[Ada] Improve error messages for occurrence of GNAT extensions without -gnatX
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26 -- This package contains the routines to output error messages. They are
27 -- basically system independent, however in some environments, e.g. when the
28 -- parser is embedded into an editor, it may be appropriate to replace the
29 -- implementation of this package.
31 with Err_Vars;
32 with Erroutc;
33 with Namet; use Namet;
34 with Table;
35 with Types; use Types;
36 with Uintp; use Uintp;
38 with System;
40 package Errout is
42 Current_Error_Source_File : Source_File_Index
43 renames Err_Vars.Current_Error_Source_File;
44 -- Id of current messages. Used to post file name when unit changes. This
45 -- is initialized to Main_Source_File at the start of a compilation, which
46 -- means that no file names will be output unless there are errors in
47 -- units other than the main unit. However, if the main unit has a pragma
48 -- Source_Reference line, then this is initialized to No_Source_File, to
49 -- force an initial reference to the real source file name.
51 Raise_Exception_On_Error : Nat renames Err_Vars.Raise_Exception_On_Error;
52 -- If this value is non-zero, then any attempt to generate an error
53 -- message raises the exception Error_Msg_Exception, and the error message
54 -- is not output. This is used for defending against junk resulting from
55 -- illegalities, and also for substitution of more appropriate error
56 -- messages from higher semantic levels. It is a counter so that the
57 -- increment/decrement protocol nests neatly.
59 Error_Msg_Exception : exception renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Exception;
60 -- Exception raised if Raise_Exception_On_Error is true
62 Warning_Doc_Switch : Boolean renames Err_Vars.Warning_Doc_Switch;
63 -- If this is set True, then the ??/?*?/?$?/?x?/?.x?/?_x? insertion
64 -- sequences in error messages generate appropriate tags for the output
65 -- error messages. If this switch is False, then these sequences are still
66 -- recognized (for the purposes of implementing the pattern matching in
67 -- pragmas Warnings (Off,..) and Warning_As_Pragma(...) but do not result
68 -- in adding the error message tag. The -gnatw.d switch sets this flag
69 -- True, -gnatw.D sets this flag False.
71 Current_Node : Node_Id := Empty;
72 -- Used by Error_Msg as a default Node_Id.
73 -- Relevant only when Opt.Include_Subprogram_In_Messages is set.
75 -----------------------------------
76 -- Suppression of Error Messages --
77 -----------------------------------
79 -- In an effort to reduce the impact of redundant error messages, the
80 -- error output routines in this package normally suppress certain
81 -- classes of messages as follows:
83 -- 1. Identical messages placed at the same point in the text. Such
84 -- duplicate error message result for example from rescanning
85 -- sections of the text that contain lexical errors. Only one of
86 -- such a set of duplicate messages is output, and the rest are
87 -- suppressed.
89 -- 2. If more than one parser message is generated for a single source
90 -- line, then only the first message is output, the remaining
91 -- messages on the same line are suppressed.
93 -- 3. If a message is posted on a node for which a message has been
94 -- previously posted, then only the first message is retained. The
95 -- Error_Posted flag is used to detect such multiple postings. Note
96 -- that this only applies to semantic messages, since otherwise
97 -- for parser messages, this would be a special case of case 2.
99 -- 4. If a message is posted on a node whose Etype or Entity
100 -- fields reference entities on which an error message has
101 -- already been placed, as indicated by the Error_Posted flag
102 -- being set on these entities, then the message is suppressed.
104 -- 5. If a message attempts to insert an Error node, or a direct
105 -- reference to the Any_Type node, then the message is suppressed.
107 -- 6. Note that cases 2-5 only apply to error messages, not warning
108 -- messages. Warning messages are only suppressed for case 1, and
109 -- when they come from other than the main extended unit.
111 -- 7. If an error or warning references an internal name, and we have
112 -- already placed an error (not warning) message at that location,
113 -- then we assume this is cascaded junk and delete the message.
115 -- This normal suppression action may be overridden in cases 2-5 (but
116 -- not in case 1 or 7) by setting All_Errors mode, or by setting the
117 -- unconditional message insertion character (!) as described below.
119 ---------------------------------------------------------
120 -- Error Message Text and Message Insertion Characters --
121 ---------------------------------------------------------
123 -- Error message text strings are composed of lower case letters, digits
124 -- and the special characters space, comma, period, colon and semicolon,
125 -- apostrophe and parentheses. Special insertion characters can also
126 -- appear which cause the error message circuit to modify the given
127 -- string as follows:
129 -- Insertion character % (Percent: insert name from Names table)
130 -- The character % is replaced by the text for the name specified by
131 -- the Name_Id value stored in Error_Msg_Name_1. A blank precedes the
132 -- name if it is preceded by a non-blank character other than left
133 -- parenthesis. The name is enclosed in quotes unless manual quotation
134 -- mode is set. If the Name_Id is set to No_Name, then no insertion
135 -- occurs; if the Name_Id is set to Error_Name, then the string
136 -- <error> is inserted. A second and third % may appear in a single
137 -- message, similarly replaced by the names which are specified by the
138 -- Name_Id values stored in Error_Msg_Name_2 and Error_Msg_Name_3. The
139 -- names are decoded and cased according to the current identifier
140 -- casing mode. Note: if a unit name ending with %b or %s is passed
141 -- for this kind of insertion, this suffix is simply stripped. Use a
142 -- unit name insertion ($) to process the suffix.
144 -- Note: the special names _xxx (xxx = Pre/Post/Invariant) are changed
145 -- to insert the string xxx'Class into the message.
147 -- Insertion character %% (Double percent: insert literal name)
148 -- The character sequence %% acts as described above for %, except
149 -- that the name is simply obtained with Get_Name_String and is not
150 -- decoded or cased, it is inserted literally from the names table.
