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  33
  34 with Unchecked_Deallocation;
  35
  36 package Types is
  37 pragma Preelaborate (Types);
  38
  39 --  This package contains host independent type definitions which are used
  40 --  in more than one unit in the compiler. They are gathered here for easy
  41 --  reference, though in some cases the full description is found in the
  42 --  relevant module which implements the definition. The main reason that
  43 --  they are not in their "natural" specs is that this would cause a lot of
  44 --  inter-spec dependencies, and in particular some awkward circular
  45 --  dependencies would have to be dealt with.
  46
  47 --  WARNING: There is a C version of this package. Any changes to this
  48 --  source file must be properly reflected in the C header file a-types.h
  49
  50 --  Note: the declarations in this package reflect an expectation that the
  51 --  host machine has an efficient integer base type with a range at least
  52 --  32 bits 2s-complement. If there are any machines for which this is not
  53 --  a correct assumption, a significant number of changes will be required!
  54
  55    -------------------------------
  56    -- General Use Integer Types --
  57    -------------------------------
  58
  59    type Int is range -2 ** 31 .. +2 ** 31 - 1;
  60    --  Signed 32-bit integer
  61
  62    type Dint is range -2 ** 63 .. +2 ** 63 - 1;
  63    --  Double length (64-bit) integer
  64
  65    subtype Nat is Int range 0 .. Int'Last;
  66    --  Non-negative Int values
  67
  68    subtype Pos is Int range 1 .. Int'Last;
  69    --  Positive Int values
  70
  71    type Word is mod 2 ** 32;
  72    --  Unsigned 32-bit integer
  73
  74    type Short is range -32768 .. +32767;
  75    for Short'Size use 16;
  76    --  16-bit signed integer
  77
  78    type Byte is mod 2 ** 8;
  79    for Byte'Size use 8;
  80    --  8-bit unsigned integer
  81
  82    type size_t is mod 2 ** Standard'Address_Size;
  83    --  Memory size value, for use in calls to C routines
  84
  85    --------------------------------------
  86    -- 8-Bit Character and String Types --
  87    --------------------------------------
  88
  89    --  We use Standard.Character and Standard.String freely, since we are
  90    --  compiling ourselves, and we properly implement the required 8-bit
  91    --  character code as required in Ada 95. This section defines a few
  92    --  general use constants and subtypes.
  93
  94    EOF : constant Character := ASCII.SUB;
  95    --  The character SUB (16#1A#) is used in DOS and other systems derived
  96    --  from DOS (OS/2, NT etc) to signal the end of a text file. Internally
  97    --  all source files are ended by an EOF character, even on Unix systems.
  98    --  An EOF character acts as the end of file only as the last character
  99    --  of a source buffer, in any other position, it is treated as a blank
 100    --  if it appears between tokens, and as an illegal character otherwise.
 101    --  This makes life easier dealing with files that originated from DOS,
 102    --  including concatenated files with interspersed EOF characters.
 103
 104    subtype Graphic_Character is Character range ' ' .. '~';
 105    --  Graphic characters, as defined in ARM
 106
 107    subtype Line_Terminator is Character range ASCII.LF .. ASCII.CR;
 108    --  Line terminator characters (LF, VT, FF, CR)
 109
 110    subtype Upper_Half_Character is
 111      Character range Character'Val (16#80#) .. Character'Val (16#FF#);
 112    --  Characters with the upper bit set
 113
 114    type Character_Ptr is access all Character;
 115    type String_Ptr    is access all String;
 116    --  Standard character and string pointers
 117
 118    procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation (String, String_Ptr);
 119    --  Procedure for freeing dynamically allocated String values
 120
 121    subtype Word_Hex_String is String (1 .. 8);
 122    --  Type used to represent Word value as 8 hex digits, with lower case
 123    --  letters for the alphabetic cases.
 124
 125    function Get_Hex_String (W : Word) return Word_Hex_String;
 126    --  Convert word value to 8-character hex string
 127
 128    -----------------------------------------
 129    -- Types Used for Text Buffer Handling --
 130    -----------------------------------------
 131
 132    --  We can't use type String for text buffers, since we must use the
 133    --  standard 32-bit integer as an index value, since we count on all
 134    --  index values being the same size.
