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  37
  38 --  This package provides general block copy mechanisms analogous to those
  39 --  provided by the C routines memcpy and memmove allowing for copies with
  40 --  and without possible overlap of the operands.
  41
  42 --  The idea is to allow a configurable run-time to provide this capability
  43 --  for use by the compiler without dragging in C-run time routines.
  44
  45 with System.CRTL;
  46 --  The above with is contrary to the intent ???
  47
  48 package System.Memory_Copy is
  49 pragma Preelaborate;
  50
  51    procedure memcpy (S1 : Address; S2 : Address; N : System.CRTL.size_t)
  52      renames System.CRTL.memcpy;
  53    --  Copies N storage units from area starting at S2 to area starting
  54    --  at S1 without any check for buffer overflow. The memory areas
  55    --  must not overlap, or the result of this call is undefined.
  56
  57    procedure memmove (S1 : Address; S2 : Address; N : System.CRTL.size_t)
  58       renames System.CRTL.memmove;
  59    --  Copies N storage units from area starting at S2 to area starting
  60    --  at S1 without any check for buffer overflow. The difference between
  61    --  this memmove and memcpy is that with memmove, the storage areas may
  62    --  overlap (forwards or backwards) and the result is correct (i.e. it
  63    --  is as if S2 is first moved to a temporary area, and then this area
  64    --  is copied to S1 in a separate step).
  65
  66    --  In the standard library, these are just interfaced to the C routines.
  67    --  But in the HI-E (high integrity version) they may be reprogrammed to
  68    --  meet certification requirements (and marked High_Integrity).
  69
  70    --  Note that in high integrity mode these routines are by default not
  71    --  available, and the HI-E compiler will as a result generate implicit
  72    --  loops (which will violate the restriction No_Implicit_Loops).
  73
  74 end System.Memory_Copy;