File : s-except.ads


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--  This package contains internal routines used as debugger helpers.
--  It should be compiled without optimization to let debuggers inspect
--  parameter values reliably from breakpoints on the routines.

pragma Compiler_Unit;

with System.Standard_Library;

package System.Exceptions is

   pragma Preelaborate_05;
   --  To let Ada.Exceptions "with" us and let us "with" Standard_Library

   package SSL renames System.Standard_Library;
   --  To let some of the hooks below have formal parameters typed in
   --  accordance with what GDB expects.

   procedure Debug_Raise_Exception (E : SSL.Exception_Data_Ptr);
   pragma Export
     (Ada, Debug_Raise_Exception, "__gnat_debug_raise_exception");
   --  Hook called at a "raise" point for an exception E, when it is
   --  just about to be propagated.

   procedure Debug_Unhandled_Exception (E : SSL.Exception_Data_Ptr);
   pragma Export
     (Ada, Debug_Unhandled_Exception, "__gnat_unhandled_exception");
   --  Hook called during the propagation process of an exception E, as soon
   --  as it is known to be unhandled.

   procedure Debug_Raise_Assert_Failure;
   pragma Export
     (Ada, Debug_Raise_Assert_Failure, "__gnat_debug_raise_assert_failure");
   --  Hook called when an assertion failed. This is used by the debugger to
   --  intercept assertion failures, and treat them specially.

   procedure Local_Raise (Excep : System.Address);
   pragma Export (Ada, Local_Raise);
   --  This is a dummy routine, used only by the debugger for the purpose of
   --  logging local raise statements that were transformed into a direct goto
   --  to the handler code. The compiler in this case generates:
   --
   --    Local_Raise (exception_data'address);
   --    goto Handler
   --
   --  The argument is the address of the exception data

end System.Exceptions;