Ada boolean type
Eric Botcazou
ebotcazou@adacore.com
Thu Jul 14 13:12:00 GMT 2011
> I'm wondering why for Ada boolean_true_node has a value that is
> not in the range of the Ada type but is, for the specific case,
> 255 instead of 1. Is there a specific reason for that?
None, boolean_true_node must be 1, that's why we (re)set it in gnat_init.
> Does the following patch make sense (untested)?
It's a no-op. TYPE_MAX_VALUE == TYPE_RM_MAX_VALUE if the latter exists.
> Btw, I wonder if Ada cannot simply use its own boolean_type_node
> global tree and leave the middle-ends boolean_type_node alone,
> which is supposed to match the C ABI of the target.
Only after Fortran does the same. :-)
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Eric Botcazou
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