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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33 -- Package containing utility procedures used throughout the compiler,
34 -- and also by ASIS so dependencies are limited to ASIS included packages.
36 -- Historical note. Many of the routines here were originally in Einfo, but
37 -- Einfo is supposed to be a relatively low level package dealing with the
38 -- content of entities in the tree, so this package is used for routines that
39 -- require more than minimal semantic knowledge.
42 with Namet
; use Namet
;
44 with Types
; use Types
;
45 with Sinfo
; use Sinfo
;
49 --------------------------------
50 -- Obsolescent Warnings Table --
51 --------------------------------
53 -- This table records entities for which a pragma Obsolescent with a
54 -- message argument has been processed.
56 type OWT_Record
is record
58 -- The entity to which the pragma applies
61 -- The string containing the message
64 package Obsolescent_Warnings
is new Table
.Table
(
65 Table_Component_Type
=> OWT_Record
,
66 Table_Index_Type
=> Int
,
68 Table_Initial
=> Alloc
.Obsolescent_Warnings_Initial
,
69 Table_Increment
=> Alloc
.Obsolescent_Warnings_Increment
,
70 Table_Name
=> "Obsolescent_Warnings");
73 -- Called at the start of compilation of each new main source file to
74 -- initialize the allocation of the Obsolescent_Warnings table. Note that
75 -- Initialize must not be called if Tree_Read is used.
78 -- Initializes Obsolescent_Warnings table from current tree file using the
79 -- relevant Table.Tree_Read routine.
82 -- Writes out Obsolescent_Warnings table to current tree file using the
83 -- relevant Table.Tree_Write routine.
89 function Ancestor_Subtype
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
90 -- The argument Id is a type or subtype entity. If the argument is a
91 -- subtype then it returns the subtype or type from which the subtype was
92 -- obtained, otherwise it returns Empty.
94 function Available_View
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
95 -- Ent denotes an abstract state or a type that may come from a limited
96 -- with clause. Return the non-limited view of Ent if there is one or Ent
97 -- if this is not the case.
99 function Constant_Value
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
100 -- Ent is a variable, constant, named integer, or named real entity. This
101 -- call obtains the initialization expression for the entity. Will return
102 -- Empty for a deferred constant whose full view is not available or
103 -- in some other cases of internal entities, which cannot be treated as
104 -- constants from the point of view of constant folding. Empty is also
105 -- returned for variables with no initialization expression.
107 function Corresponding_Unsigned_Type
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
108 -- Typ is a signed integer subtype. This routine returns the standard
109 -- unsigned type with the same Esize as the implementation base type of
110 -- Typ, e.g. Long_Integer => Long_Unsigned.
112 function Enclosing_Dynamic_Scope
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
113 -- For any entity, Ent, returns the closest dynamic scope in which the
114 -- entity is declared or Standard_Standard for library-level entities.
116 function First_Discriminant
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
117 -- Typ is a type with discriminants. The discriminants are the first
118 -- entities declared in the type, so normally this is equivalent to
119 -- First_Entity. The exception arises for tagged types, where the tag
120 -- itself is prepended to the front of the entity chain, so the
121 -- First_Discriminant function steps past the tag if it is present.
122 -- The caller is responsible for checking that the type has discriminants.
123 -- When called on a private type with unknown discriminants, the function
124 -- always returns Empty.
126 function First_Stored_Discriminant
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
127 -- Typ is a type with discriminants. Gives the first discriminant stored
128 -- in an object of this type. In many cases, these are the same as the
129 -- normal visible discriminants for the type, but in the case of renamed
130 -- discriminants, this is not always the case.
132 -- For tagged types, and untagged types which are root types or derived
133 -- types but which do not rename discriminants in their root type, the
134 -- stored discriminants are the same as the actual discriminants of the
135 -- type, and hence this function is the same as First_Discriminant.
137 -- For derived untagged types that rename discriminants in the root type
138 -- this is the first of the discriminants that occur in the root type. To
139 -- be precise, in this case stored discriminants are entities attached to
140 -- the entity chain of the derived type which are a copy of the
141 -- discriminants of the root type. Furthermore their Is_Completely_Hidden
142 -- flag is set since although they are actually stored in the object, they
143 -- are not in the set of discriminants that is visible in the type.