151 -- A trailing %b or %s is not treated specially.
153 -- Note: the special names _xxx (xxx = Pre/Post/Invariant) are changed
154 -- to insert the string xxx'Class into the message.
156 -- Insertion character $ (Dollar: insert unit name from Names table)
157 -- The character $ is treated similarly to %, except that the name is
158 -- obtained from the Unit_Name_Type value in Error_Msg_Unit_1 and
159 -- Error_Msg_Unit_2, as provided by Get_Unit_Name_String in package
160 -- Uname. Note that this name includes the postfix (spec) or (body)
161 -- strings. If this postfix is not required, use the normal % insertion
162 -- for the unit name.
164 -- Insertion character { (Left brace: insert file name from names table)
165 -- The character { is treated similarly to %, except that the input
166 -- value is a File_Name_Type value stored in Error_Msg_File_1 or
167 -- Error_Msg_File_2 or Error_Msg_File_3. The value is output literally,
168 -- enclosed in quotes as for %, but the case is not modified, the
169 -- insertion is the exact string stored in the names table without
170 -- adjusting the casing.
172 -- Insertion character * (Asterisk: insert reserved word name)
173 -- The insertion character * is treated exactly like % except that the
174 -- resulting name is cased according to the default conventions for
175 -- reserved words (see package Scans).
177 -- Insertion character & (Ampersand: insert name from node)
178 -- The insertion character & is treated similarly to %, except that
179 -- the name is taken from the Chars field of the given node, and may
180 -- refer to a child unit name, or a selected component. The casing is,
181 -- if possible, taken from the original source reference, which is
182 -- obtained from the Sloc field of the given node or nodes. If no Sloc
183 -- is available (happens e.g. for nodes in package Standard), then the
184 -- default case (see Scans spec) is used. The nodes to be used are
185 -- stored in Error_Msg_Node_1, Error_Msg_Node_2. No insertion occurs
186 -- for the Empty node, and the Error node results in the insertion of
187 -- the characters <error>. In addition, if the special global variable
188 -- Error_Msg_Qual_Level is non-zero, then the reference will include
189 -- up to the given number of levels of qualification, using the scope
190 -- chain.
192 -- Note: the special names _xxx (xxx = Pre/Post/Invariant) are changed
193 -- to insert the string xxx'Class into the message.
195 -- Insertion character # (Pound: insert line number reference)
196 -- The character # is replaced by the string indicating the source
197 -- position stored in Error_Msg_Sloc. There are three cases:
199 -- for package Standard: in package Standard
200 -- for locations in current file: at line nnn:ccc
201 -- for locations in other files: at filename:nnn:ccc
203 -- By convention, the # insertion character is only used at the end of
204 -- an error message, so the above strings only appear as the last
205 -- characters of an error message. The only exceptions to this rule
206 -- are that an RM reference may follow in the form (RM .....) and a
207 -- right parenthesis may immediately follow the #. In the case of
208 -- continued messages, # can only appear at the end of a group of
209 -- continuation messages, except that \\ messages which always start
210 -- a new line end the sequence from the point of view of this rule.
211 -- The idea is that for any use of -gnatj, it will still be the case
212 -- that a location reference appears only at the end of a line.
214 -- Note: the output of the string "at " is suppressed if the string
215 -- " from" or " from " immediately precedes the insertion character #.
216 -- Certain messages read better with from than at.
218 -- Insertion character } (Right brace: insert type reference)
219 -- The character } is replaced by a string describing the type
220 -- referenced by the entity whose Id is stored in Error_Msg_Node_1.
221 -- The string gives the name or description of the type, and also
222 -- where appropriate the location of its declaration. Special cases
223 -- like "some integer type" are handled appropriately. Only one } is
224 -- allowed in a message, since there is not enough room for two (the
225 -- insertion can be quite long, including a file name). In addition, if
226 -- the special global variable Error_Msg_Qual_Level is non-zero, then
227 -- the reference will include up to the given number of levels of
228 -- qualification, using the scope chain.
230 -- Insertion character @ (At: insert column number reference)
231 -- The character @ is replaced by null if the RM_Column_Check mode is
232 -- off (False). If the switch is on (True), then @ is replaced by the
233 -- text string " in column nnn" where nnn is the decimal
234 -- representation of the column number stored in Error_Msg_Col plus
235 -- one (the plus one is because the number is stored 0-origin and
236 -- displayed 1-origin).
238 -- Insertion character ^ (Caret: insert integer value)
239 -- The character ^ is replaced by the decimal conversion of the Uint
240 -- value stored in Error_Msg_Uint_1, with a possible leading minus.
241 -- A second ^ may occur in the message, in which case it is replaced
242 -- by the decimal conversion of the Uint value in Error_Msg_Uint_2.
244 -- Insertion character > (Greater Than: run time name)
245 -- The character > is replaced by a string of the form (name) if
246 -- Targparm scanned out a Run_Time_Name (see package Targparm for
247 -- details). The name is enclosed in parentheses and output in mixed
248 -- case mode (upper case after any space in the name). If no run time
249 -- name is defined, this insertion character has no effect.
251 -- Insertion character ! (Exclamation: unconditional message)
252 -- The character ! appearing anywhere in the text of a message makes
253 -- the message unconditional which means that it is output even if it
254 -- would normally be suppressed. See section above for a description
255 -- of the cases in which messages are normally suppressed. Note that
256 -- in the case of warnings, the meaning is that the warning should not
257 -- be removed in dead code (that's the only time that the use of !
258 -- has any effect for a warning).
260 -- Note: the presence of ! is ignored in continuation messages (i.e.
