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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                      S Y S T E M . V A L _ R E A L                       --
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  34
  35 package System.Val_Real is
  36 pragma Pure (Val_Real);
  37
  38    function Scan_Real
  39      (Str  : String;
  40       Ptr  : access Integer;
  41       Max  : Integer)
  42       return Long_Long_Float;
  43    --  This function scans the string starting at Str (Ptr.all) for a valid
  44    --  real literal according to the syntax described in (RM 3.5(43)). The
  45    --  substring scanned extends no further than Str (Max). There are three
  46    --  cases for the return:
  47    --
  48    --  If a valid real is found after scanning past any initial spaces, then
  49    --  Ptr.all is updated past the last character of the real (but trailing
  50    --  spaces are not scanned out).
  51    --
  52    --  If no valid real is found, then Ptr.all points either to an initial
  53    --  non-blank character, or to Max + 1 if the field is all spaces and the
  54    --  exception Constraint_Error is raised.
  55    --
  56    --  If a syntactically valid real is scanned, but the value is out of
  57    --  range, or, in the based case, the base value is out of range or there
  58    --  is an out of range digit, then Ptr.all points past the real literal,
  59    --  and Constraint_Error is raised.
  60    --
  61    --  Note: these rules correspond to the requirements for leaving the
  62    --  pointer positioned in Text_Io.Get
  63    --
  64    --  Note: if Str is null, i.e. if Max is less than Ptr, then this is a
  65    --  special case of an all-blank string, and Ptr is unchanged, and hence
  66    --  is greater than Max as required in this case.
  67
  68    function Value_Real (Str : String) return Long_Long_Float;
  69    --  Used in computing X'Value (Str) where X is a floating-point type or an
  70    --  ordinary fixed-point type. Str is the string argument of the attribute.
  71    --  Constraint_Error is raised if the string is malformed, or if the value
  72    --  out of range of Long_Long_Float.
  73
  74 end System.Val_Real;