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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                             S E M _ D I S P                              --
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  25
  26 --  This package contains routines involved in tagged types and dynamic
  27 --  dispatching.
  28
  29 with Types; use Types;
  30 package Sem_Disp is
  31
  32    procedure Check_Controlling_Formals (Typ : Entity_Id; Subp : Entity_Id);
  33    --  Check that all controlling parameters of Subp are of type Typ, that
  34    --  defaults for controlling parameters are tag-indeterminate, and that the
  35    --  nominal subtype of the parameters and result statically match the first
  36    --  subtype of the controlling type. Issues appropriate error messages if
  37    --  any of these requirements is not met.
  38
  39    procedure Check_Dispatching_Call (N : Node_Id);
  40    --  Check if the call N is a dispatching call. The subprogram is known to be
  41    --  a dispatching operation. The call is dispatching if all the controlling
  42    --  actuals are dynamically tagged. This procedure is called after overload
  43    --  resolution, so the call is known to be unambiguous.
  44
  45    procedure Check_Dispatching_Operation (Subp, Old_Subp : Entity_Id);
  46    --  Add Subp to the list of primitive operations of the corresponding type
  47    --  if it has a parameter of this type and is defined at a proper place for
  48    --  primitive operations (new primitives are only defined in package spec,
  49    --  overridden operation can be defined in any scope). If Old_Subp is not
  50    --  Empty we are in the overriding case. If the tagged type associated with
  51    --  Subp is a concurrent type (case that occurs when the type is declared in
  52    --  a generic because the analysis of generics disables generation of the
  53    --  corresponding record) then this routine does does not add Subp to the
  54    --  list of primitive operations but leaves Subp decorated as dispatching
  55    --  operation to enable checks associated with the Object.Operation notation
  56
  57    procedure Check_Operation_From_Incomplete_Type
  58      (Subp : Entity_Id;
  59       Typ  : Entity_Id);
  60    --  If a primitive operation was defined for the incomplete view of the
  61    --  type, and the full type declaration is a derived type definition,
  62    --  the operation may override an inherited one.
  63    --  Need more description here, what are the parameters, and what does
  64    --  this call actually do???
  65
  66    procedure Check_Operation_From_Private_View (Subp, Old_Subp : Entity_Id);
  67    --  Add Old_Subp to the list of primitive operations of the corresponding
  68    --  tagged type if it is the full view of a private tagged type. The Alias
  69    --  of Old_Subp is adjusted to point to the inherited procedure of the
  70    --  full view because it is always this one which has to be called.
  71    --  What is Subp used for???
  72
  73    function Covers_Some_Interface (Prim : Entity_Id) return Boolean;
  74    --  Returns true if Prim covers some interface primitive of its associated
  75    --  tagged type. The tagged type of Prim must be frozen when this function
  76    --  is invoked.
  77
  78    function Find_Controlling_Arg (N : Node_Id) return Node_Id;
  79    --  Returns the actual controlling argument if N is dynamically tagged, and
  80    --  Empty if it is not dynamically tagged.
  81
  82    function Find_Dispatching_Type (Subp : Entity_Id) return Entity_Id;
  83    --  Check whether the subprogram Subp is dispatching, and find the tagged
  84    --  type of the controlling argument or arguments. Returns Empty if Subp
  85    --  is not a dispatching operation.
  86
  87    function Find_Primitive_Covering_Interface
  88      (Tagged_Type : Entity_Id;
  89       Iface_Prim  : Entity_Id) return Entity_Id;
  90    --  Search the homonym chain for the primitive of Tagged_Type that covers
  91    --  Iface_Prim. The homonym chain traversal is required to catch primitives
  92    --  associated with the partial view of private types when processing the
  93    --  corresponding full view. If the entity is not found, then search for it
  94    --  in the list of primitives of Tagged_Type. This latter search is needed
  95    --  when the interface primitive is covered by a private subprogram. If the
  96    --  primitive has not been covered yet then return the entity that will be
  97    --  overridden when the primitive is covered (that is, return the entity
  98    --  whose alias attribute references the interface primitive). If none of
  99    --  these entities is found then return Empty.
 100
 101    type Subprogram_List is array (Nat range <>) of Entity_Id;
 102    --  Type returned by Inherited_Subprograms function
 103
 104    function Inherited_Subprograms
 105      (S               : Entity_Id;
 106       No_Interfaces   : Boolean := False;
 107       Interfaces_Only : Boolean := False) return Subprogram_List;
 108    --  Given the spec of a subprogram, this function gathers any inherited
 109    --  subprograms from direct inheritance or via interfaces. The list is a
 110    --  list of entity id's of the specs of inherited subprograms. Returns a
 111    --  null array if passed an Empty spec id. Note that the returned array
 112    --  only includes subprograms and generic subprograms (and excludes any
 113    --  other inherited entities, in particular enumeration literals). If
 114    --  No_Interfaces is True, only return inherited subprograms not coming
 115    --  from an interface. If Interfaces_Only is True, only return inherited
 116    --  subprograms from interfaces. Otherwise, subprograms inherited directly
 117    --  come first, starting with the closest ancestors, and are followed by
 118    --  subprograms inherited from interfaces. At most one of No_Interfaces
 119    --  and Interfaces_Only should be True.
 120
 121    function Is_Dynamically_Tagged (N : Node_Id) return Boolean;
 122    --  Used to determine whether a call is dispatching, i.e. if it is
 123    --  an expression of a class_Wide type, or a call to a function with
 124    --  controlling result where at least one operand is dynamically tagged.
 125    --  Also used to determine whether an entity has a class-wide type, or a
 126    --  function call that dispatches on the result. Used to verify that all the
 127    --  dependent expressions in a conditional expression are equally tagged.
 128
 129    function Is_Null_Interface_Primitive (E : Entity_Id) return Boolean;
 130    --  Returns True if E is a null procedure that is an interface primitive
 131
 132    function Is_Tag_Indeterminate (N : Node_Id) return Boolean;
 133    --  Returns true if the expression N is tag-indeterminate. An expression
 134    --  is tag-indeterminate if it is a call that dispatches on result, and all
 135    --  controlling operands are also indeterminate. Such a function call may
 136    --  inherit a tag from an enclosing call.
 137
 138    procedure Override_Dispatching_Operation
 139      (Tagged_Type : Entity_Id;
 140       Prev_Op     : Entity_Id;
 141       New_Op      : Entity_Id;
 142       Is_Wrapper  : Boolean := False);
 143    --  Replace an implicit dispatching operation of the type Tagged_Type
 144    --  with an explicit one. Prev_Op is an inherited primitive operation which
 145    --  is overridden by the explicit declaration of New_Op. Is_Wrapper is
 146    --  True when New_Op is an internally generated wrapper of a controlling
 147    --  function. The caller checks that Tagged_Type is indeed a tagged type.
 148
 149    procedure Propagate_Tag (Control : Node_Id; Actual : Node_Id);
 150    --  If a function call is tag-indeterminate, its controlling argument is
 151    --  found in the context: either an enclosing call, or the left-hand side
 152    --  of the enclosing assignment statement. The tag must be propagated
 153    --  recursively to the tag-indeterminate actuals of the call.
 154    --  Need clear description of the parameters Control and Actual, especially
 155    --  since the comments above refer to actuals in the plural ???
 156
 157 end Sem_Disp;