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/*

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 *  matiec - a compiler for the programming languages defined in IEC 61131-3

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 *

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 *  Copyright (C) 2003-2012  Mario de Sousa (msousa@fe.up.pt)

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 *  Copyright (C) 2007-2011  Laurent Bessard and Edouard Tisserant

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 *  Copyright (C) 2012       Manuele Conti  (conti.ma@alice.it)

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 *

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 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

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 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

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 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

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 *  (at your option) any later version.

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 *

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 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

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 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

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 *  GNU General Public License for more details.

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 *

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 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

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 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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 *

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 *

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 * This code is made available on the understanding that it will not be

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 * used in safety-critical situations without a full and competent review.

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 */

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/*

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 * An IEC 61131-3 compiler.

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 *

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 * Based on the

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 * FINAL DRAFT - IEC 61131-3, 2nd Ed. (2001-12-10)

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 *

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 */

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/* Determine the characteristics of a specific data type

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 *  e.g., is it an enumeration, is it an array, is it ANY_INT, etc...

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 *

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 * The methods of this class may be passed either:

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 *  - a data type declaration symbol_c, 

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 *   OR

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 *  - the name of a data type (identifier_c)

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 *    In this case, we shall first serach for the basetype declaration using search_base_type_c, and then 

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 *    run the normal process.

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 */

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#include "absyntax_utils.hh"

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#include "../main.hh" // required for ERROR() and ERROR_MSG() macros.

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#include <typeinfo>  // required for typeid

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/**********************************************************/

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/**********************************************************/

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/**********************************************************/

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/*****                                                *****/

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/*****                                                *****/

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/*****           Some helper classes                  *****/

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/*****                                                *****/

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/*****                                                *****/

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/**********************************************************/

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/****************************************************************************************************/

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/****************************************************************************************************/

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/* Return the identifier (name) of a datatype, typically declared in a TYPE .. END_TYPE declaration */

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/****************************************************************************************************/

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/****************************************************************************************************/

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class get_datatype_id_c: null_visitor_c {

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  private:

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    static get_datatype_id_c *singleton;

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  public:

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    static symbol_c *get_id(symbol_c *symbol) {

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      if (NULL == singleton) singleton = new  get_datatype_id_c();

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      if (NULL == singleton) ERROR;

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      return (symbol_c *)symbol->accept(*singleton);

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    }

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  protected:

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    /***********************************/

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    /* B 1.3.1 - Elementary Data Types */

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    /***********************************/

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    void *visit(time_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(bool_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(sint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(int_type_name_c         *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(dint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(lint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(usint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(uint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(udint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(ulint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(real_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(lreal_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(date_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(tod_type_name_c         *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(dt_type_name_c          *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(byte_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(word_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(lword_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(dword_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(string_type_name_c      *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(wstring_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safetime_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safebool_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safesint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeint_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safedint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safelint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeusint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeuint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeudint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeulint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safereal_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safelreal_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safedate_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safetod_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safedt_type_name_c      *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safebyte_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safeword_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safelword_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safedword_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safestring_type_name_c  *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    void *visit(safewstring_type_name_c *symbol) {return (void *)symbol;};

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    /* B 1.3.3 - Derived data types */

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    /*  simple_type_name ':' simple_spec_init */

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    void *visit(simple_type_declaration_c     *symbol)  {return symbol->simple_type_name;}

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    /*  subrange_type_name ':' subrange_spec_init */

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    void *visit(subrange_type_declaration_c   *symbol)  {return symbol->subrange_type_name;}

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    /*  enumerated_type_name ':' enumerated_spec_init */

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    void *visit(enumerated_type_declaration_c *symbol)  {return symbol->enumerated_type_name;}

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    /*  identifier ':' array_spec_init */

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    void *visit(array_type_declaration_c      *symbol)  {return symbol->identifier;}

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    /*  structure_type_name ':' structure_specification */

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    void *visit(structure_type_declaration_c  *symbol)  {return symbol->structure_type_name;}

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    /*  string_type_name ':' elementary_string_type_name string_type_declaration_size string_type_declaration_init */

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    void *visit(string_type_declaration_c     *symbol)  {return symbol->string_type_name;}

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    /* ref_type_decl: identifier ':' ref_spec_init */

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    void *visit(ref_type_decl_c               *symbol)  {return symbol->ref_type_name;}

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    /* NOTE: DO NOT place any code here that references symbol->anotations_map["generate_c_annotaton__implicit_type_id"] !!