261 -- messages starting with the \ insertion character). The effect of the
262 -- use of ! in a parent message automatically applies to all of its
263 -- continuation messages (since we clearly don't want any case in which
264 -- continuations are separated from the main message). It is allowable
265 -- to put ! in continuation messages, and the usual style is to include
266 -- it, since it makes it clear that the continuation is part of an
267 -- unconditional message.
269 -- Insertion character !! (Double exclamation: unconditional warning)
270 -- Normally warning messages issued in other than the main unit are
271 -- suppressed. If the message contains !! then this suppression is
272 -- avoided. This is currently used by the Compile_Time_Warning pragma
273 -- to ensure the message for a with'ed unit is output, and for warnings
274 -- on ineffective back-end inlining, which is detected in units that
275 -- contain subprograms to be inlined in the main program.
277 -- Insertion character ? (Question: warning message -- OBSOLETE)
278 -- The character ? appearing anywhere in a message makes the message
279 -- warning instead of a normal error message, and the text of the
280 -- message will be preceded by "warning:" in the normal case. The
281 -- handling of warnings is further controlled by the Warning_Mode
282 -- option (-w switch), see package Opt for further details, and also by
283 -- the current setting from pragma Warnings. This pragma applies only
284 -- to warnings issued from the semantic phase (not the parser), but
285 -- currently all relevant warnings are posted by the semantic phase
286 -- anyway. Messages starting with (style) are also treated as warning
287 -- messages.
289 -- Note: when a warning message is output, the text of the message is
290 -- preceded by "warning: " in the normal case. An exception to this
291 -- rule occurs when the text of the message starts with "info: " in
292 -- which case this string is not prepended. This allows callers to
293 -- label certain warnings as informational messages, rather than as
294 -- warning messages requiring some action.
296 -- Note: the presence of ? is ignored in continuation messages (i.e.
297 -- messages starting with the \ insertion character). The warning
298 -- status of continuations is determined only by the parent message
299 -- which is being continued. It is allowable to put ? in continuation
300 -- messages, and the usual style is to include it, since it makes it
301 -- clear that the continuation is part of a warning message, but it is
302 -- not necessary to go through any computational effort to include it.
304 -- Note: this usage is obsolete; use ?? ?*? ?$? ?x? ?.x? ?_x? to
305 -- specify the string to be added when Warn_Doc_Switch is set to True.
306 -- If this switch is True, then for simple ? messages it has no effect.
307 -- This simple form is to ease transition and may be removed later
308 -- except for GNATprove-specific messages (info and warnings) which are
309 -- not subject to the same GNAT warning switches.
311 -- Insertion character ?? (Two question marks: default warning)
312 -- Like ?, but if the flag Warn_Doc_Switch is True, adds the string
313 -- "[enabled by default]" at the end of the warning message. For
314 -- continuations, use this in each continuation message.
316 -- Insertion character ?x? ?.x? ?_x? (warning with switch)
317 -- Like ?, but if the flag Warn_Doc_Switch is True, adds the string
318 -- "[-gnatwx]", "[-gnatw.x]", or "[-gnatw_x]", at the end of the
319 -- warning message. x must be lower case. For continuations, use this
320 -- on each continuation message.
322 -- Insertion character ?*? (restriction warning)
323 -- Like ?, but if the flag Warn_Doc_Switch is True, adds the string
324 -- "[restriction warning]" at the end of the warning message. For
325 -- continuations, use this on each continuation message.
327 -- Insertion character ?$? (elaboration informational messages)
328 -- Like ?, but if the flag Warn_Doc_Switch is True, adds the string
329 -- "[-gnatel]" at the end of the info message. This is used for the
330 -- messages generated by the switch -gnatel. For continuations, use
331 -- this on each continuation message.
333 -- Insertion character < (Less Than: conditional warning message)
334 -- The character < appearing anywhere in a message is used for a
335 -- conditional error message. If Error_Msg_Warn is True, then the
336 -- effect is the same as ? described above, and in particular << <x<
337 -- <$< <*< have the effect of ?? ?x? ?$? ?*? respectively. If
338 -- Error_Msg_Warn is False, then the < << or <X< sequence is ignored
339 -- and the message is treated as a error rather than a warning.
341 -- Insertion character A-Z (Upper case letter: Ada reserved word)
342 -- If two or more upper case letters appear in the message, they are
343 -- taken as an Ada reserved word, and are converted to the default
344 -- case for reserved words (see Scans package spec). Surrounding
345 -- quotes are added unless manual quotation mode is currently set.
346 -- RM and SPARK are special exceptions, they are never treated as
347 -- keywords, and just appear verbatim, with no surrounding quotes.
348 -- As a special case, 'R'M is used instead of RM (which is not treated
349 -- as a keyword) to indicate when the reference to the RM is possibly
350 -- not useful anymore, and could possibly be replaced by a comment
351 -- in the source.
353 -- Insertion character ` (Backquote: set manual quotation mode)
354 -- The backquote character always appears in pairs. Each backquote of
355 -- the pair is replaced by a double quote character. In addition, any
356 -- reserved keywords, or name insertions between these backquotes are
357 -- not surrounded by the usual automatic double quotes. See the
358 -- section below on manual quotation mode for further details.
360 -- Insertion character ' (Quote: literal character)
361 -- Precedes a character which is placed literally into the message.
362 -- Used to insert characters into messages that are one of the
363 -- insertion characters defined here. Also used for insertion of
364 -- upper case letter sequences not to be treated as keywords.
366 -- Insertion character \ (Backslash: continuation message)
367 -- Indicates that the message is a continuation of a message
368 -- previously posted. This is used to ensure that such groups of
369 -- messages are treated as a unit. The \ character must be the first
370 -- character of the message text.
372 -- Insertion character \\ (Two backslashes: continuation with new line)
373 -- This differs from \ only in -gnatjnn mode (Error_Message_Line_Length
374 -- set non-zero). This sequence forces a new line to start even when
375 -- continuations are being gathered into a single message.
