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diff --git a/gcc/ada/types.ads b/gcc/ada/types.ads
index 5467f4efe9c..42004ae2654 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/types.ads
+++ b/gcc/ada/types.ads
@@ -348,16 +348,16 @@ package Types is
-- lie in. Such tests appear only in the lowest level packages.
subtype List_Range is Union_Id
- range List_Low_Bound .. List_High_Bound;
+ range List_Low_Bound .. List_High_Bound;
subtype Node_Range is Union_Id
- range Node_Low_Bound .. Node_High_Bound;
+ range Node_Low_Bound .. Node_High_Bound;
subtype Elist_Range is Union_Id
- range Elist_Low_Bound .. Elist_High_Bound;
+ range Elist_Low_Bound .. Elist_High_Bound;
subtype Elmt_Range is Union_Id
- range Elmt_Low_Bound .. Elmt_High_Bound;
+ range Elmt_Low_Bound .. Elmt_High_Bound;
subtype Names_Range is Union_Id
range Names_Low_Bound .. Names_High_Bound;
@@ -369,23 +369,23 @@ package Types is
range Uint_Low_Bound .. Uint_High_Bound;
subtype Ureal_Range is Union_Id
- range Ureal_Low_Bound .. Ureal_High_Bound;
+ range Ureal_Low_Bound .. Ureal_High_Bound;
- ----------------------------
+ -----------------------------
-- Types for Atree Package --
- ----------------------------
+ -----------------------------
-- Node_Id values are used to identify nodes in the tree. They are
- -- subscripts into the Node table declared in package Tree. Note that
- -- the special values Empty and Error are subscripts into this table,
+ -- subscripts into the Nodes table declared in package Atree. Note that
+ -- the special values Empty and Error are subscripts into this table.
-- See package Atree for further details.
type Node_Id is range Node_Low_Bound .. Node_High_Bound;
-- Type used to identify nodes in the tree
subtype Entity_Id is Node_Id;
- -- A synonym for node types, used in the entity package to refer to nodes
- -- that are entities (i.e. nodes with an Nkind of N_Defining_xxx) All such
+ -- A synonym for node types, used in the Einfo package to refer to nodes
+ -- that are entities (i.e. nodes with an Nkind of N_Defining_xxx). All such
-- nodes are extended nodes and these are the only extended nodes, so that
-- in practice entity and extended nodes are synonymous.
@@ -402,12 +402,12 @@ package Types is
Empty_List_Or_Node : constant := 0;
-- This constant is used in situations (e.g. initializing empty fields)
- -- where the value set will be used to represent either an empty node
- -- or a non-existent list, depending on the context.
+ -- where the value set will be used to represent either an empty node or
+ -- a non-existent list, depending on the context.
Error : constant Node_Id := Node_Low_Bound + 1;
- -- Used to indicate that there was an error in the source program. A node
- -- is actually allocated at this address, so that Nkind (Error) = N_Error.
+ -- Used to indicate an error in the source program. A node is actually
+ -- allocated with this Id value, so that Nkind (Error) = N_Error.
Empty_Or_Error : constant Node_Id := Error;
-- Since Empty and Error are the first two Node_Id values, the test for
@@ -422,11 +422,12 @@ package Types is
-- Types for Nlists Package --
------------------------------
- -- List_Id values are used to identify node lists in the tree. They are
- -- subscripts into the Lists table declared in package Tree. Note that the
- -- special value Error_List is a subscript in this table, but the value
- -- No_List is *not* a valid subscript, and any attempt to apply list
- -- operations to No_List will cause a (detected) error.
+ -- List_Id values are used to identify node lists stored in the tree, so
+ -- that each node can be on at most one such list (see package Nlists for
+ -- further details). Note that the special value Error_List is a subscript
+ -- in this table, but the value No_List is *not* a valid subscript, and any
+ -- attempt to apply list operations to No_List will cause a (detected)
+ -- error.
type List_Id is range List_Low_Bound .. List_High_Bound;
-- Type used to identify a node list
@@ -449,24 +450,23 @@ package Types is
-- Types for Elists Package --
------------------------------
- -- Element list Id values are used to identify element lists stored in the
- -- tree (see package Atree for further details). They are formed by adding
- -- a bias (Element_List_Bias) to subscript values in the same array that is
- -- used for node list headers.
+ -- Element list Id values are used to identify element lists stored outside
+ -- of the tree, allowing nodes to be members of more than one such list
+ -- (see package Elists for further details).
type Elist_Id is range Elist_Low_Bound .. Elist_High_Bound;
-- Type used to identify an element list (Elist header table subscript)
No_Elist : constant Elist_Id := Elist_Low_Bound;
- -- Used to indicate absence of an element list. Note that this is not
- -- an actual Elist header, so element list operations on this value
- -- are not valid.
+ -- Used to indicate absence of an element list. Note that this is not an
+ -- actual Elist header, so element list operations on this value are not
+ -- valid.
First_Elist_Id : constant Elist_Id := No_Elist + 1;
-- Subscript of first allocated Elist header
- -- Element Id values are used to identify individual elements of an
- -- element list (see package Elists for further details).
+ -- Element Id values are used to identify individual elements of an element
+ -- list (see package Elists for further details).
type Elmt_Id is range Elmt_Low_Bound .. Elmt_High_Bound;
-- Type used to identify an element list
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ package Types is
-------------------------------
-- String_Id values are used to identify entries in the strings table. They
- -- are subscripts into the strings table defined in package Strings.
+ -- are subscripts into the Strings table defined in package Stringt.
-- Note that with only a few exceptions, which are clearly documented, the
-- type String_Id should be regarded as a private type. In particular it is
-- never appropriate to perform arithmetic operations using this type.
+ -- Doesn't this also apply to all other *_Id types???
type String_Id is range Strings_Low_Bound .. Strings_High_Bound;
-- Type used to identify entries in the strings table
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ package Types is
type Unit_Number_Type is new Int;
-- Unit number. The main source is unit 0, and subsidiary sources have
-- non-zero numbers starting with 1. Unit numbers are used to index the
- -- file table in Lib.
+ -- Units table in package Lib.
Main_Unit : constant Unit_Number_Type := 0;
-- Unit number value for main unit