------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

with Unchecked_Conversion;

function System.Address_Image (A : Address) return String is

   Result  : String (1 .. 2 * Address'Size / Storage_Unit);

   type Byte is mod 2 ** 8;
   for Byte'Size use 8;

   Hexdigs :
     constant array (Byte range 0 .. 15) of Character := "0123456789ABCDEF";

   type Bytes is array (1 .. Address'Size / Storage_Unit) of Byte;
   for Bytes'Size use Address'Size;

   function To_Bytes is new Unchecked_Conversion (Address, Bytes);

   Byte_Sequence : constant Bytes := To_Bytes (A);

   LE : constant := Standard'Default_Bit_Order;
   BE : constant := 1 - LE;
   --  Set to 1/0 for True/False for Little-Endian/Big-Endian

   Start : constant Natural := BE * (1) + LE * (Bytes'Length);
   Incr  : constant Integer := BE * (1) + LE * (-1);
   --  Start and increment for accessing characters of address string

   Ptr : Natural;
   --  Scan address string

begin
   Ptr := Start;
   for N in Bytes'Range loop
      Result (2 * N - 1) := Hexdigs (Byte_Sequence (Ptr) / 16);
      Result (2 * N)     := Hexdigs (Byte_Sequence (Ptr) mod 16);
      Ptr := Ptr + Incr;
   end loop;

   return Result;

end System.Address_Image;