377 -- Insertion character | (Vertical bar: non-serious error)
378 -- By default, error messages (but not warning messages) are considered
379 -- to be fatal error messages, which prevent expansion and generation
380 -- of code. If the insertion character | appears, the message is
381 -- considered to be nonserious, and Serious_Errors_Detected is not
382 -- incremented, so expansion is not prevented by such a msg. This
383 -- insertion character is ignored in continuation messages.
385 -- Insertion character ~ (Tilde: insert string)
386 -- Indicates that Error_Msg_String (1 .. Error_Msg_Strlen) is to be
387 -- inserted to replace the ~ character. The string is inserted in the
388 -- literal form it appears, without any action on special characters.
390 -- Insertion character [ (Left bracket: will/would be raised at run time)
391 -- This is used in messages about exceptions being raised at run-time.
392 -- If the current message is a warning message, then if the code is
393 -- executed, the exception will be raised, and [ inserts:
395 -- will be raised at run time
397 -- If the current message is an error message, then it is an error
398 -- because the exception would have been raised and [ inserts:
400 -- would have been raised at run time
402 -- Typically the message contains a < insertion which means that the
403 -- message is a warning or error depending on Error_Msg_Warn. This is
404 -- most typically used in the context of messages which are normally
405 -- warnings, but are errors in GNATprove mode, corresponding to the
406 -- permission in the definition of SPARK that allows an implementation
407 -- to reject a program as illegal if a situation arises in which the
408 -- compiler can determine that it is certain that a run-time check
409 -- would have fail if the statement was executed.
411 -- Insertion character ] (Right bracket: may/might be raised at run time)
412 -- This is like [ except that the insertion messages say may/might,
413 -- instead of will/would.
415 -- Insertion sequence "(style)" (style message)
416 -- This appears only at the start of the message (and not any of its
417 -- continuations, if any), and indicates that the message is a style
418 -- message. Style messages are also considered to be warnings, but
419 -- they do not get a tag.
421 -- Insertion sequence "info: " (informational message)
422 -- This appears only at the start of the message (and not any of its
423 -- continuations, if any), and indicates that the message is an info
424 -- message. The message will be output with this prefix, and if there
425 -- are continuations that are not printed using the -gnatj switch they
426 -- will also have this prefix. Informational messages are usually also
427 -- warnings, but they don't have to be.
429 -- Insertion sequence "low: " or "medium: " or "high: " (check message)
430 -- This appears only at the start of the message (and not any of its
431 -- continuations, if any), and indicates that the message is a check
432 -- message. The message will be output with this prefix. Check
433 -- messages are not fatal (so are like info messages in that respect)
434 -- and are not controlled by pragma Warnings.
436 -----------------------------------------------------
437 -- Global Values Used for Error Message Insertions --
438 -----------------------------------------------------
440 -- The following global variables are essentially additional parameters
441 -- passed to the error message routine for insertion sequences described
442 -- above. The reason these are passed globally is that the insertion
443 -- mechanism is essentially an untyped one in which the appropriate
444 -- variables are set depending on the specific insertion characters used.
446 -- Note that is mandatory that the caller ensure that global variables
447 -- are set before the Error_Msg call, otherwise the result is undefined.
449 -- Also note that calls to Error_Msg and its variants destroy the value of
450 -- these global variables, as a way to support the inclusion of multiple
451 -- insertion characters of the same type. For example, support for
452 -- multiple characters % for a name in the message (up to 3) is
453 -- implemented by unconditionally shifting the value for Error_Msg_Nam_2
454 -- to Error_Msg_Nam_1 and from Error_Msg_Nam_3 to Error_Msg_Nam_2 after
455 -- dealing with insertion character %. The caller should ensure that all
456 -- global variables are restored if needed prior to calling Error_Msg.
458 Error_Msg_Col : Column_Number renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Col;
459 -- Column for @ insertion character in message
461 Error_Msg_Uint_1 : Uint renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Uint_1;
462 Error_Msg_Uint_2 : Uint renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Uint_2;
463 -- Uint values for ^ insertion characters in message
465 Error_Msg_Sloc : Source_Ptr renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Sloc;
466 -- Source location for # insertion character in message
468 Error_Msg_Name_1 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_1;
469 Error_Msg_Name_2 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_2;
470 Error_Msg_Name_3 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_3;
471 Error_Msg_Name_4 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_4;
472 Error_Msg_Name_5 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_5;
473 Error_Msg_Name_6 : Name_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Name_6;
474 -- Name_Id values for % insertion characters in message
476 Error_Msg_File_1 : File_Name_Type renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_File_1;
477 Error_Msg_File_2 : File_Name_Type renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_File_2;
478 Error_Msg_File_3 : File_Name_Type renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_File_3;
479 -- File_Name_Type values for { insertion characters in message
481 Error_Msg_Unit_1 : Unit_Name_Type renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Unit_1;
482 Error_Msg_Unit_2 : Unit_Name_Type renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Unit_2;
483 -- Unit_Name_Type values for $ insertion characters in message
485 Error_Msg_Node_1 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_1;
486 Error_Msg_Node_2 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_2;
487 Error_Msg_Node_3 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_3;
488 Error_Msg_Node_4 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_4;
489 Error_Msg_Node_5 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_5;
490 Error_Msg_Node_6 : Node_Id renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Node_6;
491 -- Node_Id values for & insertion characters in message
493 Error_Msg_Qual_Level : Nat renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Qual_Level;
494 -- Number of levels of qualification required for type name (see the
495 -- description of the } insertion character). Note that this value does
496 -- not get reset by any Error_Msg call, so the caller is responsible
497 -- for resetting it.
