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-- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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-- S E M _ E L A B --
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-- This package contains the routines used to deal with issuing warnings
-- for cases of calls that may require warnings about possible access
-- before elaboration.
with Types; use Types;
package Sem_Elab is
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-- Description of Approach --
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-- Every non-static call that is encountered by Sem_Res results in
-- a call to Check_Elab_Call, with N being the call node, and Outer
-- set to its default value of True.
-- The goal of Check_Elab_Call is to determine whether or not the
-- call in question can generate an access before elaboration
-- error (raising Program_Error) either by directly calling a
-- subprogram whose body has not yet been elaborated, or indirectly,
-- by calling a subprogram whose body has been elaborated, but which
-- contains a call to such a subprogram.
-- The only calls that we need to look at at the outer level are
-- calls that occur in elaboration code. There are two cases. The
-- call can be at the outer level of elaboration code, or it can
-- be within another unit, e.g. the elaboration code of a subprogram.
-- In the case of an elaboration call at the outer level, we must
-- trace all calls to outer level routines either within the current
-- unit or to other units that are with'ed. For calls within the
-- current unit, we can determine if the body has been elaborated
-- or not, and if it has not, then a warning is generated.
-- Note that there are two subcases. If the original call directly
-- calls a subprogram whose body has not been elaborated, then we
-- know that an ABE will take place, and we replace the call by
-- a raise of Program_Error. If the call is indirect, then we don't
-- know that the PE will be raised, since the call might be guarded
-- by a conditional. In this case we set Do_Elab_Check on the call
-- so that a dynamic check is generated, and output a warning.
-- For calls to a subprogram in a with'ed unit, we require that
-- a pragma Elaborate_All or pragma Elaborate be present, or that
-- the referenced unit have a pragma Preelaborate, pragma Pure, or
-- pragma Elaborate_Body. If none of these conditions is met, then
-- a warning is generated that a pragma Elaborate_All may be needed.
-- For the case of an elaboration call at some inner level, we are
-- interested in tracing only calls to subprograms at the same level,
-- i.e. those that can be called during elaboration. Any calls to
-- outer level routines cannot cause ABE's as a result of the original
-- call (there might be an outer level call to the subprogram from
-- outside that causes the ABE, but that gets analyzed separately).
-- Note that we never trace calls to inner level subprograms, since
-- these cannot result in ABE's unless there is an elaboration problem
-- at a lower level, which will be separately detected.
-- Note on pragma Elaborate. The checking here assumes that a pragma
-- Elaborate on a with'ed unit guarantees that subprograms within the
-- unit can be called without causing an ABE. This is not in fact the
-- case since pragma Elaborate does not guarantee the transititive
-- coverage guaranteed by Elaborate_All. However, we leave this issue
-- up to the binder, which has generates warnings if there are possible
-- problems in the use of pragma Elaborate.
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-- Instantiation Elaboration Errors --
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-- A special case arises when an instantiation appears in a context
-- that is known to be before the body is elaborated, e.g.
-- generic package x is ...
-- ...
-- package xx is new x;
-- ...
-- package body x is ...
-- In this situation it is certain that an elaboration error will
-- occur, and an unconditional raise Program_Error statement is
-- inserted before the instantiation, and a warning generated.
-- The problem is that in this case we have no place to put the
-- body of the instantiation. We can't put it in the normal place,
-- because it is too early, and will cause errors to occur as a
-- result of referencing entities before they are declared.
-- Our approach in this case is simply to avoid creating the body
-- of the instantiation in such a case. The instantiation spec is
-- modified to include dummy bodies for all subprograms, so that
-- the resulting code does not contain subprogram specs with no
-- corresponding bodies.
procedure Check_Elab_Call (N : Node_Id; Outer_Scope : Entity_Id := Empty);
-- Check a call for possible elaboration problems. N is either an
-- N_Function_Call or N_Procedure_Call_Statement node, and Outer
-- indicates whether this is an outer level call from Sem_Res
-- (Outer_Scope set to Empty), or an internal recursive call
-- (Outer_Scope set to entity of outermost call, see body).
procedure Check_Elab_Calls;
-- Not all the processing for Check_Elab_Call can be done at the time
-- of calls to Check_Elab_Call. This is because for internal calls, we
-- need to wait to complete the check until all generic bodies have been
-- instantiated. The Check_Elab_Calls procedure cleans up these waiting
-- checks. It is called once after the completion of instantiation.
procedure Check_Elab_Instantiation
(N : Node_Id;
Outer_Scope : Entity_Id := Empty);
-- Check an instantiation for possible elaboration problems. N is an
-- instantiation node (N_Package_Instantiation, N_Function_Instantiation,
-- or N_Procedure_Instantiation), and Outer_Scope indicates if this is
-- an outer level call from Sem_Ch12 (Outer_Scope set to Empty), or an
-- internal recursive call (Outer_Scope set to scope of outermost call,
-- see body for further details). The returned value is relevant only
-- for an outer level call, and is set to False if an elaboration error
-- is bound to occur on the instantiation, and True otherwise. This is
-- used by the caller to signal that the body of the instance should
-- not be generated (see detailed description in body).
procedure Check_Task_Activation (N : Node_Id);
-- at the point at which tasks are activated in a package body, check
-- that the bodies of the tasks are elaborated.
end Sem_Elab;