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     *       All anotations in the symbol->anotations_map[] are considered a stage4 construct. In the above example,

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     *       That anotation is specific to the generate_c stage4 code, and must therefore NOT be referenced

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     *       in the absyntax_utils code, as this last code should be independent of the stage4 version!

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     */ 

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    /* B 1.5.2 - Function Blocks */

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    /*  FUNCTION_BLOCK derived_function_block_name io_OR_other_var_declarations function_block_body END_FUNCTION_BLOCK */

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    void *visit(function_block_declaration_c  *symbol)  {return symbol->fblock_name;}

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}; // get_datatype_id_c 

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get_datatype_id_c *get_datatype_id_c::singleton = NULL;

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/* transform elementary data type class to string */

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/* A small helper class, to transform elementary data type to string.

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class get_datatype_id_str_c: public null_visitor_c {

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     get_datatype_id_str_c(void)  {};

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    ~get_datatype_id_str_c(void) {};

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    /* singleton class! */

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    static get_datatype_id_str_c *singleton;

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    static const char *get_id_str(symbol_c *symbol) {

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      if (NULL == singleton)    singleton = new get_datatype_id_str_c;

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      if (NULL == singleton)    ERROR;

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      const char *res           = (const char *)symbol->accept(*singleton);

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      if (NULL == res)          ERROR;

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      return res;

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    /* B.1 - Common elements */

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    /* B 1.1 - Letters, digits and identifiers */

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    void *visit(identifier_c *symbol) {return (void *)symbol->value;};

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    /* B 1.3.1 - Elementary Data Types */

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    void *visit(time_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"TIME";        };

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    void *visit(bool_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"BOOL";        };

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    void *visit(sint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"SINT";        };

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    void *visit(int_type_name_c         *symbol) {return (void *)"INT";         };

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    void *visit(dint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"DINT";        };

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    void *visit(lint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"LINT";        };

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    void *visit(usint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"USINT";       };

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    void *visit(uint_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"UINT";        };

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    void *visit(udint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"UDINT";       };

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    void *visit(ulint_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"ULINT";       };

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    void *visit(real_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"REAL";        };

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    void *visit(lreal_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"LREAL";       };

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    void *visit(date_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"DATE";        };

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    void *visit(tod_type_name_c         *symbol) {return (void *)"TOD";         };

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    void *visit(dt_type_name_c          *symbol) {return (void *)"DT";          };

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    void *visit(byte_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"BYTE";        };

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    void *visit(word_type_name_c        *symbol) {return (void *)"WORD";        };

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    void *visit(lword_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"LWORD";       };

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    void *visit(dword_type_name_c       *symbol) {return (void *)"DWORD";       };

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    void *visit(string_type_name_c      *symbol) {return (void *)"STRING";      };

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    void *visit(wstring_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)"WSTRING";     };

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    void *visit(safetime_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFETIME";    };

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    void *visit(safebool_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEBOOL";    };

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    void *visit(safesint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFESINT";    };

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    void *visit(safeint_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEINT";     };

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    void *visit(safedint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEDINT";    };

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    void *visit(safelint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFELINT";    };

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    void *visit(safeusint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEUSINT";   };

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    void *visit(safeuint_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEUINT";    };

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    void *visit(safeudint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEUDINT";   };

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    void *visit(safeulint_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEULINT";   };

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    void *visit(safereal_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEREAL";    };

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    void *visit(safelreal_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFELREAL";   };

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    void *visit(safedate_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEDATE";    };

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    void *visit(safetod_type_name_c     *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFETOD";     };

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    void *visit(safedt_type_name_c      *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEDT";      };

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    void *visit(safebyte_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEBYTE";    };

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    void *visit(safeword_type_name_c    *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEWORD";    };

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    void *visit(safelword_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFELWORD";   };

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    void *visit(safedword_type_name_c   *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEDWORD";   };