499 Error_Msg_Warn : Boolean renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Warn;
500 -- Used if current message contains a < insertion character to indicate
501 -- if the current message is a warning message. Must be set appropriately
502 -- before any call to Error_Msg_xxx with a < insertion character present.
503 -- Setting is irrelevant if no < insertion character is present.
505 Error_Msg_String : String renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_String;
506 Error_Msg_Strlen : Natural renames Err_Vars.Error_Msg_Strlen;
507 -- Used if current message contains a ~ insertion character to indicate
508 -- insertion of the string Error_Msg_String (1 .. Error_Msg_Strlen).
510 -----------------------------------------------------
511 -- Format of Messages and Manual Quotation Control --
512 -----------------------------------------------------
514 -- Messages are generally all in lower case, except for inserted names
515 -- and appear in one of the following three forms:
517 -- error: text
518 -- warning: text
520 -- The prefixes error and warning are supplied automatically (depending
521 -- on the use of the ? insertion character), and the call to the error
522 -- message routine supplies the text. The "error: " prefix is omitted
523 -- if -gnatd_U is among the options given to gnat.
525 -- Reserved Ada keywords in the message are in the default keyword case
526 -- (determined from the given source program), surrounded by quotation
527 -- marks. This is achieved by spelling the reserved word in upper case
528 -- letters, which is recognized as a request for insertion of quotation
529 -- marks by the error text processor. Thus for example:
531 -- Error_Msg_AP ("IS expected");
533 -- would result in the output of one of the following:
535 -- error: "is" expected
536 -- error: "IS" expected
537 -- error: "Is" expected
539 -- the choice between these being made by looking at the casing convention
540 -- used for keywords (actually the first compilation unit keyword) in the
541 -- source file.
543 -- Note: a special exception is that RM is never treated as a keyword
544 -- but instead is copied literally into the message, this avoids the
545 -- need for writing 'R'M for all reference manual quotes. A similar
546 -- exception is applied to the occurrence of the string SPARK used in
547 -- error messages about the SPARK subset of Ada.
549 -- In the case of names, the default mode for the error text processor
550 -- is to surround the name by quotation marks automatically. The case
551 -- used for the identifier names is taken from the source program where
552 -- possible, and otherwise is the default casing convention taken from
553 -- the source file usage.
555 -- In some cases, better control over the placement of quote marks is
556 -- required. This is achieved using manual quotation mode. In this mode,
557 -- one or more insertion sequences is surrounded by backquote characters.
558 -- The backquote characters are output as double quote marks, and normal
559 -- automatic insertion of quotes is suppressed between the double quotes.
560 -- For example:
562 -- Error_Msg_AP ("`END &;` expected");
564 -- generates a message like
566 -- error: "end Open_Scope;" expected
568 -- where the node specifying the name Open_Scope has been stored in
569 -- Error_Msg_Node_1 prior to the call. The great majority of error
570 -- messages operates in normal quotation mode.
572 -- Note: the normal automatic insertion of spaces before insertion
573 -- sequences (such as those that come from & and %) is suppressed in
574 -- manual quotation mode, so blanks, if needed as in the above example,
575 -- must be explicitly present.
577 ----------------------------
578 -- Message ID Definitions --
579 ----------------------------
581 subtype Error_Msg_Id is Erroutc.Error_Msg_Id;
582 function "=" (Left, Right : Error_Msg_Id) return Boolean
583 renames Erroutc."=";
584 -- A type used to represent specific error messages. Used by the clients
585 -- of this package only in the context of the Get_Error_Id and
586 -- Change_Error_Text subprograms.
588 No_Error_Msg : constant Error_Msg_Id := Erroutc.No_Error_Msg;
589 -- A constant which is different from any value returned by Get_Error_Id.
590 -- Typically used by a client to indicate absense of a saved Id value.
592 Warning_Msg : Error_Msg_Id := No_Error_Msg;
593 -- This is set if a warning message is generated to the ID of the resulting
594 -- message. Continuation messages have no effect. It is legitimate for the
595 -- client to set this to No_Error_Msg and then test it to see if a warning
596 -- message has been issued.
598 procedure Delete_Warning_And_Continuations (Msg : Error_Msg_Id);
599 -- Deletes the given warning message and all its continuations. This is
600 -- typically used in conjunction with reading the value of Warning_Msg.
602 function Get_Msg_Id return Error_Msg_Id renames Erroutc.Get_Msg_Id;
603 -- Returns the Id of the message most recently posted using one of the
604 -- Error_Msg routines.
606 function Get_Location (E : Error_Msg_Id) return Source_Ptr
607 renames Erroutc.Get_Location;
608 -- Returns the flag location of the error message with the given id E
610 ------------------------
611 -- List Pragmas Table --
612 ------------------------
614 -- When a pragma Page or pragma List is encountered by the parser, an
615 -- entry is made in the following table. This table is then used to
616 -- control the full listing if one is being generated. Note that the
617 -- reason we do the processing in the parser is so that we get proper
618 -- listing control even in syntax check only mode.
620 type List_Pragma_Type is (List_On, List_Off, Page);
622 type List_Pragma_Record is record
623 Ptyp : List_Pragma_Type;
624 Ploc : Source_Ptr;
625 end record;
627 -- Note: Ploc points to the terminating semicolon in the List_Off and Page
628 -- cases, and to the pragma keyword for List_On. In the case of a pragma
629 -- List_Off, a List_On entry is also made in the table, pointing to the
630 -- pragma keyword. This ensures that, as required, a List (Off) pragma is
631 -- listed even in list off mode.