 135
 136    type Text_Ptr is new Int;
 137    --  Type used for subscripts in text buffer
 138
 139    type Text_Buffer is array (Text_Ptr range <>) of Character;
 140    --  Text buffer used to hold source file or library information file
 141
 142    type Text_Buffer_Ptr is access all Text_Buffer;
 143    --  Text buffers for input files are allocated dynamically and this type
 144    --  is used to reference these text buffers.
 145
 146    procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation (Text_Buffer, Text_Buffer_Ptr);
 147    --  Procedure for freeing dynamically allocated text buffers
 148
 149    ------------------------------------------
 150    -- Types Used for Source Input Handling --
 151    ------------------------------------------
 152
 153    type Logical_Line_Number is range 0 .. Int'Last;
 154    for Logical_Line_Number'Size use 32;
 155    --  Line number type, used for storing logical line numbers (i.e. line
 156    --  numbers that include effects of any Source_Reference pragmas in the
 157    --  source file). The value zero indicates a line containing a source
 158    --  reference pragma.
 159
 160    No_Line_Number : constant Logical_Line_Number := 0;
 161    --  Special value used to indicate no line number
 162
 163    type Physical_Line_Number is range 1 .. Int'Last;
 164    for Physical_Line_Number'Size use 32;
 165    --  Line number type, used for storing physical line numbers (i.e.
 166    --  line numbers in the physical file being compiled, unaffected by
 167    --  the presence of source reference pragmas.
 168
 169    type Column_Number is range 0 .. 32767;
 170    for Column_Number'Size use 16;
 171    --  Column number (assume that 2**15 is large enough, see declaration of
 172    --  Hostparm.Max_Line_Length, and also processing for -gnatyM in Stylesw)
 173
 174    No_Column_Number : constant Column_Number := 0;
 175    --  Special value used to indicate no column number
 176
 177    subtype Source_Buffer is Text_Buffer;
 178    --  Type used to store text of a source file . The buffer for the main
 179    --  source (the source specified on the command line) has a lower bound
 180    --  starting at zero. Subsequent subsidiary sources have lower bounds
 181    --  which are one greater than the previous upper bound.
 182
 183    subtype Big_Source_Buffer is Text_Buffer (0 .. Text_Ptr'Last);
 184    --  This is a virtual type used as the designated type of the access
 185    --  type Source_Buffer_Ptr, see Osint.Read_Source_File for details.
 186
 187    type Source_Buffer_Ptr is access all Big_Source_Buffer;
 188    --  Pointer to source buffer. We use virtual origin addressing for
 189    --  source buffers, with thin pointers. The pointer points to a virtual
 190    --  instance of type Big_Source_Buffer, where the actual type is in fact
 191    --  of type Source_Buffer. The address is adjusted so that the virtual
 192    --  origin addressing works correctly. See Osint.Read_Source_Buffer for
 193    --  further details.
 194
 195    subtype Source_Ptr is Text_Ptr;
 196    --  Type used to represent a source location, which is a subscript of a
 197    --  character in the source buffer. As noted above, diffferent source
 198    --  buffers have different ranges, so it is possible to tell from a
 199    --  Source_Ptr value which source it refers to. Note that negative numbers
 200    --  are allowed to accommodate the following special values.
 201
 202    No_Location : constant Source_Ptr := -1;
 203    --  Value used to indicate no source position set in a node. A test for
 204    --  a Source_Ptr value being >= No_Location is the apporoved way to test
 205    --  for a standard value that does not include No_Location or any of the
 206    --  following special definitions.
 207
 208    Standard_Location : constant Source_Ptr := -2;
 209    --  Used for all nodes in the representation of package Standard other
 210    --  than nodes representing the contents of Standard.ASCII. Note that
 211    --  testing for <= Standard_Location tests for both Standard_Location
 212    --  and for Standard_ASCII_Location.
 213
 214    Standard_ASCII_Location : constant Source_Ptr := -3;
 215    --  Used for all nodes in the presentation of package Standard.ASCII
 216
 217    System_Location : constant Source_Ptr := -4;
 218    --  Used to identify locations of pragmas scanned by Targparm, where we
 219    --  know the location is in System, but we don't know exactly what line.
