--  GHDL Run Time (GRT) - variable strings.
--  Copyright (C) 2002 - 2014 Tristan Gingold
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with Grt.Types; use Grt.Types;
with System; use System;

package Grt.Vstrings is
   pragma Preelaborate;
   --  A Vstring (Variable string) is an object which contains an unbounded
   --  string.
   type Vstring is limited private;

   --  Deallocate all storage internally allocated.
   procedure Free (Vstr : in out Vstring);

   --  Reset VSTR to an empty string.
   procedure Reset (Vstr : in out Vstring);

   --  Append a character.
   procedure Append (Vstr : in out Vstring; C : Character);

   --  Append a string.
   procedure Append (Vstr : in out Vstring; Str : String);

   --  Append a C string.
   procedure Append (Vstr : in out Vstring; Str : Ghdl_C_String);

   --  Get length of VSTR.
   function Length (Vstr : Vstring) return Natural;

   --  Truncate VSTR to LEN.
   --  It is an error if LEN is greater than the current length.
   procedure Truncate (Vstr : in out Vstring; Len : Natural);

   --  Return the address of the first character of VSTR.
   function Get_Address (Vstr : Vstring) return Address;

   --  Get VSTR as a C String.  The NUL character must have been added.
   function Get_C_String (Vstr : Vstring) return Ghdl_C_String;

   --  A Rstring is link a Vstring but characters can only be prepended.
   type Rstring is limited private;

   --  Deallocate storage associated with Rstr.
   procedure Free (Rstr : in out Rstring);

   --  Prepend characters or strings.
   procedure Prepend (Rstr : in out Rstring; C : Character);
   procedure Prepend (Rstr : in out Rstring; Str : String);
   procedure Prepend (Rstr : in out Rstring; Str : Ghdl_C_String);

   --  Get the length of RSTR.
   function Length (Rstr : Rstring) return Natural;

   --  Return the address of the first character of RSTR.
   function Get_Address (Rstr : Rstring) return Address;

   --  Copy RSTR to STR, and return length of the string to LEN.
   procedure Copy (Rstr : Rstring; Str : in out String; Len : out Natural);

private
   type Vstring is record
      Str : Ghdl_C_String := null;
      Max : Natural := 0;
      Len : Natural := 0;
   end record;

   type Rstring is record
      --  String whose bounds is (1 .. Max).
      Str : Ghdl_C_String := null;

      --  Last index in STR.
      Max : Natural := 0;

      --  Index of the first character.
      First : Natural := 1;
   end record;
end Grt.Vstrings;