633 package List_Pragmas is new Table.Table (
634 Table_Component_Type => List_Pragma_Record,
635 Table_Index_Type => Int,
636 Table_Low_Bound => 1,
637 Table_Initial => 50,
638 Table_Increment => 200,
639 Table_Name => "List_Pragmas");
641 ---------------------------
642 -- Ignore_Errors Feature --
643 ---------------------------
645 -- In certain cases, notably for optional subunits, the compiler operates
646 -- in a mode where errors are to be ignored, and the whole unit is to be
647 -- considered as not present. To implement this we provide the following
648 -- flag to enable special handling, where error messages are suppressed,
649 -- but the Fatal_Error flag will still be set in the normal manner.
651 Ignore_Errors_Enable : Nat := 0;
652 -- Triggering switch. If non-zero, then ignore errors mode is activated.
653 -- This is a counter to allow convenient nesting of enable/disable.
655 -----------------------
656 -- CODEFIX Facility --
657 -----------------------
659 -- The GNAT Studio and GNATBench IDE's have a codefix facility that allows
660 -- for automatic correction of a subset of the errors and warnings issued
661 -- by the compiler. This is done by recognizing the text of specific
662 -- messages using appropriate matching patterns.
664 -- The text of such messages should not be altered without coordinating
665 -- with the codefix code. All such messages are marked by a specific
666 -- style of comments, as shown by the following example:
668 -- Error_Msg_N -- CODEFIX
669 -- (parameters ....)
671 -- Any message marked with this -- CODEFIX comment should not be modified
672 -- without appropriate coordination.
674 ------------------------------
675 -- Error Output Subprograms --
676 ------------------------------
678 procedure Initialize;
679 -- Initializes for output of error messages. Must be called for each
680 -- source file before using any of the other routines in the package.
682 procedure Finalize (Last_Call : Boolean);
683 -- Finalize processing of error message list. Includes processing for
684 -- duplicated error messages, and other similar final adjustment of the
685 -- list of error messages. Note that this procedure must be called before
686 -- calling Compilation_Errors to determine if there were any errors. It
687 -- is perfectly fine to call Finalize more than once, providing that the
688 -- parameter Last_Call is set False for every call except the last call.
690 -- This multiple call capability is used to do some processing that may
691 -- generate messages. Call Finalize to eliminate duplicates and remove
692 -- deleted warnings. Test for compilation errors using Compilation_Errors,
693 -- then generate some more errors/warnings, call Finalize again to make
694 -- sure that all duplicates in these new messages are dealt with, then
695 -- finally call Output_Messages to output the final list of messages. The
696 -- argument Last_Call must be set False on all calls except the last call,
697 -- and must be set True on the last call (a value of True activates some
698 -- processing that must only be done after all messages are posted).
700 procedure Output_Messages;
701 -- Output list of messages, including messages giving number of detected
702 -- errors and warnings.
704 procedure Error_Msg
705 (Msg : String; Flag_Location : Source_Ptr);
706 procedure Error_Msg
707 (Msg : String; Flag_Span : Source_Span);
708 procedure Error_Msg
709 (Msg : String; Flag_Location : Source_Ptr; N : Node_Id);
710 procedure Error_Msg
711 (Msg : String; Flag_Span : Source_Span; N : Node_Id);
712 -- Output a message at specified location. Can be called from the parser
713 -- or the semantic analyzer. If N is set, points to the relevant node for
714 -- this message. The version with a span is preferred whenever possible,
715 -- in other cases the version with a location can still be used.
717 procedure Error_Msg
718 (Msg : String;
719 Flag_Location : Source_Ptr;
720 Is_Compile_Time_Pragma : Boolean);
721 -- Same as Error_Msg (String, Source_Ptr) except Is_Compile_Time_Pragma
722 -- lets the caller specify whether this is a Compile_Time_Warning or
723 -- Compile_Time_Error pragma.
725 procedure Error_Msg_S (Msg : String);
726 -- Output a message at current scan pointer location. This routine can be
727 -- called only from the parser, since it references Scan_Ptr.
729 procedure Error_Msg_AP (Msg : String);
730 -- Output a message just after the previous token. This routine can be
731 -- called only from the parser, since it references Prev_Token_Ptr.
733 procedure Error_Msg_BC (Msg : String);
734 -- Output a message just before the current token. Note that the important
735 -- difference between this and the previous routine is that the BC case
736 -- posts a flag on the current line, whereas AP can post a flag at the
737 -- end of the preceding line. This routine can be called only from the
738 -- parser, since it references Token_Ptr.
740 procedure Error_Msg_SC (Msg : String);
741 -- Output a message at the start of the current token, unless we are at
742 -- the end of file, in which case we always output the message after the
743 -- last real token in the file. This routine can be called only from the
744 -- parser, since it references Token_Ptr.
746 procedure Error_Msg_SP (Msg : String);
747 -- Output a message at the start of the previous token. This routine can
748 -- be called only from the parser, since it references Prev_Token_Ptr.
750 procedure Error_Msg_N (Msg : String; N : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
751 -- Output a message at the Sloc of the given node. This routine can be
752 -- called from the parser or the semantic analyzer, although the call from
753 -- the latter is much more common (and is the most usual way of generating
754 -- error messages from the analyzer). The message text may contain a
755 -- single & insertion, which will reference the given node. The message is
756 -- suppressed if the node N already has a message posted, or if it is a
757 -- warning and N is an entity node for which warnings are suppressed.
759 -- WARNING: There is a matching C declaration of this subprogram in fe.h
761 procedure Error_Msg_F (Msg : String; N : Node_Id);
762 -- Similar to Error_Msg_N except that the message is placed on the first
763 -- node of the construct N (First_Node (N)). Note that this procedure uses
764 -- Original_Node to look at the original source tree, since that's what we
765 -- want for placing an error message flag in the right place.
767 procedure Error_Msg_NE
768 (Msg : String;
769 N : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
770 E : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
771 -- Output a message at the Sloc of the given node N, with an insertion of
772 -- the name from the given entity node E. This is used by the semantic
773 -- routines, where this is a common error message situation. The Msg text
774 -- will contain a & or } as usual to mark the insertion point. This
775 -- routine can be called from the parser or the analyzer.
