call is to set mechanism values for formals and for the
 146    --  function return if they have not already been explicitly set by
 147    --  a use of an extended Import or Export pragma. The idea is to set
 148    --  mechanism values whereever the semantics is dictated by either
 149    --  requirements or implementation advice in the RM, and to leave
 150    --  the mechanism set to Default if there is no requirement, so that
 151    --  the back-end is free to choose the most efficient method.
 152
 153    procedure Set_Mechanism_Value (Ent : Entity_Id; Mech_Name : Node_Id);
 154    --  Mech is a parameter passing mechanism (see Import_Function syntax
 155    --  for MECHANISM_NAME). This routine checks that the mechanism argument
 156    --  has the right form, and if not issues an error message. If the
 157    --  argument has the right form then the Mechanism field of Ent is
 158    --  set appropriately. It also performs some error checks. Note that
 159    --  the mechanism name has not been analyzed (and cannot indeed be
 160    --  analyzed, since it is semantic nonsense), so we get it in the
 161    --  exact form created by the parser.
 162
 163    procedure Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
 164      (Ent  : Entity_Id;
 165       Mech : Mechanism_Type;
 166       Enod : Node_Id);
 167    --  Sets the mechanism of Ent to the given Mech value, after first checking
 168    --  that the request makes sense. If it does not make sense, a warning is
 169    --  posted on node Enod, and the Mechanism of Ent is unchanged.
 170
 171 end Sem_Mech;