145 -- For derived untagged types, the set of stored discriminants are the real
146 -- discriminants from Gigi's standpoint, i.e. those that will be stored in
147 -- actual objects of the type.
149 function First_Subtype
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
150 -- Applies to all types and subtypes. For types, yields the first subtype
151 -- of the type. For subtypes, yields the first subtype of the base type of
154 function First_Tag_Component
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
155 -- Typ must be a tagged record type. This function returns the Entity for
156 -- the first _Tag field in the record type.
158 function Get_Binary_Nkind
(Op
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Kind
;
159 -- Op must be an entity with an Ekind of E_Operator. This function returns
160 -- the Nkind value that would be used to construct a binary operator node
161 -- referencing this entity. It is an error to call this function if Ekind
162 -- (Op) /= E_Operator.
164 function Get_Called_Entity
(Call
: Node_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
165 -- Obtain the entity of the entry, operator, or subprogram being invoked
168 function Get_Low_Bound
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
169 -- For an index subtype or string literal subtype, returns its low bound
171 function Get_Unary_Nkind
(Op
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Kind
;
172 -- Op must be an entity with an Ekind of E_Operator. This function returns
173 -- the Nkind value that would be used to construct a unary operator node
174 -- referencing this entity. It is an error to call this function if Ekind
175 -- (Op) /= E_Operator.
177 function Get_Rep_Item
180 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Node_Id
;
181 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for a given entity E, for an instance of a
182 -- rep item (pragma, attribute definition clause, or aspect specification)
183 -- whose name matches the given name Nam. If Check_Parents is False then it
184 -- only returns rep item that has been directly specified for E (and not
185 -- inherited from its parents, if any). If one is found, it is returned,
186 -- otherwise Empty is returned. A special case is that when Nam is
187 -- Name_Priority, the call will also find Interrupt_Priority.
189 function Get_Rep_Item
193 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Node_Id
;
194 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for a given entity E, for an instance of a
195 -- rep item (pragma, attribute definition clause, or aspect specification)
196 -- whose name matches one of the given names Nam1 or Nam2. If Check_Parents
197 -- is False then it only returns rep item that has been directly specified
198 -- for E (and not inherited from its parents, if any). If one is found, it
199 -- is returned, otherwise Empty is returned. A special case is that when
200 -- one of the given names is Name_Priority, the call will also find
201 -- Interrupt_Priority.
203 function Get_Rep_Pragma
206 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Node_Id
;
207 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for a given entity E, for an instance of a
208 -- representation pragma whose name matches the given name Nam. If
209 -- Check_Parents is False then it only returns representation pragma that
210 -- has been directly specified for E (and not inherited from its parents,
211 -- if any). If one is found and if it is the first rep item in the list
212 -- that matches Nam, it is returned, otherwise Empty is returned. A special
213 -- case is that when Nam is Name_Priority, the call will also find
214 -- Interrupt_Priority.
216 function Get_Rep_Pragma
220 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Node_Id
;
221 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for a given entity E, for an instance of a
222 -- representation pragma whose name matches one of the given names Nam1 or
223 -- Nam2. If Check_Parents is False then it only returns representation
224 -- pragma that has been directly specified for E (and not inherited from
225 -- its parents, if any). If one is found and if it is the first rep item in
226 -- the list that matches one of the given names, it is returned, otherwise
227 -- Empty is returned. A special case is that when one of the given names is
228 -- Name_Priority, the call will also find Interrupt_Priority.
230 function Has_Rep_Item
233 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Boolean;
234 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for the given entity E, for an instance of a
235 -- rep item (pragma, attribute definition clause, or aspect specification)
236 -- with the given name Nam. If Check_Parents is False then it only checks
237 -- for a rep item that has been directly specified for E (and not inherited
238 -- from its parents, if any). If found then True is returned, otherwise
239 -- False indicates that no matching entry was found.
241 function Has_Rep_Item
245 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Boolean;
246 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for the given entity E, for an instance of a
247 -- rep item (pragma, attribute definition clause, or aspect specification)
248 -- with the given names Nam1 or Nam2. If Check_Parents is False then it
249 -- only checks for a rep item that has been directly specified for E (and
250 -- not inherited from its parents, if any). If found then True is returned,
251 -- otherwise False indicates that no matching entry was found.
