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--  This package together with a child package appropriate to the client
--  tool scans switches. Note that the body of the appropraite Usage package
--  must be coordinated with the switches that are recognized by this package.
--  These Usage packages also act as the official documentation for the
--  switches that are recognized. In addition, package Debug documents
--  the otherwise undocumented debug switches that are also recognized.
 
with Types; use Types;
 
package Switch is
 
   --  Note: The default switch character is indicated by Switch_Character,
   --  but regardless of what it is, a hyphen is always allowed as an
   --  (alternative) switch character.
 
   --  Note: In GNAT, the case of switches is not significant if
   --  Switches_Case_Sensitive is False. If this is the case, switch
   --  characters, or letters appearing in the parameter to a switch, may be
   --  either upper case or lower case.
 
   -----------------
   -- Subprograms --
   -----------------
 
   function Is_Switch (Switch_Chars : String) return Boolean;
   --  Returns True iff Switch_Chars is at least two characters long,
   --  and the first character indicates it is a switch.
 
   function Is_Front_End_Switch (Switch_Chars : String) return Boolean;
   --  Returns True iff Switch_Chars represents a front-end switch,
   --  ie. it starts with -I or -gnat.
 
private
 
   --  This section contains some common routines used by the tool dependent
   --  child packages (there is one such child package for each tool that
   --  uses Switches to scan switches - Compiler/gnatbind/gnatmake/.
 
   Switch_Max_Value : constant := 999_999;
   --  Maximum value permitted in switches that take a value
 
   procedure Scan_Nat
     (Switch_Chars : String;
      Max          : Integer;
      Ptr          : in out Integer;
      Result       : out Nat;
      Switch       : Character);
   --  Scan natural integer parameter for switch. On entry, Ptr points
   --  just past the switch character, on exit it points past the last
   --  digit of the integer value.
 
   procedure Scan_Pos
     (Switch_Chars : String;
      Max          : Integer;
      Ptr          : in out Integer;
      Result       : out Pos;
      Switch       : Character);
   --  Scan positive integer parameter for switch. On entry, Ptr points
   --  just past the switch character, on exit it points past the last
   --  digit of the integer value.
 
   procedure Bad_Switch (Switch : Character);
   --  Fail with an appropriate message when a switch is not recognized
 
end Switch;