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--                                                                          --
--                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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--                                 M D L L                                  --
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--                                 S p e c                                  --
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--          Copyright (C) 1992-2022, Free Software Foundation, Inc.         --
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-- GNAT is free software;  you can  redistribute it  and/or modify it under --
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--  This package provides the core high level routines used by GNATDLL
--  to build Windows DLL

with GNAT.OS_Lib;

package MDLL is

   subtype Argument_List is GNAT.OS_Lib.Argument_List;
   subtype Argument_List_Access is GNAT.OS_Lib.Argument_List_Access;

   Null_Argument_List : constant Argument_List := (1 .. 0 => new String'(""));

   Null_Argument_List_Access : Argument_List_Access :=
                                 new Argument_List (1 .. 0);

   Tools_Error : exception;
   --  Comment required

   Verbose : Boolean := False;
   Quiet   : Boolean := False;
   --  Comment required ???

   Kill_Suffix : Boolean := False;
   --  Kill_Suffix is used by dlltool to know whether or not the @nn suffix
   --  should be removed from the exported names. When Kill_Suffix is set to
   --  True then dlltool -k option is used.

   procedure Build_Dynamic_Library
     (Ofiles        : Argument_List;
      Afiles        : Argument_List;
      Options       : Argument_List;
      Bargs_Options : Argument_List;
      Largs_Options : Argument_List;
      Lib_Filename  : String;
      Def_Filename  : String;
      Lib_Address   : String  := "";
      Build_Import  : Boolean := False;
      Relocatable   : Boolean := False;
      Map_File      : Boolean := False);
   --  Build a DLL and the import library to link against the DLL.
   --  this function handles relocatable and non relocatable DLL.
   --  If the Afiles argument list contains some Ada units then it will
   --  generate the right adainit and adafinal and integrate it in the DLL.
   --  If the Afiles argument list is empty (there is only some object files
   --  provided) then it will not try to build a binder file. This is ok to
   --  build DLL containing no Ada code. If Map_File is set to True, a map
   --  file named Lib_Filename & ".map" will be created.

   procedure Build_Import_Library
     (Lib_Filename : String;
      Def_Filename : String);
   --  Build an import library (.a) from definition files. An import library is
   --  needed to link against a DLL.

end MDLL;