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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- --
+-- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
+-- --
+-- B A C K _ E N D --
+-- --
+-- S p e c --
+-- --
+-- Copyright (C) 1992-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- --
+-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
+-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
+-- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
+-- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
+-- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
+-- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License --
+-- for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General --
+-- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
+-- to the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, --
+-- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. --
+-- --
+-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
+-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
+-- --
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- Call the back end with all the information needed. Also contains other
+-- back-end specific interfaces required by the front end.
+
+package Back_End is
+
+ type Back_End_Mode_Type is (
+ Generate_Object,
+ -- Full back end operation with object file generation
+
+ Declarations_Only,
+ -- Partial back end operation with no object file generation. In this
+ -- mode the only useful action performed by gigi is to process all
+ -- declarations issuing any error messages (in partcicular those to
+ -- do with rep clauses), and to back annotate representation info.
+
+ Skip);
+ -- Back end call is skipped (syntax only, or errors found)
+
+ pragma Convention (C, Back_End_Mode_Type);
+ for Back_End_Mode_Type use (0, 1, 2);
+
+ procedure Call_Back_End (Mode : Back_End_Mode_Type);
+ -- Call back end, i.e. make call to driver traversing the tree and
+ -- outputting code. This call is made with all tables locked.
+ -- The back end is responsible for unlocking any tables it may need
+ -- to change, and locking them again before returning.
+
+ procedure Scan_Compiler_Arguments;
+ -- Acquires command-line parameters passed to the compiler and processes
+ -- them. Calls Scan_Front_End_Switches for any front-end switches
+ -- encountered.
+ --
+ -- The processing of arguments is private to the back end, since
+ -- the way of acquiring the arguments as well as the set of allowable
+ -- back end switches is different depending on the particular back end
+ -- being used.
+ --
+ -- Any processed switches that influence the result of a compilation
+ -- must be added to the Compilation_Arguments table.
+
+end Back_End;