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with System;                  use System;
with System.Storage_Elements; use System.Storage_Elements;
with System.Checked_Pools;

package GNAT.Debug_Pools is

   --  The debug pool is used to track down memory corruption due to use of
   --  deallocated memory or incorrect unchecked conversions. Allocation
   --  strategy :

   --     - allocation:   . memory is normally allocated with malloc
   --                     . the allocated address is noted in a table

   --     - deallocation: . memory is  filled with "DEAD_BEEF" patterns
   --                     . memory is not freed
   --                     . exceptions are raised if the memory was not
   --                       allocated or was already deallocated

   --     - dereference:  . exceptions are raised if the memory was not
   --                        allocated or was already deallocated

   Accessing_Not_Allocated_Storage : exception;
   Accessing_Deallocated_Storage   : exception;
   Freeing_Not_Allocated_Storage   : exception;
   Freeing_Deallocated_Storage     : exception;

   type Debug_Pool is
     new System.Checked_Pools.Checked_Pool with private;

   procedure Allocate
     (Pool                     : in out Debug_Pool;
      Storage_Address          : out Address;
      Size_In_Storage_Elements : Storage_Count;
      Alignment                : Storage_Count);

   procedure Deallocate
     (Pool                     : in out Debug_Pool;
      Storage_Address          : Address;
      Size_In_Storage_Elements : Storage_Count;
      Alignment                : Storage_Count);

   function Storage_Size
     (Pool : Debug_Pool)
      return System.Storage_Elements.Storage_Count;

   procedure Dereference
     (Pool                     : in out Debug_Pool;
      Storage_Address          : System.Address;
      Size_In_Storage_Elements : Storage_Count;
      Alignment                : Storage_Count);

   generic
      with procedure Put_Line (S : String);
   procedure Print_Info (Pool : Debug_Pool);
   --  Print out information about the High Water Mark, the current and
   --  total number of bytes allocated and the total number of bytes
   --  deallocated.

private
   type Debug_Pool is new System.Checked_Pools.Checked_Pool with record
      Allocated   : Storage_Count := 0;
      --  Total number of bytes allocated in this pool

      Deallocated : Storage_Count := 0;
      --  Total number of bytes deallocated in this pool

      High_Water  : Storage_Count := 0;
      --  Maximum of during the time of Allocated - Deallocated
   end record;
end GNAT.Debug_Pools;