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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--                                                                          --
--                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
--                                                                          --
--                             B A C K _ E N D                              --
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--          Copyright (C) 1992-2011, 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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-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc.      --
--                                                                          --
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--  Call the back end with all the information needed. Also contains other
--  back-end specific interfaces required by the front end.

with Einfo; use Einfo;

package Back_End is

   type Back_End_Mode_Type is (
      Generate_Object,
      --  Full back end operation with object file generation

      Declarations_Only,
      --  Partial back end operation with no object file generation. In this
      --  mode the only useful action performed by gigi is to process all
      --  declarations issuing any error messages (in particular those to
      --  do with rep clauses), and to back annotate representation info.

      Skip);
      --  Back end call is skipped (syntax only, or errors found)

   pragma Convention (C, Back_End_Mode_Type);
   for Back_End_Mode_Type use (0, 1, 2);

   type C_String is array (0 .. 255) of aliased Character;
   pragma Convention (C, C_String);

   type Register_Type_Proc is access procedure
     (C_Name    : C_String; -- Nul-terminated string with name of type
      Digs      : Natural;  -- Nr or digits for floating point, 0 otherwise
      Complex   : Boolean;  -- True iff type has real and imaginary parts
      Count     : Natural;  -- Number of elements in vector, 0 otherwise
      Float_Rep : Float_Rep_Kind; -- Representation used for fpt type
      Size      : Positive; -- Size of representation in bits
      Alignment : Natural); -- Required alignment in bits
   pragma Convention (C, Register_Type_Proc);
   --  Call back procedure for Register_Back_End_Types. This is to be used by
   --  Create_Standard to create predefined types for all types supported by
   --  the back end.

   procedure Register_Back_End_Types (Call_Back : Register_Type_Proc);
   --  Calls the Call_Back function with information for each supported type.

   procedure Call_Back_End (Mode : Back_End_Mode_Type);
   --  Call back end, i.e. make call to driver traversing the tree and
   --  outputting code. This call is made with all tables locked.
   --  The back end is responsible for unlocking any tables it may need
   --  to change, and locking them again before returning.

   procedure Scan_Compiler_Arguments;
   --  Acquires command-line parameters passed to the compiler and processes
   --  them. Calls Scan_Front_End_Switches for any front-end switches found.
   --
   --  The processing of arguments is private to the back end, since the way
   --  of acquiring the arguments as well as the set of allowable back end
   --  switches is different depending on the particular back end being used.
   --
   --  Any processed switches that influence the result of a compilation must
   --  be added to the Compilation_Arguments table.

   procedure Gen_Or_Update_Object_File;
   --  Is used to generate the object file, or update it so that its timestamp
   --  is updated.

end Back_End;