note
	description: "Ancestor for basic types."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class BASIC_I

inherit
	TYPE_C
		undefine
			new_attribute_description, tuple_code, make_default_byte_code
		redefine
			generate_conversion_to_real_64,
			generate_conversion_to_real_32,
			is_basic
		end

feature -- Status report

	is_basic: BOOLEAN = True
			-- <Precursor>

feature -- C code generation

	generate_conversion_to_real_64 (buffer: GENERATION_BUFFER)
			-- Generate conversion to `REAL_64', needed because
			-- for some descendants, it is not enough to just to a cast to EIF_REAL_64.
		do
			buffer.put_string ("(EIF_REAL_64) (")
		end

	generate_conversion_to_real_32 (buffer: GENERATION_BUFFER)
			-- Generate conversion to `REAL_32', needed because
			-- for some descendants, it is not enough to just to a cast to EIF_REAL_32.
		do
			buffer.put_string ("(EIF_REAL_32) (")
		end

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end