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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- I N T E R F A C E S . C . S T R I N G S --
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38 package Interfaces.C.Strings is
39 pragma Preelaborate (Strings);
41 type char_array_access is access all char_array;
43 type chars_ptr is private;
45 type chars_ptr_array is array (size_t range <>) of chars_ptr;
47 Null_Ptr : constant chars_ptr;
50 (Item : in char_array_access;
51 Nul_Check : in Boolean := False)
54 function New_Char_Array (Chars : in char_array) return chars_ptr;
56 function New_String (Str : in String) return chars_ptr;
58 procedure Free (Item : in out chars_ptr);
60 Dereference_Error : exception;
62 function Value (Item : in chars_ptr) return char_array;
69 function Value (Item : in chars_ptr) return String;
76 function Strlen (Item : in chars_ptr) return size_t;
81 Chars : in char_array;
82 Check : Boolean := True);
88 Check : in Boolean := True);
90 Update_Error : exception;
93 type chars_ptr is access all Character;
95 Null_Ptr : constant chars_ptr := null;
96 end Interfaces.C.Strings;