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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
   4 --                                                                          --
   5 --                               O U T P U T                                --
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   7 --                                 S p e c                                  --
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  30 -- GNAT was originally developed  by the GNAT team at  New York University. --
  31 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc.      --
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  34
  35 --  This package contains low level output routines used by the compiler
  36 --  for writing error messages and informational output. It is also used
  37 --  by the debug source file output routines (see Sprintf.Print_Eol).
  38
  39 with Types; use Types;
  40
  41 package Output is
  42 pragma Elaborate_Body (Output);
  43
  44    type Output_Proc is access procedure (S : String);
  45    --  This type is used for the Set_Special_Output procedure. If this
  46    --  procedure is called, then instead of lines being written to
  47    --  standard error or standard output, a call is made to the given
  48    --  procedure for each line, passing the line with an end of line
  49    --  character (which is a single ASCII.LF character, even in systems
  50    --  which normally use CR/LF or some other sequence for line end).
  51
  52    -----------------
  53    -- Subprograms --
  54    -----------------
  55
  56    procedure Set_Special_Output (P : Output_Proc);
  57    --  Sets subsequent output to call procedure P. If P is null, then
  58    --  the call cancels the effect of a previous call, reverting the
  59    --  output to standard error or standard output depending on the
  60    --  mode at the time of previous call. Any exception generated by
  61    --  by calls to P is simply propagated to the caller of the routine
  62    --  causing the write operation.
  63
  64    procedure Cancel_Special_Output;
  65    --  Cancels the effect of a call to Set_Special_Output, if any.
  66    --  The output is then directed to standard error or standard output
  67    --  depending on the last call to Set_Standard_Error or Set_Standard_Output.
  68    --  It is never an error to call Cancel_Special_Output. It has the same
  69    --  effect as calling Set_Special_Output (null).
  70
  71    procedure Set_Standard_Error;
  72    --  Sets subsequent output to appear on the standard error file (whatever
  73    --  that might mean for the host operating system, if anything) when
  74    --  no special output is in effect. When a special output is in effect,
  75    --  the output will appear on standard error only after special output
  76    --  has been cancelled.
  77
  78    procedure Set_Standard_Output;
  79    --  Sets subsequent output to appear on the standard output file (whatever
  80    --  that might mean for the host operating system, if anything) when
  81    --  no special output is in effect. When a special output is in effect,
  82    --  the output will appear on standard output only after special output
  83    --  has been cancelled. Output to standard output is the default mode
  84    --  before any call to either of the Set procedures.
  85
  86    procedure Write_Char (C : Character);
  87    --  Write one character to the standard output file. Note that the
  88    --  character should not be LF or CR (use Write_Eol for end of line)
  89
  90    procedure Write_Eol;
  91    --  Write an end of line (whatever is required by the system in use,
  92    --  e.g. CR/LF for DOS, or LF for Unix) to the standard output file.
  93    --  This routine also empties the line buffer, actually writing it
  94    --  to the file. Note that Write_Eol is the only routine that causes
  95    --  any actual output to be written.
  96
  97    procedure Write_Int (Val : Int);
  98    --  Write an integer value with no leading blanks or zeroes. Negative
  99    --  values are preceded by a minus sign).
 100
 101    procedure Write_Str (S : String);
 102    --  Write a string of characters to the standard output file. Note that
 103    --  end of line is handled separately using WRITE_EOL, so the string
 104    --  should not contain either of the characters LF or CR, but it may
 105    --  contain horizontal tab characters.
 106
 107    procedure Write_Line (S : String);
 108    --  Equivalent to Write_Str (S) followed by Write_Eol;
 109
 110    function Column return Nat;
 111    pragma Inline (Column);
 112    --  Returns the number of the column about to be written (e.g. a value
 113    --  of 1 means the current line is empty).
 114
 115    --------------------------
 116    -- Debugging Procedures --
 117    --------------------------
 118
 119    --  The following procedures are intended only for debugging purposes,
 120    --  for temporary insertion into the text in environments where a debugger
 121    --  is not available. They all have non-standard very short lower case
 122    --  names, precisely to make sure that they are only used for debugging!
 123
 124    procedure w (C : Character);
 125    --  Dump quote, character quote, followed by line return
 126
 127    procedure w (S : String);
 128    --  Dump string followed by line return
 129
 130    procedure w (V : Int);
 131    --  Dump integer followed by line return
 132
 133    procedure w (B : Boolean);
 134    --  Dump Boolean followed by line return
 135
 136    procedure w (L : String; C : Character);
 137    --  Dump contents of string followed by blank, quote, character, quote
 138
 139    procedure w (L : String; S : String);
 140    --  Dump two strings separated by blanks, followed by line return
 141
 142    procedure w (L : String; V : Int);
 143    --  Dump contents of string followed by blank, integer, line return
 144
 145    procedure w (L : String; B : Boolean);
 146    --  Dump contents of string followed by blank, Boolean, line return
 147
 148 end Output;