 220
 221    First_Source_Ptr : constant Source_Ptr := 0;
 222    --  Starting source pointer index value for first source program
 223
 224    -------------------------------------
 225    -- Range Definitions for Tree Data --
 226    -------------------------------------
 227
 228    --  The tree has fields that can hold any of the following types:
 229
 230    --    Pointers to other tree nodes (type Node_Id)
 231    --    List pointers (type List_Id)
 232    --    Element list pointers (type Elist_Id)
 233    --    Names (type Name_Id)
 234    --    Strings (type String_Id)
 235    --    Universal integers (type Uint)
 236    --    Universal reals (type Ureal)
 237    --    Character codes (type Char_Code stored with a bias)
 238
 239    --  In most contexts, the strongly typed interface determines which of
 240    --  these types is present. However, there are some situations (involving
 241    --  untyped traversals of the tree), where it is convenient to be easily
 242    --  able to distinguish these values. The underlying representation in all
 243    --  cases is an integer type Union_Id, and we ensure that the range of
 244    --  the various possible values for each of the above types is disjoint
 245    --  so that this distinction is possible.
 246
 247    type Union_Id is new Int;
 248    --  The type in the tree for a union of possible ID values
 249
 250    --  Note: it is also helpful for debugging purposes to make these ranges
 251    --  distinct. If a bug leads to misidentification of a value, then it will
 252    --  typically result in an out of range value and a Constraint_Error.
 253
 254    List_Low_Bound : constant := -100_000_000;
 255    --  The List_Id values are subscripts into an array of list headers which
 256    --  has List_Low_Bound as its lower bound. This value is chosen so that all
 257    --  List_Id values are negative, and the value zero is in the range of both
 258    --  List_Id and Node_Id values (see further description below).
 259
 260    List_High_Bound : constant := 0;
 261    --  Maximum List_Id subscript value. This allows up to 100 million list
 262    --  Id values, which is in practice infinite, and there is no need to
 263    --  check the range. The range overlaps the node range by one element
 264    --  (with value zero), which is used both for the Empty node, and for
 265    --  indicating no list. The fact that the same value is used is convenient
 266    --  because it means that the default value of Empty applies to both nodes
 267    --  and lists, and also is more efficient to test for.
 268
 269    Node_Low_Bound : constant := 0;
 270    --  The tree Id values start at zero, because we use zero for Empty (to
 271    --  allow a zero test for Empty). Actual tree node subscripts start at 0
 272    --  since Empty is a legitimate node value.
 273
 274    Node_High_Bound : constant := 099_999_999;
 275    --  Maximum number of nodes that can be allocated is 100 million, which
 276    --  is in practice infinite, and there is no need to check the range.
 277
 278    Elist_Low_Bound : constant := 100_000_000;
 279    --  The Elist_Id values are subscripts into an array of elist headers which
 280    --  has Elist_Low_Bound as its lower bound.
 281
 282    Elist_High_Bound : constant := 199_999_999;
 283    --  Maximum Elist_Id subscript value. This allows up to 100 million Elists,
 284    --  which is in practice infinite and there is no need to check the range.
 285
 286    Elmt_Low_Bound : constant := 200_000_000;
 287    --  Low bound of element Id values. The use of these values is internal to
 288    --  the Elists package, but the definition of the range is included here
 289    --  since it must be disjoint from other Id values. The Elmt_Id values are
 290    --  subscripts into an array of list elements which has this as lower bound.
 291
 292    Elmt_High_Bound : constant := 299_999_999;
 293    --  Upper bound of Elmt_Id values. This allows up to 100 million element
 294    --  list members, which is in practice infinite (no range check needed).
 295
 296    Names_Low_Bound : constant := 300_000_000;
 297    --  Low bound for name Id values
 298
 299    Names_High_Bound : constant := 399_999_999;
 300    --  Maximum number of names that can be allocated is 100 million, which is
 301    --  in practice infinite and there is no need to check the range.
 302
 303    Strings_Low_Bound : constant := 400_000_000;
 304    --  Low bound for string Id values
 305
 306    Strings_High_Bound : constant := 499_999_999;
 307    --  Maximum number of strings that can be allocated is 100 million, which
 308    --  is in practice infinite and there is no need to check the range.
 309
 310    Ureal_Low_Bound : constant := 500_000_000;
 311    --  Low bound for Ureal values.
 312
 313    Ureal_High_Bound : constant := 599_999_999;
 314    --  Maximum number of Ureal values stored is 100_000_000 which is in
 315    --  practice infinite so that no check is required.
