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--- --
--- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
--- --
--- B A C K _ E N D --
--- --
--- S p e c --
--- --
--- $Revision: 1.1.16.1 $
--- --
--- Copyright (C) 1992-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
--- --
--- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
--- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
--- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
--- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
--- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
--- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License --
--- for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General --
--- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
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--- MA 02111-1307, USA. --
--- --
--- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
--- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
--- --
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--- Call the back end with all the information needed. Also contains other
--- back-end specific interfaces required by the front end.
-
-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 partcicular 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);
-
- 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
- -- encountered.
- --
- -- 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.
-
-end Back_End;