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31
32--  This package provides an interface allowing to control *automatic* output
33--  to standard error upon exception occurrences (as opposed to explicit
34--  generation of traceback information using GNAT.Traceback).
35
36--  This output includes the basic information associated with the exception
37--  (name, message) as well as a backtrace of the call chain at the point
38--  where the exception occurred. This backtrace is only output if the call
39--  chain information is available, depending if the binder switch dedicated
40--  to that purpose has been used or not.
41
42--  The default backtrace is in the form of absolute code locations which may
43--  be converted to corresponding source locations using the addr2line utility
44--  or from within GDB. Please refer to GNAT.Traceback for information about
45--  what is necessary to be able to exploit this possibility.
46
47--  The backtrace output can also be customized by way of a "decorator" which
48--  may return any string output in association with a provided call chain.
49--  The decorator replaces the default backtrace mentioned above.
50
51with GNAT.Traceback; use GNAT.Traceback;
52
53package GNAT.Exception_Traces is
54
55   --  The following defines the exact situations in which raises will
56   --  cause automatic output of trace information.
57
58   type Trace_Kind is
59     (Every_Raise,
60      --  Denotes the initial raise event for any exception occurrence, either
61      --  explicit or due to a specific language rule, within the context of a
62      --  task or not.
63
64      Unhandled_Raise
65      --  Denotes the raise events corresponding to exceptions for which there
66      --  is no user defined handler, in particular, when a task dies due to an
67      --  unhandled exception.
68     );
69
70   --  The following procedures can be used to activate and deactivate
71   --  traces identified by the above trace kind values.
72
73   procedure Trace_On (Kind : Trace_Kind);
74   --  Activate the traces denoted by Kind
75
76   procedure Trace_Off;
77   --  Stop the tracing requested by the last call to Trace_On.
78   --  Has no effect if no such call has ever occurred.
79
80   --  The following provide the backtrace decorating facilities
81
82   type Traceback_Decorator is access
83     function (Traceback : Tracebacks_Array) return String;
84   --  A backtrace decorator is a function which returns the string to be
85   --  output for a call chain provided by way of a tracebacks array.
86
87   procedure Set_Trace_Decorator (Decorator : Traceback_Decorator);
88   --  Set the decorator to be used for future automatic outputs. Restore
89   --  the default behavior (output of raw addresses) if the provided
90   --  access value is null.
91   --
92   --  Note: GNAT.Traceback.Symbolic.Symbolic_Traceback may be used as the
93   --  Decorator, to get a symbolic traceback. This will cause a significant
94   --  cpu and memory overhead.
95
96end GNAT.Exception_Traces;
97