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-- This package contains the routine used to establish calling mechanisms
-- The reason we separate this off into its own package is that it is
-- entirely possible that it may need some target specific specialization.
with Types; use Types;
package Sem_Mech is
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-- Definitions for Parameter Mechanism Control --
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-- For parameters passed to subprograms, and for function return values,
-- a passing mechanism is defined. The entity attribute Mechanism returns
-- an indication of the mechanism, and Set_Mechanism can be used to set
-- the mechanism. At the program level, there are three ways to explicitly
-- set the mechanism:
-- An Import_xxx or Export_xxx pragma (where xxx is Function, Procedure,
-- or Valued_Procedure) can explicitly set the mechanism for either a
-- parameter or a function return value. A mechanism explicitly set by
-- such a pragma overrides the effect of C_Pass_By_Copy described below.
-- If convention C_Pass_By_Copy is set for a record, and the record type
-- is used as the formal type of a subprogram with a foreign convention,
-- then the mechanism is set to By_Copy.
-- If a pragma C_Pass_By_Copy applies, and a record type has Convention
-- C, and the record type is used as the formal type of a subprogram
-- with a foreign convention, then the mechanism is set to use By_Copy
-- if the size of the record is sufficiently small (as determined by
-- the value of the parameter to pragma C_Pass_By_Copy).
-- The subtype Mechanism_Type (declared in Types) is used to describe
-- the mechanism to be used. The following special values of this type
-- specify the mechanism, as follows.
Default_Mechanism : constant Mechanism_Type := 0;
-- The default setting indicates that the backend will choose the proper
-- default mechanism. This depends on the convention of the subprogram
-- involved, and is generally target dependent. In the compiler, the
-- backend chooses the mechanism in this case in accordance with any
-- requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that Default is never used for
-- record types on foreign convention subprograms, since By_Reference
-- is forced for such types unless one of the above described approaches
-- is used to explicitly force By_Copy.
By_Copy : constant Mechanism_Type := -1;
-- Passing by copy is forced. The exact meaning of By_Copy (e.g. whether
-- at a low level the value is passed in registers, or the value is copied
-- and a pointer is passed), is determined by the backend in accordance
-- with requirements imposed by the ABI. Note that in the extended import
-- and export pragma mechanisms, this is called Value, rather than Copy.
By_Reference : constant Mechanism_Type := -2;
-- Passing by reference is forced. This is always equivalent to passing
-- a simple pointer in the case of subprograms with a foreign convention.
-- For unconstrained arrays passed to foreign convention subprograms, the
-- address of the first element of the array is passed. For convention
-- Ada, the result is logically to pass a reference, but the precise
-- mechanism (e.g. to pass bounds of unconstrained types and other needed
-- special information) is determined by the backend in accordance with
-- requirements imposed by the ABI as interpreted for Ada.
pragma Assert (Mechanism_Type'First = -2);
-- Check definition in types is right!
-- All the above special values are non-positive. Positive values for
-- Mechanism_Type values have a special meaning. They are used only in
-- the case of records, as a result of the use of the C_Pass_By_Copy
-- pragma, and the meaning is that if the size of the record is known
-- at compile time and does not exceed the mechanism type value, then
-- By_Copy passing is forced, otherwise By_Reference is forced.
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-- Global Variables --
----------------------
Default_C_Record_Mechanism : Mechanism_Type := By_Reference;
-- This value is the default mechanism used for C convention records
-- in foreign-convention subprograms if no mechanism is otherwise
-- specified. This value is modified appropriately by the occurrence
-- of a C_Pass_By_Copy configuration pragma.
-----------------
-- Subprograms --
-----------------
procedure Set_Mechanisms (E : Entity_Id);
-- E is a subprogram or subprogram type that has been frozen, so the
-- convention of the subprogram and all its formal types and result
-- type in the case of a function are established. The function of
-- this call is to set mechanism values for formals and for the
-- function return if they have not already been explicitly set by
-- a use of an extended Import or Export pragma. The idea is to set
-- mechanism values wherever the semantics is dictated by either
-- requirements or implementation advice in the RM, and to leave
-- the mechanism set to Default if there is no requirement, so that
-- the back-end is free to choose the most efficient method.
procedure Set_Mechanism_Value (Ent : Entity_Id; Mech_Name : Node_Id);
-- Mech is a parameter passing mechanism (see Import_Function syntax
-- for MECHANISM_NAME). This routine checks that the mechanism argument
-- has the right form, and if not issues an error message. If the
-- argument has the right form then the Mechanism field of Ent is
-- set appropriately. It also performs some error checks. Note that
-- the mechanism name has not been analyzed (and cannot indeed be
-- analyzed, since it is semantic nonsense), so we get it in the
-- exact form created by the parser.
procedure Set_Mechanism_With_Checks
(Ent : Entity_Id;
Mech : Mechanism_Type;
Enod : Node_Id);
-- Sets the mechanism of Ent to the given Mech value, after first checking
-- that the request makes sense. If it does not make sense, a warning is
-- posted on node Enod, and the Mechanism of Ent is unchanged.
end Sem_Mech;