gcc/ada/widechar.ads

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  33
  34 --  Subprograms for manipulation of wide character sequences
  35
  36 with Types; use Types;
  37
  38 package Widechar is
  39
  40    function Length_Wide return Nat;
  41    --  Returns the maximum length in characters for the escape sequence that
  42    --  is used to encode wide character literals outside the ASCII range. Used
  43    --  only in the implementation of the attribute Width for Wide_Character.
  44
  45    procedure Scan_Wide
  46      (S   : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  47       P   : in out Source_Ptr;
  48       C   : out Char_Code;
  49       Err : out Boolean);
  50    --  On entry S (P) points to the first character in the source text for
  51    --  a wide character (i.e. to an ESC character, a left bracket, or an
  52    --  upper half character, depending on the representation method). A
  53    --  single wide character is scanned. If no error is found, the value
  54    --  stored in C is the code for this wide character, P is updated past
  55    --  the sequence and Err is set to False. If an error is found, then
  56    --  P points to the improper character, C is undefined, and Err is
  57    --  set to True.
  58
  59    procedure Set_Wide
  60      (C : Char_Code;
  61       S : in out String;
  62       P : in out Natural);
  63    --  The escape sequence (including any leading ESC character) for the
  64    --  given character code is stored starting at S (P + 1), and on return
  65    --  P points to the last stored character (i.e. P is the count of stored
  66    --  characters on entry and exit, and the escape sequence is appended to
  67    --  the end of the stored string). The character code C represents a code
  68    --  originally constructed by Scan_Wide, so it is known to be in a range
  69    --  that is appropriate for the encoding method in use.
  70
  71    procedure Skip_Wide (S : String; P : in out Natural);
  72    --  On entry, S (P) points to an ESC character for a wide character escape
  73    --  sequence or to an upper half character if the encoding method uses the
  74    --  upper bit, or to a left bracket if the brackets encoding method is in
  75    --  use. On exit, P is bumped past the wide character sequence. No error
  76    --  checking is done, since this is only used on escape sequences generated
  77    --  by Set_Wide, which are known to be correct.
  78
  79    function Is_Start_Of_Wide_Char
  80      (S    : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  81       P    : Source_Ptr)
  82       return Boolean;
  83    --  Determines if S (P) is the start of a wide character sequence
  84
  85 end Widechar;