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diff --git a/src/types.ads b/src/types.ads
index e15d00ebc..7717e5fcd 100644
--- a/src/types.ads
+++ b/src/types.ads
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-- Common types.
--- Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Tristan Gingold
+-- Copyright (C) 2002 - 2015 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
@@ -48,26 +48,34 @@ package Types is
-- iir_index32 is aimed at containing an array index.
type Iir_Index32 is new Nat32;
- -- Useful type.
+ -- Useful types.
type String_Acc is access String;
type String_Cst is access constant String;
type String_Acc_Array is array (Natural range <>) of String_Acc;
- -- Type of a name table element.
- -- The name table is defined in the name_table package.
+ -- The name table is defined in Name_Table package. This is an hash table
+ -- that associate a uniq Name_Id to a string. Name_Id are allocated in
+ -- increasing numbers, so it is possible to create a parallel table
+ -- indexed on Name_Id to associate additional data to the names.
type Name_Id is new Nat32;
- -- null entry in the name table.
- -- It is sure that this entry is never allocated.
+ -- Null entry in the name table.
+ -- It is sure that this entry is never allocated.
Null_Identifier: constant Name_Id := 0;
+ -- A String8_Id represents a string stored in a dedicated table. Contrary
+ -- to Name_Id, String8 aren't uniq: two different String8_Id can correspond
+ -- to a same String. The purpose of an integer number for string is to
+ -- have a 32 bit type to represent a string (contrary to pointers that
+ -- could be 32 or 64 bit - in general - or to an access type which can be
+ -- even wider in Ada).
type String8_Id is new Nat32;
for String8_Id'Size use 32;
Null_String8 : constant String8_Id := 0;
- -- Index type is the source file table.
- -- This table is defined in the files_map package.
+ -- Index type is the source file table.
+ -- This table is defined in the files_map package.
type Source_File_Entry is new Nat32;
No_Source_File_Entry: constant Source_File_Entry := 0;
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ package Types is
for Location_Type'Size use 32;
Location_Nil : constant Location_Type := 0;
- -- Type of a file buffer.
+ -- Type of a file buffer.
type File_Buffer is array (Source_Ptr range <>) of Character;
type File_Buffer_Acc is access File_Buffer;
@@ -102,8 +110,8 @@ package Types is
-- PSL NFA
type PSL_NFA is new Int32;
- -- Indentation.
- -- This is used by all packages that display vhdl code or informations.
+ -- Indentation.
+ -- This is used by all packages that display vhdl code or informations.
Indentation : constant := 2;
-- String representing a date/time (format is YYYYMMDDHHmmSS.sss).
@@ -111,6 +119,16 @@ package Types is
type Time_Stamp_Id is new String8_Id;
Null_Time_Stamp : constant Time_Stamp_Id := 0;
+ -- In order to detect file changes, a checksum of the content is computed.
+ -- Currently SHA1 is used, but the cryptographic aspect is not a strong
+ -- requirement.
+ type File_Checksum_Id is new String8_Id;
+ No_File_Checksum_Id : constant File_Checksum_Id := 0;
+
+ -- String image of a File_Hash_Id. SHA1 digests are 5 * 32 bytes long, so
+ -- the hexadecimal image is 40 characters.
+ subtype File_Checksum_String is String (1 .. 40);
+
-- Self-explaining: raised when an internal error (such as consistency)
-- is detected.
Internal_Error: exception;