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    void *visit(safestring_type_name_c  *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFESTRING";  };

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    void *visit(safewstring_type_name_c *symbol) {return (void *)"SAFEWSTRING"; };

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    /*  simple_type_name ':' simple_spec_init */

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    void *visit(simple_type_declaration_c     *symbol)  {return symbol->simple_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /*  subrange_type_name ':' subrange_spec_init */

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    void *visit(subrange_type_declaration_c   *symbol)  {return symbol->subrange_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /*  enumerated_type_name ':' enumerated_spec_init */

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    void *visit(enumerated_type_declaration_c *symbol)  {return symbol->enumerated_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /*  identifier ':' array_spec_init */

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    void *visit(array_type_declaration_c      *symbol)  {return symbol->identifier->accept(*this);}

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    /*  structure_type_name ':' structure_specification */

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    void *visit(structure_type_declaration_c  *symbol)  {return symbol->structure_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /*  string_type_name ':' elementary_string_type_name string_type_declaration_size string_type_declaration_init */

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    void *visit(string_type_declaration_c     *symbol)  {return symbol->string_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /* ref_type_decl: identifier ':' ref_spec_init */

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    void *visit(ref_type_decl_c               *symbol)  {return symbol->ref_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /* NOTE: DO NOT place any code here that references symbol->anotations_map["generate_c_annotaton__implicit_type_id"] !!

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     *       All anotations in the symbol->anotations_map[] are considered a stage4 construct. In the above example,

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     *       That anotation is specific to the generate_c stage4 code, and must therefore NOT be referenced

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     *       in the absyntax_utils code, as this last code should be independent of the stage4 version!

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    /* B 1.5.2 - Function Blocks */

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    /*  FUNCTION_BLOCK derived_function_block_name io_OR_other_var_declarations function_block_body END_FUNCTION_BLOCK */

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    void *visit(function_block_declaration_c  *symbol)  {return symbol->fblock_name->accept(*this);}    

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get_datatype_id_str_c *get_datatype_id_str_c::singleton = NULL;

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/* get the datatype of a field inside a struct data type */

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class get_struct_info_c : null_visitor_c {

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    symbol_c *current_field;

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    /* singleton class! */

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    static get_struct_info_c *singleton;

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    get_struct_info_c(void) {current_field = NULL;}

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    static symbol_c *get_field_type_id(symbol_c *struct_type, symbol_c *field_name) {

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      if (NULL == singleton)    ERROR;

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      singleton->current_field = field_name;

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      return (symbol_c *)struct_type->accept(*singleton);

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    }

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    /* B.1 - Common elements */

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    /********************************/

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    /* B 1.3.3 - Derived data types */

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    /*  structure_type_name ':' structure_specification */

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    /* NOTE: this is only used inside a TYPE ... END_TYPE declaration.  It is never used directly when declaring a new variable! */

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    /* NOTE: structure_specification will point to either initialized_structure_c  OR  structure_element_declaration_list_c */

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    void *visit(structure_type_declaration_c *symbol) {return symbol->structure_specification->accept(*this);}

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    /* structure_type_name ASSIGN structure_initialization */

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    /* structure_initialization may be NULL ! */

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    // SYM_REF2(initialized_structure_c, structure_type_name, structure_initialization)

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    /* NOTE: only the initialized structure is never used when declaring a new variable instance */

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    void *visit(initialized_structure_c *symbol) {return symbol->structure_type_name->accept(*this);}

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    /* helper symbol for structure_declaration */

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    /* structure_declaration:  STRUCT structure_element_declaration_list END_STRUCT */

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    /* structure_element_declaration_list structure_element_declaration ';' */

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    void *visit(structure_element_declaration_list_c *symbol) {

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      for(int i = 0; i < symbol->n; i++) {

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        void *tmp = symbol->elements[i]->accept(*this);

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        if (NULL != tmp) return tmp;

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      return NULL; // not found!!

