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	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
-- Access to an argument

class ARGUMENT_B

inherit

	ACCESS_B
		redefine
			enlarged, type, is_argument, is_local, is_creatable,
			register_name, array_descriptor,
			pre_inlined_code, print_register,
			is_fast_as_local, is_predefined
		end;

feature -- Visitor

	process (v: BYTE_NODE_VISITOR) is
			-- Process current element.
		do
			v.process_argument_b (Current)
		end

feature

	position: INTEGER;
			-- Position of the argument.

	set_position (i: INTEGER) is
			-- Set `position' to `i'
		do
			position := i;
		end;

	type: TYPE_I is
			-- Argument type
		do
			Result := context.byte_code.arguments.item (position);
		end;

	is_predefined: BOOLEAN is True
			-- Is Current a predefined entity ?

	is_argument: BOOLEAN is
			-- Is Current an access to an argument ?
		do
			Result := True
		end

	is_local: BOOLEAN is False;
			-- Is Current an access to a local variable ?

	is_creatable: BOOLEAN is False;
			-- Can an access to an argument be the taget of a creation ?

	same (other: ACCESS_B): BOOLEAN is
			-- Is `other' the same access as Current ?
		local
			argument_b: ARGUMENT_B;
		do
			argument_b ?= other;
			if argument_b /= Void then
				Result := position = argument_b.position;
			end;
		end;

	enlarged: ARGUMENT_B is
			-- Enlarge current node
		local
			arg_bl: ARGUMENT_BL
		do
			create arg_bl;
			arg_bl.fill_from (Current);
			Result := arg_bl
		end;

	register_name: STRING is
			-- The "arg<num>" string
		do
			create Result.make (10)
			if type.is_true_expanded then
					-- Expanded argument are copied into
					-- a local variable `earg'.
				Result.append_character ('e')
			end
			Result.append ("arg");
			Result.append (position.out);
		end;

	print_register is
			-- Print argument
		do
			buffer.put_string (register_name)
		end

feature -- IL code generation

	is_fast_as_local: BOOLEAN is true
			-- Is expression calculation as fast as loading a local?

feature -- Array optimization

	array_descriptor: INTEGER is
		do
			Result := position
		end

feature -- Inlining

	pre_inlined_code: INLINED_ARG_B is
		do
			create Result;
			Result.fill_from (Current)
		end

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end