 316
 317    Uint_Low_Bound : constant := 600_000_000;
 318    --  Low bound for Uint values.
 319
 320    Uint_Table_Start : constant := 2_000_000_000;
 321    --  Location where table entries for universal integers start (see
 322    --  Uintp spec for details of the representation of Uint values).
 323
 324    Uint_High_Bound : constant := 2_099_999_999;
 325    --  The range of Uint values is very large, since a substantial part
 326    --  of this range is used to store direct values, see Uintp for details.
 327
 328    Char_Code_Bias : constant := 2_100_000_000;
 329    --  A bias value added to character code values stored in the tree which
 330    --  ensures that they have different values from any of the above types.
 331
 332    --  The following subtype definitions are used to provide convenient names
 333    --  for membership tests on Int values to see what data type range they
 334    --  lie in. Such tests appear only in the lowest level packages.
 335
 336    subtype List_Range      is Union_Id
 337      range List_Low_Bound   .. List_High_Bound;
 338
 339    subtype Node_Range      is Union_Id
 340      range Node_Low_Bound   .. Node_High_Bound;
 341
 342    subtype Elist_Range     is Union_Id
 343      range Elist_Low_Bound  .. Elist_High_Bound;
 344
 345    subtype Elmt_Range      is Union_Id
 346      range Elmt_Low_Bound   .. Elmt_High_Bound;
 347
 348    subtype Names_Range     is Union_Id
 349      range Names_Low_Bound   .. Names_High_Bound;
 350
 351    subtype Strings_Range   is Union_Id
 352      range Strings_Low_Bound .. Strings_High_Bound;
 353
 354    subtype Uint_Range      is Union_Id
 355      range Uint_Low_Bound    .. Uint_High_Bound;
 356
 357    subtype Ureal_Range     is Union_Id
 358      range Ureal_Low_Bound    .. Ureal_High_Bound;
 359
 360    subtype Char_Code_Range is Union_Id
 361      range Char_Code_Bias    .. Char_Code_Bias + 2**16 - 1;
 362
 363    -----------------------------
 364    -- Types for Namet Package --
 365    -----------------------------
 366
 367    --  Name_Id values are used to identify entries in the names table. Except
 368    --  for the special values No_Name, and Error_Name, they are subscript
 369    --  values for the Names table defined in package Namet.
 370
 371    --  Note that with only a few exceptions, which are clearly documented, the
 372    --  type Name_Id should be regarded as a private type. In particular it is
 373    --  never appropriate to perform arithmetic operations using this type.
 374
 375    type Name_Id is range Names_Low_Bound .. Names_High_Bound;
 376    for Name_Id'Size use 32;
 377    --  Type used to identify entries in the names table
 378
 379    No_Name : constant Name_Id := Names_Low_Bound;
 380    --  The special Name_Id value No_Name is used in the parser to indicate
 381    --  a situation where no name is present (e.g. on a loop or block).
 382
 383    Error_Name : constant Name_Id := Names_Low_Bound +  1;
 384    --  The special Name_Id value Error_Name is used in the parser to
 385    --  indicate that some kind of error was encountered in scanning out
 386    --  the relevant name, so it does not have a representable label.
 387
 388    subtype Error_Name_Or_No_Name is Name_Id range No_Name .. Error_Name;
 389    --  Used to test for either error name or no name
 390
 391    First_Name_Id : constant Name_Id := Names_Low_Bound + 2;
 392    --  Subscript of first entry in names table
 393
 394    ----------------------------
 395    -- Types for Atree Package --
 396    ----------------------------
 397
 398    --  Node_Id values are used to identify nodes in the tree. They are
 399    --  subscripts into the Node table declared in package Tree. Note that
 400    --  the special values Empty and Error are subscripts into this table,
 401    --  See package Atree for further details.
 402
 403    type Node_Id is range Node_Low_Bound .. Node_High_Bound;
 404    --  Type used to identify nodes in the tree
 405
 406    subtype Entity_Id is Node_Id;
 407    --  A synonym for node types, used in the entity package to refer to
 408    --  nodes that are entities (i.e. nodes with an Nkind of N_Defining_xxx)
 409    --  All such nodes are extended nodes and these are the only extended
 410    --  nodes, so that in practice entity and extended nodes are synonymous.