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    }  

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    /*  structure_element_name ':' spec_init */

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    void *visit(structure_element_declaration_c *symbol) {

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      if (compare_identifiers(symbol->structure_element_name, current_field) == 0)

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        return symbol->spec_init; /* found the type of the element we were looking for! */

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      return NULL;   /* not the element we are looking for! */

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    }

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    /* helper symbol for structure_initialization */

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    /* structure_initialization: '(' structure_element_initialization_list ')' */

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    /* structure_element_initialization_list ',' structure_element_initialization */

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    void *visit(structure_element_initialization_list_c *symbol) {ERROR; return NULL;} /* should never get called... */

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    /*  structure_element_name ASSIGN value */

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    void *visit(structure_element_initialization_c *symbol) {ERROR; return NULL;} /* should never get called... */

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    /* B.1.5 - Program organization units */

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    /**************************************/

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    /* B 1.5.2 - Function Blocks */

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    /*  FUNCTION_BLOCK derived_function_block_name io_OR_other_var_declarations function_block_body END_FUNCTION_BLOCK */

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    // SYM_REF4(function_block_declaration_c, fblock_name, var_declarations, fblock_body, unused)

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    void *visit(function_block_declaration_c *symbol) {

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      /* now search the function block declaration for the variable... */

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      search_var_instance_decl_c search_decl(symbol);

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      return search_decl.get_decl(current_field);

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    }

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    /* B.1.6  Sequential function chart elements */

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    /* INITIAL_STEP step_name ':' action_association_list END_STEP */

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    // SYM_REF2(initial_step_c, step_name, action_association_list)

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    void *visit(initial_step_c *symbol) {

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      identifier_c T("T");  identifier_c X("X");

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      /* Hard code the datatypes of the implicit variables Stepname.X and Stepname.T */

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      if (compare_identifiers(&T, current_field) == 0)  return &get_datatype_info_c::time_type_name;

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      if (compare_identifiers(&X, current_field) == 0)  return &get_datatype_info_c::bool_type_name;

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      return NULL;

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    }

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    /* STEP step_name ':' action_association_list END_STEP */

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    // SYM_REF2(step_c, step_name, action_association_list)

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    /* The code here should be identicial to the code in the visit(initial_step_c *) visitor! So we simply call the other visitor! */

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    void *visit(step_c *symbol) {initial_step_c initial_step(NULL, NULL); return initial_step.accept(*this);}

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}; // get_struct_info_c

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get_struct_info_c *get_struct_info_c::singleton = NULL;

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/*****                                                *****/

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/*****        GET_DATATYPE_INFO_C                     *****/

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/*****                                                *****/

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/*****                                                *****/

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const char *get_datatype_info_c::get_id_str(symbol_c *datatype) {

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symbol_c *get_datatype_info_c::get_id(symbol_c *datatype) {

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symbol_c *get_datatype_info_c::get_struct_field_type_id(symbol_c *struct_datatype, symbol_c *struct_fieldname) {

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  return get_struct_info_c::get_field_type_id(struct_datatype, struct_fieldname);

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/* Returns true if both datatypes are equivalent (not necessarily equal!).

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 * WARNING: May return true even though the datatypes are not the same/identicial!!!

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 *          This occurs when at least one of the datatypes is of a generic

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 *          (Generic dataypes: ANY, ANY_INT, ANY_NUM, ...)

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 * NOTE: Currently stage1_2 only allows the use of the ANY keyword when in conjuntion with

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 *       (e.g. an array datatype defined in the variable declaration itself, instead of inside a TYPE ... END_TYPE

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 *         TYPE my_array_t: ARRAY [1..3] OF INT; END_TYPE;

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 *         FUNCTION_BLOCK FOO

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 *          VAR my_array:  ARRAY [1..3] OF INT; END_VAR

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 *       In essence, the currently supported datatype model considers all datatypes to be different to each other,

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 *          my_array_3_t: my_array_1_t; 

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 *          A_ref_t: REF_TO my_array_1_t;

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 *         In the above code, my_array_3_t is the same datatype as my_array_1_t

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 *         In the above code, A_ref_t is the same datatype as B_ref_t

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 *       Any call to FB foo can never pass a value to parameter my_array, as its datatype is distinct

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 *       The above seems natural o me (Mario) in a programming language that is very strongly typed.

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 *         FUNCTION_BLOCK FOO_t

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