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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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  26
  27 --  This package contains declarations for handling of implicit types
  28
  29 with Einfo;    use Einfo;
  30 with Sem_Util; use Sem_Util;
  31 with Types;    use Types;
  32
  33 package Itypes is
  34
  35    --------------------
  36    -- Implicit Types --
  37    --------------------
  38
  39    --  Implicit types are types and subtypes created by the semantic phase
  40    --  or the expander to reflect the underlying semantics. These could be
  41    --  generated by building trees for corresponding declarations and then
  42    --  analyzing these trees, but there are three reasons for not doing this:
  43
  44    --    1. The declarations would require more tree nodes
  45
  46    --    2. In some cases, the elaboration of these types is associated
  47    --       with internal nodes in the tree.
  48
  49    --    3. For some types, notably class wide types, there is no Ada
  50    --       declaration that would correspond to the desired entity.
  51
  52    --  So instead, implicit types are constructed by simply creating an
  53    --  appropriate entity with the help of routines in this package. These
  54    --  entities are fully decorated, as described in Einfo (just as though
  55    --  they had been created by the normal analysis procedure).
  56
  57    --  The type declaration declaring an Itype must be analyzed with checks
  58    --  off because this declaration has not been inserted in the tree (if it
  59    --  has been then it is not an itype), and hence checks that would be
  60    --  generated during the analysis cannot be inserted in the tree. At any
  61    --  rate, itype analysis should always be done with checks off, otherwise
  62    --  duplicate checks will most likely be emitted.
  63
  64    --  Unlike types declared explicitly, implicit types are defined on first
  65    --  use, which means that Gigi detects the use of such types, and defines
  66    --  them at the point of the first use automatically.
  67
  68    --  Although Itypes are not explicitly declared, they are associated with
  69    --  a specific node in the tree (roughly the node that caused them to be
  70    --  created), via the Associated_Node_For_Itype field. This association is
  71    --  used particularly by New_Copy_Tree, which uses it to determine whether
  72    --  or not to copy a referenced Itype. If the associated node is part of
  73    --  the tree to be copied by New_Copy_Tree, then (since the idea of the
  74    --  call to New_Copy_Tree is to create a complete duplicate of a tree,
  75    --  as though it had appeared separately in the source), the Itype in
  76    --  question is duplicated as part of the New_Copy_Tree processing.
  77
  78    -----------------
  79    -- Subprograms --
  80    -----------------
  81
  82    function Create_Itype
  83      (Ekind        : Entity_Kind;
  84       Related_Nod  : Node_Id;
  85       Related_Id   : Entity_Id := Empty;
  86       Suffix       : Character := ' ';
  87       Suffix_Index : Nat       := 0;
  88       Scope_Id     : Entity_Id := Current_Scope)
  89       return         Entity_Id;
  90    --  Used to create a new Itype.
  91    --
  92    --   Related_Nod is the node for which this Itype was created.  It is
  93    --   set as the Associated_Node_For_Itype of the new itype.  The Sloc of
  94    --   the new Itype is that of this node.
  95    --
  96    --   Related_Id is present only if the implicit type name may be referenced
  97    --   as a public symbol, and thus needs a unique external name. The name
  98    --   is created by a call to:
  99    --
 100    --     New_External_Name (Chars (Related_Id), Suffix, Suffix_Index, 'T')
 101    --
 102    --   If the implicit type does not need an external name, then the
 103    --   Related_Id parameter is omitted (and hence Empty). In this case
 104    --   Suffix and Suffix_Index are ignored and the implicit type name is
 105    --   created by a call to New_Internal_Name ('T').
 106    --
 107    --   Note that in all cases, the name starts with "T". This is used
 108    --   to identify implicit types in the error message handling circuits.
 109    --
 110    --  The Scope_Id parameter specifies the scope of the created type, and
 111    --  is normally the Current_Scope as shown, but can be set otherwise.
 112
 113 end Itypes;