 411
 412    subtype Node_Or_Entity_Id is Node_Id;
 413    --  A synonym for node types, used in cases where a given value may be used
 414    --  to represent either a node or an entity. We like to minimize such uses
 415    --  for obvious reasons of logical type consistency, but where such uses
 416    --  occur, they should be documented by use of this type.
 417
 418    Empty : constant Node_Id := Node_Low_Bound;
 419    --  Used to indicate null node. A node is actually allocated with this
 420    --  Id value, so that Nkind (Empty) = N_Empty. Note that Node_Low_Bound
 421    --  is zero, so Empty = No_List = zero.
 422
 423    Empty_List_Or_Node : constant := 0;
 424    --  This constant is used in situations (e.g. initializing empty fields)
 425    --  where the value set will be used to represent either an empty node
 426    --  or a non-existent list, depending on the context.
 427
 428    Error : constant Node_Id := Node_Low_Bound + 1;
 429    --  Used to indicate that there was an error in the source program. A node
 430    --  is actually allocated at this address, so that Nkind (Error) = N_Error.
 431
 432    Empty_Or_Error : constant Node_Id := Error;
 433    --  Since Empty and Error are the first two Node_Id values, the test for
 434    --  N <= Empty_Or_Error tests to see if N is Empty or Error. This definition
 435    --  provides convenient self-documentation for such tests.
 436
 437    First_Node_Id  : constant Node_Id := Node_Low_Bound;
 438    --  Subscript of first allocated node. Note that Empty and Error are both
 439    --  allocated nodes, whose Nkind fields can be accessed without error.
 440
 441    ------------------------------
 442    -- Types for Nlists Package --
 443    ------------------------------
 444
 445    --  List_Id values are used to identify node lists in the tree. They are
 446    --  subscripts into the Lists table declared in package Tree. Note that
 447    --  the special value Error_List is a subscript in this table, but the
 448    --  value No_List is *not* a valid subscript, and any attempt to apply
 449    --  list operations to No_List will cause a (detected) error.
 450
 451    type List_Id is range List_Low_Bound .. List_High_Bound;
 452    --  Type used to identify a node list
 453
 454    No_List : constant List_Id := List_High_Bound;
 455    --  Used to indicate absence of a list. Note that the value is zero, which
 456    --  is the same as Empty, which is helpful in intializing nodes where a
 457    --  value of zero can represent either an empty node or an empty list.
 458
 459    Error_List : constant List_Id := List_Low_Bound;
 460    --  Used to indicate that there was an error in the source program in a
 461    --  context which would normally require a list. This node appears to be
 462    --  an empty list to the list operations (a null list is actually allocated
 463    --  which has this Id value).
 464
 465    First_List_Id : constant List_Id := Error_List;
 466    --  Subscript of first allocated list header
 467
 468    ------------------------------
 469    -- Types for Elists Package --
 470    ------------------------------
 471
 472    --  Element list Id values are used to identify element lists stored in
 473    --  the tree (see package Tree for further details). They are formed by
 474    --  adding a bias (Element_List_Bias) to subscript values in the same
 475    --  array that is used for node list headers.
 476
 477    type Elist_Id is range Elist_Low_Bound .. Elist_High_Bound;
 478    --  Type used to identify an element list (Elist header table subscript)
 479
 480    No_Elist : constant Elist_Id := Elist_Low_Bound;
 481    --  Used to indicate absense of an element list. Note that this is not
 482    --  an actual Elist header, so element list operations on this value
 483    --  are not valid.
 484
 485    First_Elist_Id : constant Elist_Id := No_Elist + 1;
 486    --  Subscript of first allocated Elist header.
 487
 488    --  Element Id values are used to identify individual elements of an
 489    --  element list (see package Elists for further details).
 490
 491    type Elmt_Id is range Elmt_Low_Bound .. Elmt_High_Bound;
 492    --  Type used to identify an element list
 493
 494    No_Elmt : constant Elmt_Id := Elmt_Low_Bound;
 495    --  Used to represent empty element
 496
 497    First_Elmt_Id : constant Elmt_Id := No_Elmt + 1;
 498    --  Subscript of first allocated Elmt table entry
 499
 500    -------------------------------
 501    -- Types for Stringt Package --
 502    -------------------------------
 503
 504    --  String_Id values are used to identify entries in the strings table.
 505    --  They are subscripts into the strings table defined in package Strings.
