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-- GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS --
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-- Run-time non-symbolic traceback support
-- This package provides a method for generating a traceback of the
-- current execution location. The traceback shows the locations of
-- calls in the call chain, up to either the top or a designated
-- number of levels.
-- The traceback information is in the form of absolute code locations.
-- These code locations may be converted to corresponding source locations
-- using the external addr2line utility, or from within GDB.
-- In order to use this facility, in some cases the binder must be invoked
-- with -E switch (store the backtrace with exception occurrence). Please
-- refer to gnatbind documentation for more information.
-- To analyze the code locations later using addr2line or gdb, the necessary
-- units must be compiled with the debugging switch -g in the usual manner.
-- Note that it is not necessary to compile with -g to use Call_Chain. In
-- other words, the following sequence of steps can be used:
-- Compile without -g
-- Run the program, and call Call_Chain
-- Recompile with -g
-- Use addr2line to interpret the absolute call locations (note that
-- addr2line expects addresses in hexadecimal format).
-- This capability is currently supported on the following targets:
-- AiX PowerPC
-- HP-UX
-- GNU/Linux x86
-- LynxOS x86
-- Solaris x86
-- Solaris sparc
-- OpenVMS/Alpha
-- OpenVMS/ia64
-- VxWorks PowerPC
-- VxWorks x86
-- Windows NT/XP
-- Note: see also GNAT.Traceback.Symbolic, a child unit in file g-trasym.ads
-- providing symbolic trace back capability for a subset of the above targets.
with System;
with Ada.Exceptions.Traceback;
package GNAT.Traceback is
pragma Elaborate_Body;
subtype Code_Loc is System.Address;
-- Code location used in building tracebacks
subtype Tracebacks_Array is Ada.Exceptions.Traceback.Tracebacks_Array;
-- Traceback array used to hold a generated traceback list
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-- Call_Chain --
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procedure Call_Chain (Traceback : out Tracebacks_Array; Len : out Natural);
-- Store up to Traceback'Length tracebacks corresponding to the current
-- call chain. The first entry stored corresponds to the deepest level
-- of subprogram calls. Len shows the number of traceback entries stored.
-- It will be equal to Traceback'Length unless the entire traceback is
-- shorter, in which case positions in Traceback past the Len position
-- are undefined on return.
end GNAT.Traceback;