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--  Runtime support for Handling of AST's (Used on VMS implementations only)

with Ada.Task_Identification;
with System;
with System.Aux_DEC;

package System.AST_Handling is

   function Create_AST_Handler
     (Taskid  : Ada.Task_Identification.Task_Id;
      Entryno : Natural) return System.Aux_DEC.AST_Handler;
   --  This function implements the appropriate semantics for a use of the
   --  AST_Entry pragma. See body for details of implementation approach.
   --  The parameters are the Task_Id for the task containing the entry
   --  and the entry Index for the specified entry.

   procedure Expand_AST_Packet_Pool
     (Requested_Packets : Natural;
      Actual_Number     : out Natural;
      Total_Number      : out Natural);
   --  This function takes a request for zero or more extra AST packets and
   --  returns the number actually added to the pool and the total number
   --  now available or in use.
   --  This function is not yet fully implemented.

end System.AST_Handling;