 506
 507    --  Note that with only a few exceptions, which are clearly documented, the
 508    --  type String_Id should be regarded as a private type. In particular it is
 509    --  never appropriate to perform arithmetic operations using this type.
 510
 511    type String_Id is range Strings_Low_Bound .. Strings_High_Bound;
 512    --  Type used to identify entries in the strings table
 513
 514    No_String : constant String_Id := Strings_Low_Bound;
 515    --  Used to indicate missing string Id. Note that the value zero is used
 516    --  to indicate a missing data value for all the Int types in this section.
 517
 518    First_String_Id : constant String_Id := No_String + 1;
 519    --  First subscript allocated in string table
 520
 521    -------------------------
 522    -- Character Code Type --
 523    -------------------------
 524
 525    --  The type Char is used for character data internally in the compiler,
 526    --  but character codes in the source are represented by the Char_Code
 527    --  type. Each character literal in the source is interpreted as being one
 528    --  of the 2**16 possible Wide_Character codes, and a unique integer value
 529    --  is assigned, corresponding to the POS value in the Wide_Character type.
 530    --  String literals are similarly interpreted as a sequence of such codes.
 531
 532    --  Note: when character code values are stored in the tree, they are stored
 533    --  by adding a bias value (Char_Code_Bias) that results in values that can
 534    --  be distinguished from other types of values stored in the tree.
 535
 536    type Char_Code is mod 2 ** 16;
 537    for Char_Code'Size use 16;
 538
 539    function Get_Char_Code (C : Character) return Char_Code;
 540    pragma Inline (Get_Char_Code);
 541    --  Function to obtain internal character code from source character. For
 542    --  the moment, the internal character code is simply the Pos value of the
 543    --  input source character, but we provide this interface for possible
 544    --  later support of alternative character sets.
 545
 546    function In_Character_Range (C : Char_Code) return Boolean;
 547    pragma Inline (In_Character_Range);
 548    --  Determines if the given character code is in range of type Character,
 549    --  and if so, returns True. If not, returns False.
 550
 551    function Get_Character (C : Char_Code) return Character;
 552    pragma Inline (Get_Character);
 553    --  For a character C that is in character range (see above function), this
 554    --  function returns the corresponding Character value. It is an error to
 555    --  call Get_Character if C is not in character range
 556
 557    ---------------------------------------
 558    -- Types used for Library Management --
 559    ---------------------------------------
 560
 561    type Unit_Number_Type is new Int;
 562    --  Unit number. The main source is unit 0, and subsidiary sources have
 563    --  non-zero numbers starting with 1. Unit numbers are used to index the
 564    --  file table in Lib.
 565
 566    Main_Unit : constant Unit_Number_Type := 0;
 567    --  Unit number value for main unit
 568
 569    No_Unit : constant Unit_Number_Type := -1;
 570    --  Special value used to signal no unit
 571
 572    type Source_File_Index is new Int range -1 .. Int'Last;
 573    --  Type used to index the source file table (see package Sinput)
 574
 575    Internal_Source_File : constant Source_File_Index :=
 576                             Source_File_Index'First;
 577    --  Value used to indicate the buffer for the source-code-like strings
 578    --  internally created withing the compiler (see package Sinput)
 579
 580    No_Source_File : constant Source_File_Index := 0;
 581    --  Value used to indicate no source file present
 582
 583    subtype File_Name_Type is Name_Id;
 584    --  File names are stored in the names table and this synonym is used to
 585    --  indicate that a Name_Id value is being used to hold a simple file
 586    --  name (which does not include any directory information).
 587
 588    No_File : constant File_Name_Type := File_Name_Type (No_Name);
 589    --  Constant used to indicate no file found
 590
 591    subtype Unit_Name_Type is Name_Id;
 592    --  Unit names are stored in the names table and this synonym is used to
 593    --  indicate that a Name_Id value is being used to hold a unit name.
