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   5 --                 I N T E R F A C E S . C . S T R I N G S                  --
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  39
  40 with System.Storage_Elements;
  41
  42 package Interfaces.C.Strings is
  43 pragma Preelaborate (Strings);
  44
  45    type char_array_access is access all char_array;
  46
  47    type chars_ptr is private;
  48
  49    type chars_ptr_array is array (size_t range <>) of chars_ptr;
  50
  51    Null_Ptr : constant chars_ptr;
  52
  53    function To_Chars_Ptr
  54      (Item      : in char_array_access;
  55       Nul_Check : in Boolean := False)
  56       return      chars_ptr;
  57
  58    function New_Char_Array (Chars : in char_array) return chars_ptr;
  59
  60    function New_String (Str : in String) return chars_ptr;
  61
  62    procedure Free (Item : in out chars_ptr);
  63
  64    Dereference_Error : exception;
  65
  66    function Value (Item : in chars_ptr) return char_array;
  67
  68    function Value
  69      (Item   : in chars_ptr;
  70       Length : in size_t)
  71       return   char_array;
  72
  73    function Value (Item : in chars_ptr) return String;
  74
  75    function Value
  76      (Item   : in chars_ptr;
  77       Length : in size_t)
  78       return   String;
  79
  80    function Strlen (Item : in chars_ptr) return size_t;
  81
  82    procedure Update
  83      (Item   : in chars_ptr;
  84       Offset : in size_t;
  85       Chars  : in char_array;
  86       Check  : Boolean := True);
  87
  88    procedure Update
  89      (Item   : in chars_ptr;
  90       Offset : in size_t;
  91       Str    : in String;
  92       Check  : in Boolean := True);
  93
  94    Update_Error : exception;
  95
  96 private
  97    type chars_ptr is new System.Storage_Elements.Integer_Address;
  98
  99    Null_Ptr : constant chars_ptr := 0;
 100    --  A little cleaner might be To_Integer (System.Null_Address) but this is
 101    --  non-preelaborable, and in fact we jolly well know this value is zero.
 102    --  Indeed, given the C interface nature, it is probably more correct to
 103    --  write zero here (even if Null_Address were non-zero).
 104
 105 end Interfaces.C.Strings;