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-- --
-- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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-- I N T E R F A C E S . C . P O I N T E R S --
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-- S p e c --
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-- Copyright (C) 1993-2005, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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-- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
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generic
type Index is (<>);
type Element is private;
type Element_Array is array (Index range <>) of aliased Element;
Default_Terminator : Element;
package Interfaces.C.Pointers is
pragma Preelaborate;
type Pointer is access all Element;
pragma No_Strict_Aliasing (Pointer);
-- We turn off any strict aliasing assumptions for the pointer type,
-- since it is possible to create "improperly" aliased values.
function Value
(Ref : Pointer;
Terminator : Element := Default_Terminator) return Element_Array;
function Value
(Ref : Pointer;
Length : ptrdiff_t) return Element_Array;
Pointer_Error : exception;
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-- C-style Pointer Arithmetic --
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function "+" (Left : Pointer; Right : ptrdiff_t) return Pointer;
function "+" (Left : ptrdiff_t; Right : Pointer) return Pointer;
function "-" (Left : Pointer; Right : ptrdiff_t) return Pointer;
function "-" (Left : Pointer; Right : Pointer) return ptrdiff_t;
procedure Increment (Ref : in out Pointer);
procedure Decrement (Ref : in out Pointer);
pragma Convention (Intrinsic, "+");
pragma Convention (Intrinsic, "-");
pragma Convention (Intrinsic, Increment);
pragma Convention (Intrinsic, Decrement);
function Virtual_Length
(Ref : Pointer;
Terminator : Element := Default_Terminator) return ptrdiff_t;
procedure Copy_Terminated_Array
(Source : Pointer;
Target : Pointer;
Limit : ptrdiff_t := ptrdiff_t'Last;
Terminator : Element := Default_Terminator);
procedure Copy_Array
(Source : Pointer;
Target : Pointer;
Length : ptrdiff_t);
private
pragma Inline ("+");
pragma Inline ("-");
pragma Inline (Decrement);
pragma Inline (Increment);
end Interfaces.C.Pointers;