note
	description: "Factory to create keepers for non-void entity scopes."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class AST_SCOPE_KEEPER_FACTORY

feature -- Access

	create_scope_keeper (n: INTEGER): AST_SCOPE_KEEPER
			-- Create scope keeper to track special entity "Result" and at least `n' locals.
		require
			non_negative_n: n >= 0
		do
			if n > {AST_BOUNDED_SCOPE_KEEPER}.max_count then
				create {AST_UNBOUNDED_SCOPE_KEEPER} Result.make (n)
			else
				create {AST_BOUNDED_SCOPE_KEEPER} Result.make (n)
			end
		ensure
			result_attached: Result /= Void
			result_local_count_set: Result.count = n
		end

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end