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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                      S Y S T E M . V A L _ R E A L                       --
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  31
  32 package System.Val_Real is
  33    pragma Pure;
  34
  35    function Scan_Real
  36      (Str : String;
  37       Ptr : not null access Integer;
  38       Max : Integer) return Long_Long_Float;
  39    --  This function scans the string starting at Str (Ptr.all) for a valid
  40    --  real literal according to the syntax described in (RM 3.5(43)). The
  41    --  substring scanned extends no further than Str (Max). There are three
  42    --  cases for the return:
  43    --
  44    --  If a valid real is found after scanning past any initial spaces, then
  45    --  Ptr.all is updated past the last character of the real (but trailing
  46    --  spaces are not scanned out).
  47    --
  48    --  If no valid real is found, then Ptr.all points either to an initial
  49    --  non-blank character, or to Max + 1 if the field is all spaces and the
  50    --  exception Constraint_Error is raised.
  51    --
  52    --  If a syntactically valid real is scanned, but the value is out of
  53    --  range, or, in the based case, the base value is out of range or there
  54    --  is an out of range digit, then Ptr.all points past the real literal,
  55    --  and Constraint_Error is raised.
  56    --
  57    --  Note: these rules correspond to the requirements for leaving the
  58    --  pointer positioned in Text_Io.Get
  59    --
  60    --  Note: if Str is null, i.e. if Max is less than Ptr, then this is a
  61    --  special case of an all-blank string, and Ptr is unchanged, and hence
  62    --  is greater than Max as required in this case.
  63
  64    function Value_Real (Str : String) return Long_Long_Float;
  65    --  Used in computing X'Value (Str) where X is a floating-point type or an
  66    --  ordinary fixed-point type. Str is the string argument of the attribute.
  67    --  Constraint_Error is raised if the string is malformed, or if the value
  68    --  out of range of Long_Long_Float.
  69
  70 end System.Val_Real;