gcc/ada/sem_mech.ads

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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                             S E M _ M E C H                              --
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  28
  29 --  This package contains the routine used to establish calling mechanisms
  30 --  The reason we separate this off into its own package is that it is
  31 --  entirely possible that it may need some target specific specialization.
  32
  33 with Types; use Types;
  34
  35 package Sem_Mech is
  36
  37    -------------------------------------------------
  38    -- Definitions for Parameter Mechanism Control --
  39    -------------------------------------------------
  40
  41    --  For parameters passed to subprograms, and for function return values,
  42    --  as passing mechanism is defined. The entity attribute Mechanism returns
  43    --  an indication of the mechanism, and Set_Mechanism can be used to set
  44    --  the mechanism. At the program level, there are three ways to explicitly
  45    --  set the mechanism:
  46
  47    --    An Import_xxx or Export_xxx pragma (where xxx is Function, Procedure,
  48    --    or Valued_Procedure) can explicitly set the mechanism for either a
  49    --    parameter or a function return value. A mechanism explicitly set by
  50    --    such a pragma overrides the effect of C_Pass_By_Copy described below.
  51
  52    --    If convention C_Pass_By_Copy is set for a record, and the record type
  53    --    is used as the formal type of a subprogram with a foreign convention,
  54    --    then the mechanism is set to By_Copy.
  55
  56    --    If a pragma C_Pass_By_Copy applies, and a record type has Convention
  57    --    C, and the record type is used as the formal type of a subprogram
  58    --    with a foreign convention, then the mechanism is set to use By_Copy
  59    --    if the size of the record is sufficiently small (as determined by
  60    --    the value of the parameter to pragma C_Pass_By_Copy).
  61
  62    --  The subtype Mechanism_Type (declared in Types) is used to describe
  63    --  the mechanism to be used. The following special values of this type
  64    --  specify the mechanism, as follows.
  65
  66    Default_Mechanism : constant Mechanism_Type := 0;
  67    --  The default setting indicates that the backend will choose the proper
  68    --  default mechanism. This depends on the convention of the subprogram
  69    --  involved, and is generally target dependent. In the compiler, the
  70    --  backend chooses the mechanism in this case in accordance with any
  71    --  requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that Default is never used for
  72    --  record types on foreign convention subprograms, since By_Reference
  73    --  is forced for such types unless one of the above described approaches
  74    --  is used to explicitly force By_Copy.
  75
  76    By_Copy : constant Mechanism_Type := -1;
  77    --  Passing by copy is forced. The exact meaning of By_Copy (e.g. whether
  78    --  at a low level the value is passed in registers, or the value is copied
  79    --  and a pointer is passed), is determined by the backend in accordance
  80    --  with requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that in the extended import
  81    --  and export pragma mechanisms, this is called Value, rather than Copy.
  82
  83    By_Reference : constant Mechanism_Type := -2;
  84    --  Passing by reference is forced. This is always equivalent to passing
  85    --  a simple pointer in the case of subprograms with a foreign convention.
  86    --  For unconstrained arrays passed to foreign convention subprograms, the
  87    --  address of the first element of the array is passed. For convention
  88    --  Ada, the result is logically to pass a reference, but the precise
  89    --  mechanism (e.g. to pass bounds of unconstrained types and other needed
  90    --  special information) is determined by the backend in accordance with
  91    --  requirements imposed by the ABI as interpreted for Ada.
  92
  93    By_Descriptor      : constant Mechanism_Type := -3;
  94    By_Descriptor_UBS  : constant Mechanism_Type := -4;
  95    By_Descriptor_UBSB : constant Mechanism_Type := -5;
  96    By_Descriptor_UBA  : constant Mechanism_Type := -6;
  97    By_Descriptor_S    : constant Mechanism_Type := -7;
  98    By_Descriptor_SB   : constant Mechanism_Type := -8;
  99    By_Descriptor_A    : constant Mechanism_Type := -9;
 100    By_Descriptor_NCA  : constant Mechanism_Type := -10;
 101    --  These values are used only in OpenVMS ports of GNAT. Pass by descriptor
 102    --  is forced, as described in the OpenVMS ABI. The suffix indicates the
 103    --  descriptor type:
 104    --
 105    --     UBS    unaligned bit string
 106    --     UBSB   aligned bit string with arbitrary bounds
 107    --     UBA    unaligned bit array
 108    --     S      string, also a scalar or access type parameter
 109    --     SB     string with arbitrary bounds
 110    --     A      contiguous array
 111    --     NCA    non-contiguous array
 112    --
 113    --  Note: the form with no suffix is used if the Import/Export pragma
 114    --  uses the simple form of the mechanism name where no descriptor
 115    --  type is supplied. In this case the back end assigns a descriptor
 116    --  type based on the Ada type in accordance with the OpenVMS ABI.
 117
 118    subtype Descriptor_Codes is Mechanism_Type
 119      range By_Descriptor_NCA .. By_Descriptor;
 120    --  Subtype including all descriptor mechanisms
 121
 122    --  All the above special values are non-positive. Positive values for
 123    --  Mechanism_Type values have a special meaning. They are used only in
 124    --  the case of records, as a result of the use of the C_Pass_By_Copy
 125    --  pragma, and the meaning is that if the size of the record is known
 126    --  at compile time and does not exceed the mechanism type value, then
 127    --  By_Copy passing is forced, otherwise By_Reference is forced.
 128
 129    ----------------------
 130    -- Global Variables --
 131    ----------------------
 132
 133    Default_C_Record_Mechanism : Mechanism_Type := By_Reference;
 134    --  This value is the default mechanism used for C convention records
 135    --  in foreign-convention subprograms if no mechanism is otherwise
 136    --  specified. This value is modified appropriately by the occurrence
 137    --  of a C_Pass_By_Copy configuration pragma.
 138
 139    -----------------
 140    -- Subprograms --
 141    -----------------
 142
 143    procedure Set_Mechanisms (E : Entity_Id);
 144    --  E is a subprogram or subprogram type that has been frozen, so the
 145    --  convention of the subprogram and all its formal types and result
 146    --  type in the case of a function are established. The function of
 147    --  this call is to set mechanism values for formals and for the
 148    --  function return if they have not already been explicitly set by
 149    --  a use of an extended Import or Export pragma. The idea is to set
 150    --  mechanism values whereever the semantics is dictated by either
 151    --  requirements or implementation advice in the RM, and to leave
 152    --  the mechanism set to Default if there is no requirement, so that
 153    --  the back-end is free to choose the most efficient method.
 154
 155    procedure Set_Mechanism_Value (Ent : Entity_Id; Mech_Name : Node_Id);
 156    --  Mech is a parameter passing mechanism (see Import_Function syntax
 157    --  for MECHANISM_NAME). This routine checks that the mechanism argument
 158    --  has the right form, and if not issues an error message. If the
 159    --  argument has the right form then the Mechanism field of Ent is
 160    --  set appropriately. It also performs some error checks. Note that
 161    --  the mechanism name has not been analyzed (and cannot indeed be
 162    --  analyzed, since it is semantic nonsense), so we get it in the
 163    --  exact form created by the parser.
 164
 165    procedure Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
 166      (Ent  : Entity_Id;
 167       Mech : Mechanism_Type;
 168       Enod : Node_Id);
 169    --  Sets the mechanism of Ent to the given Mech value, after first checking
 170    --  that the request makes sense. If it does not make sense, a warning is
 171    --  posted on node Enod, and the Mechanism of Ent is unchanged.
 172
 173 end Sem_Mech;