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-- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
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-- S Y S T E M . S E C O N D A R Y _ S T A C K --
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-- S p e c --
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-- $Revision: 1.17 $
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-- Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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with System.Storage_Elements;
package System.Secondary_Stack is
package SSE renames System.Storage_Elements;
procedure SS_Init (Stk : out System.Address; Size : Natural);
-- Initialize the secondary stack with a main stack of the given Size.
-- All further allocations which do not overflow the main stack will not
-- generate dynamic (de)allocation calls. If the main Stack overflows
-- a new chuck of at least the same size will be allocated and linked
-- to the previous chunk.
--
-- Note: the reason that Stk is passed is that SS_Init is called before
-- the proper interface is established to obtain the address of the
-- stack using System.Soft_Links.Get_Sec_Stack_Addr.
procedure SS_Allocate
(Address : out System.Address;
Storage_Size : in SSE.Storage_Count);
-- Allocate enough space for a 'Storage_Size' bytes object with Maximum
-- alignment. The address of the allocated space is returned in 'Address'
procedure SS_Free (Stk : System.Address);
-- Release the memory allocated for the Secondary Stack. That is to say,
-- all the allocated chuncks.
type Mark_Id is private;
-- Type used to mark the stack.
function SS_Mark return Mark_Id;
-- Return the Mark corresponding to the current state of the stack
procedure SS_Release (M : Mark_Id);
-- Restore the state of the stack corresponding to the mark M. If an
-- additional chunk have been allocated, it will never be freed during a
generic
with procedure Put_Line (S : String);
procedure SS_Info;
-- Debugging procedure used to print out secondary Stack allocation
-- information. This procedure is generic in order to avoid a direct
-- dependance on a particular IO package.
private
SS_Pool : Integer;
-- Unused entity that is just present to ease the sharing of the pool
-- mechanism for specific allocation/deallocation in the compiler
type Mark_Id is new SSE.Integer_Address;
end System.Secondary_Stack;