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--  Common support unit for GNAT.Sockets and GNAT.Serial_Communication

with Ada.Streams;
with System.CRTL;

package System.Communication is

   function Last_Index
     (First : Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Offset;
      Count : CRTL.size_t) return Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Offset;
   --  Compute the Last OUT parameter for the various Read / Receive
   --  subprograms: returns First + Count - 1.
   --
   --  When First = Stream_Element_Offset'First and Res = 0, Constraint_Error
   --  is raised. This is consistent with the semantics of stream operations
   --  as clarified in AI95-227.

end System.Communication;
