-- --
-- S p e c --
-- --
--- Copyright (C) 1992-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- Copyright (C) 1992-2009, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
-- GNAT. The copyright notice above, and the license provisions that follow --
-- --
-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
--- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
+-- ware Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later ver- --
-- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
-- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
--- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License --
--- for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General --
--- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
--- to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, --
--- MA 02111-1307, USA. --
+-- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. --
-- --
--- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this --
--- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, --
--- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
--- covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not --
--- however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be --
--- covered by the GNU Public License. --
+-- As a special exception under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted --
+-- additional permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, --
+-- version 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation. --
+-- --
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and --
+-- a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program; --
+-- see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see --
+-- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --
-- --
-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
type Object (<>) is limited private;
package System.Address_To_Access_Conversions is
-pragma Preelaborate (Address_To_Access_Conversions);
+ pragma Preelaborate;
+ pragma Elaborate_Body;
+ -- This pragma Elaborate_Body is there to ensure the requirement of what is
+ -- at the moment a dummy null body. The reason this null body is there is
+ -- that we used to have a real body, and it causes bootstrap problems with
+ -- old compilers if we try to remove the corresponding file.
pragma Compile_Time_Warning
(Object'Unconstrained_Array,
type Object_Pointer is access all Object;
for Object_Pointer'Size use Standard'Address_Size;
+ pragma No_Strict_Aliasing (Object_Pointer);
+ -- Strictly speaking, this routine should not be used to generate pointers
+ -- to other than proper values of the proper type, but in practice, this
+ -- is done all the time. This pragma stops the compiler from doing some
+ -- optimizations that may cause unexpected results based on the assumption
+ -- of no strict aliasing.
+
function To_Pointer (Value : Address) return Object_Pointer;
function To_Address (Value : Object_Pointer) return Address;
pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Pointer);
pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Address);
-private
- procedure Nothing; -- For now, until body is removed ???
end System.Address_To_Access_Conversions;