1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- I N T E R F A C E S . C . P O I N T E R S --
10 -- Copyright (C) 1993-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
12 -- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
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27 -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this --
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29 -- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
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34 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
35 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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41 type Element
is private;
42 type Element_Array
is array (Index
range <>) of aliased Element
;
43 Default_Terminator
: Element
;
45 package Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
is
46 pragma Preelaborate
(Pointers
);
48 type Pointer
is access all Element
;
52 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
57 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
)
60 Pointer_Error
: exception;
62 --------------------------------
63 -- C-style Pointer Arithmetic --
64 --------------------------------
66 function "+" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
67 function "+" (Left
: in ptrdiff_t
; Right
: in Pointer
) return Pointer
;
68 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
69 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in Pointer
) return ptrdiff_t
;
71 procedure Increment
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
72 procedure Decrement
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
74 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "+");
75 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "-");
76 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Increment
);
77 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Decrement
);
79 function Virtual_Length
81 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
84 procedure Copy_Terminated_Array
87 Limit
: in ptrdiff_t
:= ptrdiff_t
'Last;
88 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
);
93 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
);
98 pragma Inline
(Decrement
);
99 pragma Inline
(Increment
);
101 end Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
;