File : s-memmov.ads
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3 -- GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS --
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31
32 -- This package provides a general block copy mechanism analogous to that
33 -- provided by the C routine memmove allowing for copies with overlap.
34
35 pragma Restrictions (No_Elaboration_Code);
36
37 with Interfaces.C;
38
39 package System.Memory_Move is
40 pragma Preelaborate;
41
42 function memmove
43 (Dest : Address; Src : Address; N : Interfaces.C.size_t) return Address;
44 pragma Export (C, memmove, "memmove");
45 -- Copies N storage units from area starting at Src to area starting
46 -- at Dest without any check for buffer overflow. The difference between
47 -- this memmove and memcpy is that with memmove, the storage areas may
48 -- overlap (forwards or backwards) and the result is correct (i.e. it
49 -- is as if Src is first moved to a temporary area, and then this area
50 -- is copied to Dst in a separate step).
51
52 end System.Memory_Move;