777 -- WARNING: There is a matching C declaration of this subprogram in fe.h
779 procedure Error_Msg_FE
780 (Msg : String;
781 N : Node_Id;
782 E : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
783 -- Same as Error_Msg_NE, except that the message is placed on the first
784 -- node of the construct N (First_Node (N)).
786 procedure Error_Msg_NEL
787 (Msg : String;
788 N : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
789 E : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
790 Flag_Location : Source_Ptr);
791 procedure Error_Msg_NEL
792 (Msg : String;
793 N : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
794 E : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
795 Flag_Span : Source_Span);
796 -- Exactly the same as Error_Msg_NE, except that the flag is placed at
797 -- the specified Flag_Location/Flag_Span instead of at Sloc (N).
799 procedure Error_Msg_NW
800 (Eflag : Boolean;
801 Msg : String;
802 N : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
803 -- This routine is used for posting a message conditionally. The message
804 -- is posted (with the same effect as Error_Msg_N (Msg, N) if and only
805 -- if Eflag is True and if the node N is within the main extended source
806 -- unit and comes from source. Typically this is a warning mode flag.
807 -- This routine can only be called during semantic analysis. It may not
808 -- be called during parsing.
810 procedure Change_Error_Text (Error_Id : Error_Msg_Id; New_Msg : String);
811 -- The error message text of the message identified by Id is replaced by
812 -- the given text. This text may contain insertion characters in the
813 -- usual manner, and need not be the same length as the original text.
815 procedure First_And_Last_Nodes
816 (C : Node_Id;
817 First_Node, Last_Node : out Node_Id);
818 -- Given a construct C, finds the first and last node in the construct,
819 -- i.e. the ones with the lowest and highest Sloc value. This is useful in
820 -- placing error msgs. Note that this procedure uses Original_Node to look
821 -- at the original source tree, since that's what we want for placing an
822 -- error message flag in the right place.
824 function First_Node (C : Node_Id) return Node_Id;
825 -- Return the first output of First_And_Last_Nodes
827 function First_Sloc (N : Node_Id) return Source_Ptr;
828 -- Given the node for an expression, return a source pointer value that
829 -- points to the start of the first token in the expression. In the case
830 -- where the expression is parenthesized, an attempt is made to include
831 -- the parentheses (i.e. to return the location of the initial paren).
833 function Get_Ignore_Errors return Boolean;
834 -- Return True if all error calls are ignored.
836 function Last_Node (C : Node_Id) return Node_Id;
837 -- Return the last output of First_And_Last_Nodes
839 function Last_Sloc (N : Node_Id) return Source_Ptr;
840 -- Given the node for an expression, return a source pointer value that
841 -- points to the end of the last token in the expression. In the case
842 -- where the expression is parenthesized, an attempt is made to include
843 -- the parentheses (i.e. to return the location of the final paren).
845 procedure Purge_Messages (From : Source_Ptr; To : Source_Ptr)
846 renames Erroutc.Purge_Messages;
847 -- All error messages whose location is in the range From .. To (not
848 -- including the end points) will be deleted from the error listing.
850 procedure Remove_Warning_Messages (N : Node_Id);
851 -- Remove any warning messages corresponding to the Sloc of N or any
852 -- of its descendant nodes. No effect if no such warnings. Note that
853 -- style messages (identified by the fact that they start with "(style)")
854 -- are not removed by this call. Basically the idea behind this procedure
855 -- is to remove warnings about execution conditions from known dead code.
857 procedure Remove_Warning_Messages (L : List_Id);
858 -- Remove warnings on all elements of a list (Calls Remove_Warning_Messages
859 -- on each element of the list, see above).
861 procedure Reset_Warnings;
862 -- Reset the counts related to warnings. This is used both to initialize
863 -- these counts and to reset them after each phase of analysis for a given
864 -- value of Opt.Warning_Mode in gnat2why.
866 procedure Set_Ignore_Errors (To : Boolean);
867 -- Following a call to this procedure with To=True, all error calls are
868 -- ignored. A call with To=False restores the default treatment in which
869 -- error calls are treated as usual (and as described in this spec).
871 procedure Set_Warnings_Mode_Off (Loc : Source_Ptr; Reason : String_Id)
872 renames Erroutc.Set_Warnings_Mode_Off;
873 -- Called in response to a pragma Warnings (Off) to record the source
874 -- location from which warnings are to be turned off. Reason is the
875 -- Reason from the pragma, or the null string if none is given.
877 procedure Set_Warnings_Mode_On (Loc : Source_Ptr)
878 renames Erroutc.Set_Warnings_Mode_On;
879 -- Called in response to a pragma Warnings (On) to record the source
880 -- location from which warnings are to be turned back on.
882 procedure Set_Specific_Warning_Off
883 (Loc : Source_Ptr;
884 Msg : String;
885 Reason : String_Id;
886 Config : Boolean;
887 Used : Boolean := False)
888 renames Erroutc.Set_Specific_Warning_Off;
889 -- This is called in response to the two argument form of pragma Warnings
890 -- where the first argument is OFF, and the second argument is a string
891 -- which identifies a specific warning to be suppressed. The first argument
892 -- is the start of the suppression range, and the second argument is the
893 -- string from the pragma. Loc is the location of the pragma (which is the
894 -- start of the range to suppress). Reason is the reason string from the
895 -- pragma, or the null string if no reason is given. Config is True for the
896 -- configuration pragma case (where there is no requirement for a matching
897 -- OFF pragma). Used is set True to disable the check that the warning
898 -- actually has the effect of suppressing a warning.
