Commit d5316f68 by Arnaud Charlet

Update comments.

From-SVN: r134073
parent 1aa9da5b
......@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-- --
-- S p e c --
-- --
-- Copyright (C) 1992-2007, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- Copyright (C) 1992-2008, 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- --
......@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ package Itypes is
-- Implicit types (Itypes) are types and subtypes created by the semantic
-- phase or the expander to reflect the underlying semantics. These could
-- be generated by building trees for corresponding declarations and then
-- analyzing these trees, but there are three reasons for not doing this:
-- analyzing these trees, but there are three reasons for not doing this
-- in some cases:
-- 1. The declarations would require more tree nodes
......@@ -81,6 +82,25 @@ package Itypes is
-- and for the array subtype. The associated node of each index subtype
-- is the corresponding range expression.
-- Notes on the use of the Parent field of an Itype
-- In some cases, we do create a declaration node for an itype, and in
-- such cases, the Parent field of the Itype points to this declaration
-- in the normal manner. This case can be detected by checking for a
-- non-empty Parent field referencing a declaration whose Defining_Entity
-- is the Itype in question.
-- In some other cases, where we don't generate such a declaration, as
-- described above, the Itype is attached to the tree implicitly by being
-- referenced elsewhere, e.g. as the Etype of some object. In this case
-- the Parent field may be Empty.
-- In other cases where we don't generate a declaration for the Itype,
-- the Itype may be attached to an arbitrary node in the tree, using
-- the Parent field. This Parent field may even reference a declaration
-- for a related different entity (hence the description of the tests
-- needed for the case where a declaration for the Itype is created).
------------------
-- Create_Itype --
------------------
......@@ -115,8 +135,10 @@ package Itypes is
-- The Scope_Id parameter specifies the scope of the created type, and
-- is normally the Current_Scope as shown, but can be set otherwise.
--
-- If Ekind is in Access_Subprogram_Type_Kind, Can_Use_Internal_Rep is set
-- True, unless Always_Compatible_Rep_On_Target is True.
-- The size/align fields are initialized to unknown (Uint_0).
--
-- If Ekind is in Access_Subprogram_Kind, Can_Use_Internal_Rep is set True,
-- unless Always_Compatible_Rep_On_Target is True.
---------------------------------
-- Create_Null_Excluding_Itype --
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