gcc/ada/sem_mech.ads

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  25
  26 --  This package contains the routine used to establish calling mechanisms
  27 --  The reason we separate this off into its own package is that it is
  28 --  entirely possible that it may need some target specific specialization.
  29
  30 with Types; use Types;
  31
  32 package Sem_Mech is
  33
  34    -------------------------------------------------
  35    -- Definitions for Parameter Mechanism Control --
  36    -------------------------------------------------
  37
  38    --  For parameters passed to subprograms, and for function return values,
  39    --  a passing mechanism is defined. The entity attribute Mechanism returns
  40    --  an indication of the mechanism, and Set_Mechanism can be used to set
  41    --  the mechanism. At the program level, there are three ways to explicitly
  42    --  set the mechanism:
  43
  44    --    An Import_xxx or Export_xxx pragma (where xxx is Function, Procedure,
  45    --    or Valued_Procedure) can explicitly set the mechanism for either a
  46    --    parameter or a function return value. A mechanism explicitly set by
  47    --    such a pragma overrides the effect of C_Pass_By_Copy described below.
  48
  49    --    If convention C_Pass_By_Copy is set for a record, and the record type
  50    --    is used as the formal type of a subprogram with a foreign convention,
  51    --    then the mechanism is set to By_Copy.
  52
  53    --    If a pragma C_Pass_By_Copy applies, and a record type has Convention
  54    --    C, and the record type is used as the formal type of a subprogram
  55    --    with a foreign convention, then the mechanism is set to use By_Copy
  56    --    if the size of the record is sufficiently small (as determined by
  57    --    the value of the parameter to pragma C_Pass_By_Copy).
  58
  59    --  The subtype Mechanism_Type (declared in Types) is used to describe
  60    --  the mechanism to be used. The following special values of this type
  61    --  specify the mechanism, as follows.
  62
  63    Default_Mechanism : constant Mechanism_Type := 0;
  64    --  The default setting indicates that the backend will choose the proper
  65    --  default mechanism. This depends on the convention of the subprogram
  66    --  involved, and is generally target dependent. In the compiler, the
  67    --  backend chooses the mechanism in this case in accordance with any
  68    --  requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that Default is never used for
  69    --  record types on foreign convention subprograms, since By_Reference
  70    --  is forced for such types unless one of the above described approaches
  71    --  is used to explicitly force By_Copy.
  72
  73    By_Copy : constant Mechanism_Type := -1;
  74    --  Passing by copy is forced. The exact meaning of By_Copy (e.g. whether
  75    --  at a low level the value is passed in registers, or the value is copied
  76    --  and a pointer is passed), is determined by the backend in accordance
  77    --  with requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that in the extended import
  78    --  and export pragma mechanisms, this is called Value, rather than Copy.
  79
  80    By_Reference : constant Mechanism_Type := -2;
  81    --  Passing by reference is forced. This is always equivalent to passing
  82    --  a simple pointer in the case of subprograms with a foreign convention.
  83    --  For unconstrained arrays passed to foreign convention subprograms, the
  84    --  address of the first element of the array is passed. For convention
  85    --  Ada, the result is logically to pass a reference, but the precise
  86    --  mechanism (e.g. to pass bounds of unconstrained types and other needed
  87    --  special information) is determined by the backend in accordance with
  88    --  requirements imposed by the ABI as interpreted for Ada.
  89
  90    pragma Assert (Mechanism_Type'First = -2);
  91    --  Check definition in types is right!
  92
  93    --  All the above special values are non-positive. Positive values for
  94    --  Mechanism_Type values have a special meaning. They are used only in
  95    --  the case of records, as a result of the use of the C_Pass_By_Copy
  96    --  pragma, and the meaning is that if the size of the record is known
  97    --  at compile time and does not exceed the mechanism type value, then
  98    --  By_Copy passing is forced, otherwise By_Reference is forced.
  99
 100    ----------------------
 101    -- Global Variables --
 102    ----------------------
 103
 104    Default_C_Record_Mechanism : Mechanism_Type := By_Reference;
 105    --  This value is the default mechanism used for C convention records
 106    --  in foreign-convention subprograms if no mechanism is otherwise
 107    --  specified. This value is modified appropriately by the occurrence
 108    --  of a C_Pass_By_Copy configuration pragma.
 109
 110    -----------------
 111    -- Subprograms --
 112    -----------------
 113
 114    procedure Set_Mechanisms (E : Entity_Id);
 115    --  E is a subprogram or subprogram type that has been frozen, so the
 116    --  convention of the subprogram and all its formal types and result
 117    --  type in the case of a function are established. The function of
 118    --  this call is to set mechanism values for formals and for the
 119    --  function return if they have not already been explicitly set by
 120    --  a use of an extended Import or Export pragma. The idea is to set
 121    --  mechanism values wherever the semantics is dictated by either
 122    --  requirements or implementation advice in the RM, and to leave
 123    --  the mechanism set to Default if there is no requirement, so that
 124    --  the back-end is free to choose the most efficient method.
 125
 126    procedure Set_Mechanism_Value (Ent : Entity_Id; Mech_Name : Node_Id);
 127    --  Mech is a parameter passing mechanism (see Import_Function syntax
 128    --  for MECHANISM_NAME). This routine checks that the mechanism argument
 129    --  has the right form, and if not issues an error message. If the
 130    --  argument has the right form then the Mechanism field of Ent is
 131    --  set appropriately. It also performs some error checks. Note that
 132    --  the mechanism name has not been analyzed (and cannot indeed be
 133    --  analyzed, since it is semantic nonsense), so we get it in the
 134    --  exact form created by the parser.
 135
 136    procedure Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
 137      (Ent  : Entity_Id;
 138       Mech : Mechanism_Type;
 139       Enod : Node_Id);
 140    --  Sets the mechanism of Ent to the given Mech value, after first checking
 141    --  that the request makes sense. If it does not make sense, a warning is
 142    --  posted on node Enod, and the Mechanism of Ent is unchanged.
 143
 144 end Sem_Mech;