253 function Has_Rep_Item
(E
: Entity_Id
; N
: Node_Id
) return Boolean;
254 -- Determine whether the Rep_Item chain of arbitrary entity E contains item
255 -- N. N must denote a valid rep item.
257 function Has_Rep_Pragma
260 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Boolean;
261 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for the given entity E, for an instance of a
262 -- representation pragma with the given name Nam. If Check_Parents is False
263 -- then it only checks for a representation pragma that has been directly
264 -- specified for E (and not inherited from its parents, if any). If found
265 -- and if it is the first rep item in the list that matches Nam then True
266 -- is returned, otherwise False indicates that no matching entry was found.
268 function Has_Rep_Pragma
272 Check_Parents
: Boolean := True) return Boolean;
273 -- Searches the Rep_Item chain for the given entity E, for an instance of a
274 -- representation pragma with the given names Nam1 or Nam2. If
275 -- Check_Parents is False then it only checks for a rep item that has been
276 -- directly specified for E (and not inherited from its parents, if any).
277 -- If found and if it is the first rep item in the list that matches one of
278 -- the given names then True is returned, otherwise False indicates that no
279 -- matching entry was found.
281 function Has_External_Tag_Rep_Clause
(T
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
282 -- Defined in tagged types. Set if an External_Tag rep. clause has been
283 -- given for this type. Use to avoid the generation of the default
286 -- Note: we used to use an entity flag for this purpose, but that was wrong
287 -- because it was not propagated from the private view to the full view. We
288 -- could have added that propagation, but it would have been an annoying
289 -- irregularity compared to other representation aspects, and the cost of
290 -- looking up the aspect when needed is small.
292 function Has_Unconstrained_Elements
(T
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
293 -- True if T has discriminants and is unconstrained, or is an array type
294 -- whose element type Has_Unconstrained_Elements.
296 function Has_Variant_Part
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
297 -- Return True if the first subtype of Typ is a discriminated record type
298 -- which has a variant part. False otherwise.
300 function In_Generic_Body
(Id
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
301 -- Determine whether entity Id appears inside a generic body
303 function Initialization_Suppressed
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
304 pragma Inline
(Initialization_Suppressed
);
305 -- Returns True if initialization should be suppressed for the given type
306 -- or subtype. This is true if Suppress_Initialization is set either for
307 -- the subtype itself, or for the corresponding base type.
309 function Is_Body
(N
: Node_Id
) return Boolean;
310 -- Determine whether an arbitrary node denotes a body
312 function Is_By_Copy_Type
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
313 -- Ent is any entity. Returns True if Ent is a type entity where the type
314 -- is required to be passed by copy, as defined in (RM 6.2(3)).
316 function Is_By_Reference_Type
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
317 -- Ent is any entity. Returns True if Ent is a type entity where the type
318 -- is required to be passed by reference, as defined in (RM 6.2(4-9)).
320 function Is_Definite_Subtype
(T
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
321 -- T is a type entity. Returns True if T is a definite subtype.
322 -- Indefinite subtypes are unconstrained arrays, unconstrained
323 -- discriminated types without defaulted discriminants, class-wide types,
324 -- and types with unknown discriminants. Definite subtypes are all others
325 -- (elementary, constrained composites (including the case of records
326 -- without discriminants), and types with defaulted discriminants).
328 function Is_Derived_Type
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
329 -- Determines if the given entity Ent is a derived type. Result is always
330 -- false if argument is not a type.
332 function Is_Generic_Formal
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
333 -- Determine whether E is a generic formal parameter. In particular this is
334 -- used to set the visibility of generic formals of a generic package
335 -- declared with a box or with partial parameterization.
337 function Is_Immutably_Limited_Type
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
338 -- Implements definition in Ada 2012 RM-7.5 (8.1/3). This differs from the
339 -- following predicate in that an untagged record with immutably limited
340 -- components is NOT by itself immutably limited. This matters, e.g. when
341 -- checking the legality of an access to the current instance.
343 function Is_Limited_View
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
344 -- Ent is any entity. True for a type that is "inherently" limited (i.e.
345 -- cannot become nonlimited). From the Ada 2005 RM-7.5(8.1/2), "a type with
346 -- a part that is of a task, protected, or explicitly limited record type".
