File : words.ads

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  20 with Iron;
  21 
  22 package Words is
  23    
  24    pragma Pure;
  25    
  26    -- The most fundamental fact about Word: width.
  27    Bitness     : constant Positive := Iron.MachineBitness;
  28    
  29    -- It is possible to calculate BitnessLog2 at elaboration time,
  30    -- but we will avoid having ~any~ elaboration at all in FFA.
  31    BitnessLog2 : constant Positive := Iron.MachineBitnessLog2;
  32    
  33    -- The Word width, expressed in ~bytes~:
  34    Byteness    : constant Positive := Bitness / Iron.ByteBits;
  35    
  36    -- Nibbles per Word:
  37    Nibbleness  : constant Positive := Byteness * 2;
  38    
  39    -- What kind of words to use. Must be machine-word or smaller.
  40    type Word is mod 2**Bitness;
  41    for Word'Size use Bitness;
  42    
  43    -- The very same Word, but its only legal values are 0 and 1.
  44    subtype WBool is Word range 0 .. 1;
  45    
  46    -- Word, restricted to Nibble range.
  47    subtype Nibble is Word range 0 .. 16#F#;
  48    
  49    -- When we must refer to individual bit positions of a machine word:
  50    subtype WBit_Index is Natural range 0 .. Bitness - 1;
  51    
  52 end Words;