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--  This small package provides direct access to the return stack of the code
--  generator for functions returning a by-reference type. This return stack
--  is the portion of the primary stack that has been allocated by callers of
--  the functions and onto which the functions put the result before returning.

with System.Storage_Elements;

package System.Return_Stack is
   pragma Preelaborate;

   package SSE renames System.Storage_Elements;

   procedure RS_Allocate
     (Addr         : out Address;
      Storage_Size : SSE.Storage_Count);
   pragma Import (Intrinsic, RS_Allocate, "__builtin_return_slot");
   --  Allocate enough space on the return stack of the invoking task to
   --  accommodate a return of size Storage_Size. Return the address of the
   --  first byte of the allocation in Addr.

private
   RS_Pool : Integer;
   --  Unused entity that is just present to ease the sharing of the pool
   --  mechanism for specific allocation/deallocation in the compiler.

end System.Return_Stack;
