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  33
  34 --  This package provides low level primitives used to implement clock and
  35 --  delays in non tasking applications on Alpha/VMS
  36
  37 --  The choice of the real clock/delay implementation (depending on whether
  38 --  tasking is involved or not) is done via soft links (see s-tasoli.ads)
  39
  40 --  NEVER add any dependency to tasking packages here
  41
  42 package System.OS_Primitives is
  43
  44    subtype OS_Time is Long_Integer;
  45    --  System time on VMS is used for performance reasons.
  46    --  Note that OS_Time is *not* the same as Ada.Calendar.Time, the
  47    --  difference being that relative OS_Time is negative, but relative
  48    --  Calendar.Time is positive.
  49    --  See Ada.Calendar.Delays for more information on VMS Time.
  50
  51    Max_Sensible_Delay : constant Duration :=
  52                           Duration'Min (183 * 24 * 60 * 60.0,
  53                                         Duration'Last);
  54    --  Max of half a year delay, needed to prevent exceptions for large
  55    --  delay values. It seems unlikely that any test will notice this
  56    --  restriction, except in the case of applications setting the clock at
  57    --  at run time (see s-tastim.adb). Also note that a larger value might
  58    --  cause problems (e.g overflow, or more likely OS limitation in the
  59    --  primitives used). In the case where half a year is too long (which
  60    --  occurs in high integrity mode with 32-bit words, and possibly on
  61    --  some specific ports of GNAT), Duration'Last is used instead.
  62
  63    function OS_Clock return OS_Time;
  64    --  Returns "absolute" time, represented as an offset
  65    --  relative to "the Epoch", which is Nov 17, 1858 on VMS.
  66
  67    function Clock return Duration;
  68    pragma Inline (Clock);
  69    --  Returns "absolute" time, represented as an offset
  70    --  relative to "the Epoch", which is Jan 1, 1970 on unixes.
  71    --  This implementation is affected by system's clock changes.
  72
  73    function Monotonic_Clock return Duration;
  74    pragma Inline (Monotonic_Clock);
  75    --  Returns "absolute" time, represented as an offset
  76    --  relative to "the Epoch", which is Jan 1, 1970.
  77    --  This clock implementation is immune to the system's clock changes.
  78
  79    Relative          : constant := 0;
  80    Absolute_Calendar : constant := 1;
  81    Absolute_RT       : constant := 2;
  82    --  Values for Mode call below. Note that the compiler (exp_ch9.adb)
  83    --  relies on these values. So any change here must be reflected in
  84    --  corresponding changes in the compiler.
  85
  86    procedure Timed_Delay (Time : Duration; Mode : Integer);
  87    --  Implements the semantics of the delay statement when no tasking is
  88    --  used in the application.
  89    --
  90    --    Mode is one of the three values above
  91    --
  92    --    Time is a relative or absolute duration value, depending on Mode.
  93    --
  94    --  Note that currently Ada.Real_Time always uses the tasking run time, so
  95    --  this procedure should never be called with Mode set to Absolute_RT.
  96    --  This may change in future or bare board implementations.
  97
  98    function To_Duration (T : OS_Time; Mode : Integer) return Duration;
  99    --  Convert VMS system time to Duration
 100    --  Mode is one of the three values above
 101
 102    function To_OS_Time (D : Duration; Mode : Integer) return OS_Time;
 103    --  Convert Duration to VMS system time
 104    --  Mode is one of the three values above
 105
 106 end System.OS_Primitives;