2003-11-27 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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2 -- --
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- L A Y O U T --
6 -- --
7 -- S p e c --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
10 -- --
11 -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
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21 -- --
22 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
23 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
24 -- --
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27 -- This package does front-end layout of types and objects. The result is
28 -- to annotate the tree with information on size and alignment of types
29 -- and objects. How much layout is performed depends on the setting of the
30 -- target dependent parameter Backend_Layout.
32 with Types; use Types;
34 package Layout is
36 -- The following procedures are called from Freeze, so all entities
37 -- for types and objects that get frozen (which should be all such
38 -- entities which are seen by the back end) will get layed out by one
39 -- of these two procedures.
41 procedure Layout_Type (E : Entity_Id);
42 -- This procedure may set or adjust the fields Esize, RM_Size and
43 -- Alignment in the non-generic type or subtype entity E. If the
44 -- Backend_Layout switch is False, then it is guaranteed that all
45 -- three fields will be properly set on return. Regardless of the
46 -- Backend_Layout value, it is guaranteed that all discrete types
47 -- will have both Esize and RM_Size fields set on return (since
48 -- these are static values). Note that Layout_Type is not called
49 -- for generic types, since these play no part in code generation,
50 -- and hence representation aspects are irrelevant.
52 procedure Layout_Object (E : Entity_Id);
53 -- E is either a variable (E_Variable), a constant (E_Constant),
54 -- a loop parameter (E_Loop_Parameter), or a formal parameter of
55 -- a non-generic subprogram (E_In_Parameter, E_In_Out_Parameter,
56 -- or E_Out_Parameter). This procedure may set or adjust the
57 -- Esize and Alignment fields of E. If Backend_Layout is False,
58 -- then it is guaranteed that both fields will be properly set
59 -- on return. If the Esize is still unknown in the latter case,
60 -- it means that the object must be allocated dynamically, since
61 -- its length is not known at compile time.
63 procedure Set_Discrete_RM_Size (Def_Id : Entity_Id);
64 -- Set proper RM_Size for discrete size, this is normally the minimum
65 -- number of bits to accommodate the range given, except in the case
66 -- where the subtype statically matches the first subtype, in which
67 -- case the size must be copied from the first subtype. For generic
68 -- types, the RM_Size is simply set to zero. This routine also sets
69 -- the Is_Constrained flag in Def_Id.
71 procedure Set_Prim_Alignment (E : Entity_Id);
72 -- The front end always sets alignments for primitive types by calling this
73 -- procedure. Note that we have to do this for discrete types (since the
74 -- Alignment attribute is static), so we might as well do it for all
75 -- scalar types, since the processing is the same.
77 end Layout;