gcc/ada/widechar.ads

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  33
  34 --  Subprograms for manipulation of wide character sequences. Note that in
  35 --  this package, wide character and wide wide character are not distinguished
  36 --  since this package is basically concerned with syntactic notions, and it
  37 --  deals with Char_Code values, rather than values of actual Ada types.
  38
  39 with Types; use Types;
  40
  41 package Widechar is
  42
  43    Wide_Char_Byte_Count : Nat := 0;
  44    --  This value is incremented whenever Scan_Wide or Skip_Wide is called.
  45    --  The amount added is the length of the wide character sequence minus
  46    --  one. This means that the count that accululates here represents the
  47    --  difference between the length in characters and the length in bytes.
  48    --  This is used for checking the line length in characters.
  49
  50    function Length_Wide return Nat;
  51    --  Returns the maximum length in characters for the escape sequence that
  52    --  is used to encode wide character literals outside the ASCII range. Used
  53    --  only in the implementation of the attribute Width for Wide_Character
  54    --  and Wide_Wide_Character.
  55
  56    procedure Scan_Wide
  57      (S   : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  58       P   : in out Source_Ptr;
  59       C   : out Char_Code;
  60       Err : out Boolean);
  61    --  On entry S (P) points to the first character in the source text for
  62    --  a wide character (i.e. to an ESC character, a left bracket, or an
  63    --  upper half character, depending on the representation method). A
  64    --  single wide character is scanned. If no error is found, the value
  65    --  stored in C is the code for this wide character, P is updated past
  66    --  the sequence and Err is set to False. If an error is found, then
  67    --  P points to the improper character, C is undefined, and Err is
  68    --  set to True.
  69
  70    procedure Set_Wide
  71      (C : Char_Code;
  72       S : in out String;
  73       P : in out Natural);
  74    --  The escape sequence (including any leading ESC character) for the
  75    --  given character code is stored starting at S (P + 1), and on return
  76    --  P points to the last stored character (i.e. P is the count of stored
  77    --  characters on entry and exit, and the escape sequence is appended to
  78    --  the end of the stored string). The character code C represents a code
  79    --  originally constructed by Scan_Wide, so it is known to be in a range
  80    --  that is appropriate for the encoding method in use.
  81
  82    procedure Skip_Wide (S : String; P : in out Natural);
  83    --  On entry, S (P) points to an ESC character for a wide character escape
  84    --  sequence or to an upper half character if the encoding method uses the
  85    --  upper bit, or to a left bracket if the brackets encoding method is in
  86    --  use. On exit, P is bumped past the wide character sequence. No error
  87    --  checking is done, since this is only used on escape sequences generated
  88    --  by Set_Wide, which are known to be correct.
  89
  90    procedure Skip_Wide (S : Source_Buffer_Ptr; P : in out Source_Ptr);
  91    --  Similar to the above procedure, but operates on a source buffer
  92    --  instead of a string, with P being a Source_Ptr referencing the
  93    --  contents of the source buffer.
  94
  95    function Is_Start_Of_Wide_Char
  96      (S : Source_Buffer_Ptr;
  97       P : Source_Ptr) return Boolean;
  98    --  Determines if S (P) is the start of a wide character sequence
  99
 100 end Widechar;