900 procedure Set_Specific_Warning_On
901 (Loc : Source_Ptr;
902 Msg : String;
903 Err : out Boolean)
904 renames Erroutc.Set_Specific_Warning_On;
905 -- This is called in response to the two argument form of pragma Warnings
906 -- where the first argument is ON, and the second argument is the prefix
907 -- of a specific warning to be suppressed. The first argument is the end
908 -- of the suppression range, and the second argument is the string from
909 -- the pragma. Err is set to True on return to report the error of no
910 -- matching Warnings Off pragma preceding this one.
912 function Compilation_Errors return Boolean;
913 -- Returns True if errors have been detected, or warnings in -gnatwe (treat
914 -- warnings as errors) mode. Note that it is mandatory to call Finalize
915 -- before calling this routine. To account for changes to Warning_Mode in
916 -- gnat2why between phases, the past or current presence of an error is
917 -- recorded in a global variable at each call.
919 procedure Error_Msg_CRT (Feature : String; N : Node_Id);
920 -- Posts a non-fatal message on node N saying that the feature identified
921 -- by the Feature argument is not supported in either configurable
922 -- run-time mode or no run-time mode (as appropriate). In the former case,
923 -- the name of the library is output if available.
925 procedure Error_Msg_PT (E : Entity_Id; Iface_Prim : Entity_Id);
926 -- Posts an error on protected type entry or subprogram E (referencing its
927 -- overridden interface primitive Iface_Prim) indicating wrong mode of the
928 -- first formal (RM 9.4(11.9/3)).
930 procedure Error_Msg_Ada_2005_Extension (Extension : String);
931 -- Analogous to Error_Msg_Ada_2012_Feature, but phrase the message using
932 -- "extension" and not "feature". This routine is only used in the parser,
933 -- so the error is always placed at the Token_Ptr.
935 procedure Error_Msg_Ada_2012_Feature (Feature : String; Loc : Source_Ptr);
936 -- If not operating in Ada 2012 mode or higher, posts errors complaining
937 -- that Feature is only supported in Ada 2012, with appropriate suggestions
938 -- to fix this. Loc is the location at which the flag is to be posted.
939 -- Feature, which appears at the start of the first generated message, may
940 -- contain error message insertion characters in the normal manner, and in
941 -- particular may start with | to flag a non-serious error.
943 procedure Error_Msg_Ada_2022_Feature (Feature : String; Loc : Source_Ptr);
944 -- Analogous to Error_Msg_Ada_2012_Feature, for Ada 2022
946 procedure Error_Msg_GNAT_Extension (Extension : String; Loc : Source_Ptr);
947 -- If not operating with extensions allowed, posts errors complaining
948 -- that Extension is only supported when the -gnatX switch is enabled
949 -- or pragma Extensions_Allowed (On) is used. Loc indicates the source
950 -- location of the extension construct.
952 procedure dmsg (Id : Error_Msg_Id) renames Erroutc.dmsg;
953 -- Debugging routine to dump an error message
955 ------------------------------------
956 -- SPARK Error Output Subprograms --
957 ------------------------------------
959 -- The following routines are intended to report semantic errors in SPARK
960 -- constructs subject to aspect/pragma SPARK_Mode. Note that syntax errors
961 -- must be reported using the Error_Msg_XXX routines. This allows for the
962 -- partial analysis of SPARK features when they are disabled via SPARK_Mode
963 -- set to "off".
965 procedure SPARK_Msg_N (Msg : String; N : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
966 pragma Inline (SPARK_Msg_N);
967 -- Same as Error_Msg_N, but the error is suppressed if SPARK_Mode is Off.
968 -- The routine is inlined because it acts as a simple wrapper.
970 procedure SPARK_Msg_NE
971 (Msg : String;
972 N : Node_Or_Entity_Id;
973 E : Node_Or_Entity_Id);
974 pragma Inline (SPARK_Msg_NE);
975 -- Same as Error_Msg_NE, but the error is suppressed if SPARK_Mode is Off.
976 -- The routine is inlined because it acts as a simple wrapper.
978 ------------------------------------------
979 -- Utility Interface for Casing Control --
980 ------------------------------------------
982 procedure Adjust_Name_Case
983 (Buf : in out Bounded_String;
984 Loc : Source_Ptr);
985 -- Given a name stored in Buf, set proper casing. Loc is an associated
986 -- source position, and if we can find a match between the name in Buf and
987 -- the name at that source location, we copy the casing from the source,
988 -- otherwise we set appropriate default casing.
990 procedure Set_Identifier_Casing
991 (Identifier_Name : System.Address;
992 File_Name : System.Address);
993 pragma Convention (C, Set_Identifier_Casing);
994 -- This subprogram can be used by the back end for the purposes of
995 -- concocting error messages that are not output via Errout, e.g.
996 -- the messages generated by the gcc back end.
998 -- The identifier is a null terminated string that represents the name of
999 -- an identifier appearing in the source program. File_Name is a null
1000 -- terminated string giving the corresponding file name for the identifier
1001 -- as obtained from the front end by the use of Full_Debug_Name to the
1002 -- source file referenced by the corresponding source location value. On
1003 -- return, the name is in Name_Buffer, null terminated with Name_Len set.
1004 -- This name is the identifier name as passed, cased according to the
1005 -- default identifier casing for the given file.
1007 -- WARNING: There is a matching C declaration of this subprogram in fe.h
1009 function Is_Size_Too_Small_Message (S : String) return Boolean;
1010 Size_Too_Small_Message : constant String :=
1011 "size for& too small, minimum allowed is ^";
1012 -- This message is printed in Freeze and Sem_Ch13. We also test for it in
1013 -- the body of this package (see Special_Msg_Delete).
1014 -- Function Is_Size_Too_Small_Message tests for it by testing a prefix.
1015 -- The function and constant should be kept in synch.
1017 end Errout;