 594
 595    -----------------------------------
 596    -- Representation of Time Stamps --
 597    -----------------------------------
 598
 599    --  All compiled units are marked with a time stamp which is derived from
 600    --  the source file (we assume that the host system has the concept of a
 601    --  file time stamp which is modified when a file is modified). These
 602    --  time stamps are used to ensure consistency of the set of units that
 603    --  constitutes a library. Time stamps are 12 character strings with
 604    --  with the following format:
 605
 606    --     YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
 607
 608    --       YYYY   year
 609    --       MM     month (2 digits 01-12)
 610    --       DD     day (2 digits 01-31)
 611    --       HH     hour (2 digits 00-23)
 612    --       MM     minutes (2 digits 00-59)
 613    --       SS     seconds (2 digits 00-59)
 614
 615    --  In the case of Unix systems (and other systems which keep the time in
 616    --  GMT), the time stamp is the GMT time of the file, not the local time.
 617    --  This solves problems in using libraries across networks with clients
 618    --  spread across multiple time-zones.
 619
 620    Time_Stamp_Length : constant := 14;
 621    --  Length of time stamp value
 622
 623    subtype Time_Stamp_Index is Natural range 1 .. Time_Stamp_Length;
 624    type Time_Stamp_Type is new String (Time_Stamp_Index);
 625    --  Type used to represent time stamp
 626
 627    Empty_Time_Stamp : constant Time_Stamp_Type := (others => ' ');
 628    --  Type used to represent an empty or missing time stamp. Looks less
 629    --  than any real time stamp if two time stamps are compared. Note that
 630    --  although this is not a private type, clients should not rely on the
 631    --  exact way in which this string is represented, and instead should
 632    --  use the subprograms below.
 633
 634    Dummy_Time_Stamp : constant Time_Stamp_Type := (others => '0');
 635    --  This is used for dummy time stamp values used in the D lines for
 636    --  non-existant files, and is intended to be an impossible value.
 637
 638    function "="  (Left, Right : Time_Stamp_Type) return Boolean;
 639    function "<=" (Left, Right : Time_Stamp_Type) return Boolean;
 640    function ">=" (Left, Right : Time_Stamp_Type) return Boolean;
 641    function "<"  (Left, Right : Time_Stamp_Type) return Boolean;
 642    function ">"  (Left, Right : Time_Stamp_Type) return Boolean;
 643    --  Comparison functions on time stamps. Note that two time stamps
 644    --  are defined as being equal if they have the same day/month/year
 645    --  and the hour/minutes/seconds values are within 2 seconds of one
 646    --  another. This deals with rounding effects in library file time
 647    --  stamps caused by copying operations during installation. We have
 648    --  particularly noticed that WinNT seems susceptible to such changes.
 649    --  Note: the Empty_Time_Stamp value looks equal to itself, and less
 650    --  than any non-empty time stamp value.
 651
 652    procedure Split_Time_Stamp
 653      (TS      : Time_Stamp_Type;
 654       Year    : out Nat;
 655       Month   : out Nat;
 656       Day     : out Nat;
 657       Hour    : out Nat;
 658       Minutes : out Nat;
 659       Seconds : out Nat);
 660    --  Given a time stamp, decompose it into its components
 661
 662    procedure Make_Time_Stamp
 663      (Year    : Nat;
 664       Month   : Nat;
 665       Day     : Nat;
 666       Hour    : Nat;
 667       Minutes : Nat;
 668       Seconds : Nat;
 669       TS      : out Time_Stamp_Type);
 670    --  Given the components of a time stamp, initialize the value
 671
 672    -----------------------------------------------
 673    -- Types used for Pragma Suppress Management --
 674    -----------------------------------------------
 675
 676    type Check_Id is (
 677       Access_Check,
 678       Accessibility_Check,
 679       Discriminant_Check,
 680       Division_Check,
 681       Elaboration_Check,
 682       Index_Check,
 683       Length_Check,
 684       Overflow_Check,
 685       Range_Check,
 686       Storage_Check,
 687       Tag_Check,
 688       All_Checks);
 689
 690    --  The following record contains an entry for each recognized check name
 691    --  for pragma Suppress. It is used to represent current settings of scope
 692    --  based suppress actions from pragma Suppress or command line settings.
 693
 694    type Suppress_Array is
 695      array (Check_Id range Access_Check .. Tag_Check) of Boolean;
 696    pragma Pack (Suppress_Array);
 697
 698    --  To add a new check type to GNAT, the following steps are required:
 699
 700    --    1.  Add an entry to Snames spec and body for the new name
 701    --    2.  Add an entry to the definition of Check_Id above
 702    --    3.  Add a new function to Checks to handle the new check test
 703    --    4.  Add a new Do_xxx_Check flag to Sinfo (if required)
 704    --    5.  Add appropriate checks for the new test
 705
 706    -----------------------------------
 707    -- Global Exception Declarations --
 708    -----------------------------------
 709
 710    --  This section contains declarations of exceptions that are used
 711    --  throughout the compiler.
