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  32 --  This package contains functions for runtime comparisons on arrays whose
  33 --  elements are 16-bit discrete type values to be treated as unsigned.
  34
  35 package System.Compare_Array_Unsigned_16 is
  36
  37    --  Note: although the functions in this package are in a sense Pure, the
  38    --  package cannot be declared as Pure, since the arguments are addresses,
  39    --  not the data, and the result is not pure wrt the address values.
  40
  41    function Compare_Array_U16
  42      (Left      : System.Address;
  43       Right     : System.Address;
  44       Left_Len  : Natural;
  45       Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
  46    --  Compare the array starting at address Left of length Left_Len
  47    --  with the array starting at address Right of length Right_Len.
  48    --  The comparison is in the normal Ada semantic sense of array
  49    --  comparison. The result is -1,0,+1 for Left<Right, Left=Right,
  50    --  Left>Right respectively. This function works with 4 byte words
  51    --  if the operands are aligned on 4-byte boundaries and long enough.
  52
  53 end System.Compare_Array_Unsigned_16;