1------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2--                                                                          --
3--                    GNAT RUN-TIME LIBRARY COMPONENTS                      --
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30------------------------------------------------------------------------------
31
32--  This package contains functions for runtime comparisons on arrays whose
33--  elements are 8-bit discrete type values to be treated as unsigned.
34
35pragma Compiler_Unit_Warning;
36
37package System.Compare_Array_Unsigned_8 is
38
39   --  Note: although the functions in this package are in a sense Pure, the
40   --  package cannot be declared as Pure, since the arguments are addresses,
41   --  not the data, and the result is not pure wrt the address values.
42
43   function Compare_Array_U8
44     (Left      : System.Address;
45      Right     : System.Address;
46      Left_Len  : Natural;
47      Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
48   --  Compare the array starting at address Left of length Left_Len with the
49   --  array starting at address Right of length Right_Len. The comparison is
50   --  in the normal Ada semantic sense of array comparison. The result is -1,
51   --  0, +1 for Left < Right, Left = Right, Left > Right respectively. This
52   --  function works with 4 byte words if the operands are aligned on 4-byte
53   --  boundaries and long enough.
54
55   function Compare_Array_U8_Unaligned
56     (Left      : System.Address;
57      Right     : System.Address;
58      Left_Len  : Natural;
59      Right_Len : Natural) return Integer;
60   --  Same functionality as Compare_Array_U8 but always proceeds by bytes.
61   --  Used when the caller knows that the operands are unaligned, or short
62   --  enough that it makes no sense to go by words.
63
64end System.Compare_Array_Unsigned_8;
65