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31
32--  This package contains functions for runtime comparisons on arrays whose
33--  elements are 128-bit discrete type values to be treated as signed.
34
35package System.Compare_Array_Signed_128 is
36
37   --  Note: although the functions in this package are in a sense Pure, the
38   --  package cannot be declared as Pure, since the arguments are addresses,
39   --  not the data, and the result is not pure wrt the address values.
40
41   function Compare_Array_S128
42     (Left      : System.Address;
43      Right     : System.Address;
44      Left_Len  : Natural;
45      Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
46   --  Compare the array starting at address Left of length Left_Len
47   --  with the array starting at address Right of length Right_Len.
48   --  The comparison is in the normal Ada semantic sense of array
49   --  comparison. The result is -1,0,+1 for Left<Right, Left=Right,
50   --  Left>Right respectively.
51
52end System.Compare_Array_Signed_128;
53