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 --
9 -- Copyright (C) 1993-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
11 -- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
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33 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
34 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
40 type Element
is private;
41 type Element_Array
is array (Index
range <>) of aliased Element
;
42 Default_Terminator
: Element
;
44 package Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
is
45 pragma Preelaborate
(Pointers
);
47 type Pointer
is access all Element
;
51 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
56 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
)
59 Pointer_Error
: exception;
61 --------------------------------
62 -- C-style Pointer Arithmetic --
63 --------------------------------
65 function "+" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
66 function "+" (Left
: in ptrdiff_t
; Right
: in Pointer
) return Pointer
;
67 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in ptrdiff_t
) return Pointer
;
68 function "-" (Left
: in Pointer
; Right
: in Pointer
) return ptrdiff_t
;
70 procedure Increment
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
71 procedure Decrement
(Ref
: in out Pointer
);
73 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "+");
74 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, "-");
75 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Increment
);
76 pragma Convention
(Intrinsic
, Decrement
);
78 function Virtual_Length
80 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
)
83 procedure Copy_Terminated_Array
86 Limit
: in ptrdiff_t
:= ptrdiff_t
'Last;
87 Terminator
: in Element
:= Default_Terminator
);
92 Length
: in ptrdiff_t
);
97 pragma Inline
(Decrement
);
98 pragma Inline
(Increment
);
100 end Interfaces
.C
.Pointers
;