 712
 713    Unrecoverable_Error : exception;
 714    --  This exception is raised to immediately terminate the compilation
 715    --  of the current source program. Used in situations where things are
 716    --  bad enough that it doesn't seem worth continuing (e.g. max errors
 717    --  reached, or a required file is not found). Also raised when the
 718    --  compiler finds itself in trouble after an error (see Comperr).
 719
 720    ---------------------------------
 721    -- Parameter Mechanism Control --
 722    ---------------------------------
 723
 724    --  Function and parameter entities have a field that records the
 725    --  passing mechanism. See specification of Sem_Mech for full details.
 726    --  The following subtype is used to represent values of this type:
 727
 728    subtype Mechanism_Type is Int range -10 .. Int'Last;
 729    --  Type used to represent a mechanism value. This is a subtype rather
 730    --  than a type to avoid some annoying processing problems with certain
 731    --  routines in Einfo (processing them to create the corresponding C).
 732
 733    ------------------------------
 734    -- Run-Time Exception Codes --
 735    ------------------------------
 736
 737    --  When the code generator generates a run-time exception, it provides
 738    --  a reason code which is one of the following. This reason code is used
 739    --  to select the appropriate run-time routine to be called, determining
 740    --  both the exception to be raised, and the message text to be added.
 741
 742    --  The prefix CE/PE/SE indicates the exception to be raised
 743    --    CE = Constraint_Error
 744    --    PE = Program_Error
 745    --    SE = Storage_Error
 746
 747    --  The remaining part of the name indicates the message text to be added,
 748    --  where all letters are lower case, and underscores are converted to
 749    --  spaces (for example CE_Invalid_Data adds the text "invalid data").
 750
 751    --  To add a new code, you need to do the following:
 752
 753    --    1. Modify the type and subtype declarations below appropriately,
 754    --       keeping things in alphabetical order.
 755
 756    --    2. Modify the corresponding definitions in types.h, including
 757    --       the definition of last_reason_code.
 758
 759    --    3. Add a new routine in Ada.Exceptions with the appropriate call
 760    --       and static string constant
 761
 762    type RT_Exception_Code is (
 763      CE_Access_Check_Failed,
 764      CE_Access_Parameter_Is_Null,
 765      CE_Discriminant_Check_Failed,
 766      CE_Divide_By_Zero,
 767      CE_Explicit_Raise,
 768      CE_Index_Check_Failed,
 769      CE_Invalid_Data,
 770      CE_Length_Check_Failed,
 771      CE_Overflow_Check_Failed,
 772      CE_Partition_Check_Failed,
 773      CE_Range_Check_Failed,
 774      CE_Tag_Check_Failed,
 775
 776      PE_Access_Before_Elaboration,
 777      PE_Accessibility_Check_Failed,
 778      PE_All_Guards_Closed,
 779      PE_Duplicated_Entry_Address,
 780      PE_Explicit_Raise,
 781      PE_Finalize_Raised_Exception,
 782      PE_Misaligned_Address_Value,
 783      PE_Missing_Return,
 784      PE_Overlaid_Controlled_Object,
 785      PE_Potentially_Blocking_Operation,
 786      PE_Stubbed_Subprogram_Called,
 787      PE_Unchecked_Union_Restriction,
 788      PE_Illegal_RACW_E_4_18,
 789
 790      SE_Empty_Storage_Pool,
 791      SE_Explicit_Raise,
 792      SE_Infinite_Recursion,
 793      SE_Object_Too_Large,
 794      SE_Restriction_Violation);
 795
 796    subtype RT_CE_Exceptions is RT_Exception_Code range
 797      CE_Access_Check_Failed ..
 798      CE_Tag_Check_Failed;
 799
 800    subtype RT_PE_Exceptions is RT_Exception_Code range
 801      PE_Access_Before_Elaboration ..
 802      PE_Illegal_RACW_E_4_18;
 803
 804    subtype RT_SE_Exceptions is RT_Exception_Code range
 805      SE_Empty_Storage_Pool ..
 806      SE_Restriction_Violation;
 807
 808 end Types;