gcc/ada/s-valdec.ads

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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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  33
  34 --  This package contains routines for scanning decimal values where the size
  35 --  of the type is no greater than Standard.Integer'Size, for use in Text_IO.
  36 --  Decimal_IO, and the Value attribute for such decimal types.
  37
  38 package System.Val_Dec is
  39 pragma Pure (Val_Dec);
  40
  41    function Scan_Decimal
  42      (Str   : String;
  43       Ptr   : access Integer;
  44       Max   : Integer;
  45       Scale : Integer)
  46       return  Integer;
  47    --  This function scans the string starting at Str (Ptr.all) for a valid
  48    --  real literal according to the syntax described in (RM 3.5(43)). The
  49    --  substring scanned extends no further than Str (Max). There are three
  50    --  cases for the return:
  51    --
  52    --  If a valid real literal is found after scanning past any initial spaces,
  53    --  then Ptr.all is updated past the last character of the literal (but
  54    --  trailing spaces are not scanned out). The value returned is the value
  55    --  Integer'Integer_Value (decimal-literal-value), using the given Scale
  56    --  to determine this value.
  57    --
  58    --  If no valid real literal is found, then Ptr.all points either to an
  59    --  initial non-digit character, or to Max + 1 if the field is all spaces
  60    --  and the exception Constraint_Error is raised.
  61    --
  62    --  If a syntactically valid integer is scanned, but the value is out of
  63    --  range, or, in the based case, the base value is out of range or there
  64    --  is an out of range digit, then Ptr.all points past the integer, and
  65    --  Constraint_Error is raised.
  66    --
  67    --  Note: these rules correspond to the requirements for leaving the
  68    --  pointer positioned in Text_Io.Get
  69    --
  70    --  Note: if Str is null, i.e. if Max is less than Ptr, then this is a
  71    --  special case of an all-blank string, and Ptr is unchanged, and hence
  72    --  is greater than Max as required in this case.
  73
  74    function Value_Decimal (Str : String; Scale : Integer) return Integer;
  75    --  Used in computing X'Value (Str) where X is a decimal types whose size
  76    --  does not exceed Standard.Integer'Size. Str is the string argument of
  77    --  the attribute. Constraint_Error is raised if the string is malformed
  78    --  or if the value is out of range, otherwise the value returned is the
  79    --  value Integer'Integer_Value (decimal-literal-value), using the given
  80    --  Scale to determine this value.
  81
  82 end System.Val_Dec;