(* MemUtils.mod provides some basic memory utilities.

Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Gaius Mulley <gaius.mulley@southwales.ac.uk>.

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IMPLEMENTATION MODULE MemUtils ;


FROM SYSTEM IMPORT WORD, BYTE, TSIZE ;


(*
   MemCopy - copys a region of memory to the required destination.
*)

PROCEDURE MemCopy (from: ADDRESS; length: CARDINAL; to: ADDRESS) ;
VAR
   pwb, pwa: POINTER TO WORD ;
   pbb, pba: POINTER TO BYTE ;
BEGIN
   WHILE length>=TSIZE(WORD) DO
      pwa := from ;
      pwb := to ;
      pwb^ := pwa^ ;
      INC(from  , TSIZE(WORD)) ;
      INC(to    , TSIZE(WORD)) ;
      DEC(length, TSIZE(WORD))
   END ;
   WHILE length>0 DO
      pba := from ;
      pbb := to ;
      pbb^ := pba^ ;
      INC(from  , TSIZE(BYTE)) ;
      INC(to    , TSIZE(BYTE)) ;
      DEC(length, TSIZE(BYTE))
   END
END MemCopy ;


(*
   MemZero - sets a region of memory: a..a+length to zero.
*)

PROCEDURE MemZero (a: ADDRESS; length: CARDINAL) ;
VAR
   pwa: POINTER TO WORD ;
   pba: POINTER TO BYTE ;
BEGIN
   pwa := a ;
   WHILE length>=TSIZE(WORD) DO
      pwa^ := WORD(0) ;
      INC(pwa, TSIZE(WORD)) ;
      DEC(length, TSIZE(WORD))
   END ;
   pba := ADDRESS(pwa) ;
   WHILE length>=TSIZE(BYTE) DO
      pba^ := BYTE(0) ;
      INC(pba, TSIZE(BYTE)) ;
      DEC(length, TSIZE(BYTE))
   END
END MemZero ;


END MemUtils.