347 -- These are the types that are defined as return-by-reference types in Ada
348 -- 95 (see RM95-6.5(11-16)). In Ada 2005, these are the types that require
349 -- build-in-place for function calls. Note that build-in-place is allowed
350 -- for other types, too. This is also used for identifying pure procedures
351 -- whose calls should not be eliminated (RM 10.2.1(18/2)).
353 function Is_Limited_Type
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
354 -- Ent is any entity. Returns true if Ent is a limited type (limited
355 -- private type, limited interface type, task type, protected type,
356 -- composite containing a limited component, or a subtype of any of
357 -- these types). This older routine overlaps with the previous one, this
358 -- should be cleaned up???
360 function Nearest_Ancestor
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
361 -- Given a subtype Typ, this function finds out the nearest ancestor from
362 -- which constraints and predicates are inherited. There is no simple link
363 -- for doing this, consider:
365 -- subtype R is Integer range 1 .. 10;
368 -- In this case the nearest ancestor is R, but the Etype of T'Base will
369 -- point to R'Base, so we have to go rummaging in the declarations to get
370 -- this information. It is used for making sure we freeze this before we
371 -- freeze Typ, and also for retrieving inherited predicate information.
372 -- For the case of base types or first subtypes, there is no useful entity
373 -- to return, so Empty is returned.
375 -- Note: this is similar to Ancestor_Subtype except that it also deals
376 -- with the case of derived types.
378 function Nearest_Dynamic_Scope
(Ent
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
379 -- This is similar to Enclosing_Dynamic_Scope except that if Ent is itself
380 -- a dynamic scope, then it is returned. Otherwise the result is the same
381 -- as that returned by Enclosing_Dynamic_Scope.
383 function Next_Tag_Component
(Tag
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
384 -- Tag must be an entity representing a _Tag field of a tagged record.
385 -- The result returned is the next _Tag field in this record, or Empty
386 -- if this is the last such field.
388 function Number_Components
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Nat
;
389 -- Typ is a record type, yields number of components (including
390 -- discriminants) in type.
392 function Number_Discriminants
(Typ
: Entity_Id
) return Pos
;
393 -- Typ is a type with discriminants, yields number of discriminants in type
395 function Object_Type_Has_Constrained_Partial_View
397 Scop
: Entity_Id
) return Boolean;
398 -- Return True if type of object has attribute Has_Constrained_Partial_View
399 -- set to True; in addition, within a generic body, return True if subtype
400 -- of the object is a descendant of an untagged generic formal private or
401 -- derived type, and the subtype is not an unconstrained array subtype
402 -- (RM 3.3(23.10/3)).
404 function Package_Body
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
405 -- Given an entity for a package (spec or body), return the corresponding
406 -- package body if any, or else Empty.
408 function Package_Spec
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
409 -- Given an entity for a package spec, return the corresponding package
410 -- spec if any, or else Empty.
412 function Package_Specification
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
413 -- Given an entity for a package, return the corresponding package
416 function Subprogram_Body
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
417 -- Given an entity for a subprogram (spec or body), return the
418 -- corresponding subprogram body if any, or else Empty.
420 function Subprogram_Body_Entity
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
421 -- Given an entity for a subprogram (spec or body), return the entity
422 -- corresponding to the subprogram body, which may be the same as E or
423 -- Empty if no body is available.
425 function Subprogram_Spec
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
426 -- Given an entity for a subprogram spec, return the corresponding
427 -- subprogram spec if any, or else Empty.
429 function Subprogram_Specification
(E
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
430 -- Given an entity for a subprogram, return the corresponding subprogram
431 -- specification. If the entity is an inherited subprogram without
432 -- specification itself, return the specification of the inherited
435 function Ultimate_Alias
(Prim
: Entity_Id
) return Entity_Id
;
436 pragma Inline
(Ultimate_Alias
);
437 -- Return the last entity in the chain of aliased entities of Prim. If Prim
438 -- has no alias return Prim.
440 function Unit_Declaration_Node
(Unit_Id
: Entity_Id
) return Node_Id
;
441 -- Unit_Id is the simple name of a program unit, this function returns the
442 -- corresponding xxx_Declaration node for the entity. Also applies to the
443 -- body entities for subprograms, tasks and protected units, in which case
444 -- it returns the subprogram, task or protected body node for it. The unit
445 -- may be a child unit with any number of ancestors.