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--  Type interning - set of unique objects.
--  Copyright (C) 2019 Tristan Gingold
--
--  GHDL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
--  the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
--  Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
--  version.
--
--  GHDL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
--  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
--  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
--  for more details.
--
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--  along with GHDL; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
--  Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
--  02111-1307, USA.

with Types; use Types;
with Hash; use Hash;

--  This generic package provides a factory to build unique objects.
--  Get will return an existing object or create a new one.
generic
   --  Parameters of the object to be created.
   type Params_Type (<>) is private;

   --  Object to be built and stored.
   type Object_Type is private;

   --  Reduce PARAMS to a small value.
   --  The required property is: Hash(P1) /= Hash(P2) => P1 /= P2.
   with function Hash (Params : Params_Type) return Hash_Value_Type;

   --  Create an object from PARAMS.
   with function Build (Params : Params_Type) return Object_Type;

   --  Return True iff OBJ is the object corresponding to PARAMS.
   with function Equal (Obj : Object_Type; Params : Params_Type)
                       return Boolean;
package Interning is
   --  Initialize.  Required before any other operation.
   procedure Init;

   --  If there is already an existing object for PARAMS, return it.
   --  Otherwise create it.
   function Get (Params : Params_Type) return Object_Type;

   type Index_Type is new Uns32;
   No_Index : constant Index_Type := 0;
   First_Index : constant Index_Type := 1;

   --  Get the number of elements in the table.
   function Last_Index return Index_Type;

   --  Get an element by index.  The index has no real meaning, but the
   --  current implementation allocates index incrementally.
   function Get_By_Index (Index : Index_Type) return Object_Type;
end Interning;