1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- I N T E R F A C E S . C . P O I N T E R S --
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13 -- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
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35 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
36 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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42 type Element
is private;
43 type Element_Array
is array (Index
range <>) of aliased Element
;
44 Default_Terminator
: Element
;
46 package Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
is
47 pragma Preelaborate
(Pointers
);
49 type Pointer
is access all Element
;
53 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
58 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
)
61 Pointer_Error
: exception;
63 --------------------------------
64 -- C-style Pointer Arithmetic --
65 --------------------------------
67 function "+" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
68 function "+" (Left
: in ptrdiff_t
; Right
: in Pointer
) return Pointer
;
69 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
70 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in Pointer
) return ptrdiff_t
;
72 procedure Increment
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
73 procedure Decrement
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
75 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "+");
76 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "-");
77 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Increment
);
78 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Decrement
);
80 function Virtual_Length
82 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
85 procedure Copy_Terminated_Array
88 Limit
: in ptrdiff_t
:= ptrdiff_t
'Last;
89 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
);
94 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
);
99 pragma Inline
(Decrement
);
100 pragma Inline
(Increment
);
102 end Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
;