* Dynamic task activation
@ 2005-05-09 11:02 evangeli
2005-05-09 12:24 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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From: evangeli @ 2005-05-09 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
hello
let's take this piece of code :
====================================
...
task type T_Task;
type T is access T_Task;
...
V : T := new T_Task;
-- 1
...
====================================
Is the task pointed by V necessarily activated at point 1, or can it be
activated later?
>From RM 9.2.4, I guess the answer is yes but i wanted to be sure.
Thanks
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* Re: Dynamic task activation
2005-05-09 11:02 Dynamic task activation evangeli
@ 2005-05-09 12:24 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-05-09 14:29 ` Marc A. Criley
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From: Jean-Pierre Rosen @ 2005-05-09 12:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
evangeli@cnam.fr a �crit :
> hello
> let's take this piece of code :
>
> ====================================
> ...
> task type T_Task;
> type T is access T_Task;
> ...
> V : T := new T_Task;
> -- 1
> ...
> ====================================
>
> Is the task pointed by V necessarily activated at point 1, or can it be
> activated later?
>>From RM 9.2.4, I guess the answer is yes but i wanted to be sure.
>
The task is activated *before* the return from "new". The goal is that
when you can access the task, it is guaranteed to have been activated.
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* Re: Dynamic task activation
2005-05-09 12:24 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
@ 2005-05-09 14:29 ` Marc A. Criley
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From: Marc A. Criley @ 2005-05-09 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> evangeli@cnam.fr a �crit :
>
>> hello
>> let's take this piece of code :
>>
>> ====================================
>> ...
>> task type T_Task;
>> type T is access T_Task;
>> ...
>> V : T := new T_Task;
>> -- 1
>> ...
>> ====================================
>>
>> Is the task pointed by V necessarily activated at point 1, or can it be
>> activated later?
>>
>>> From RM 9.2.4, I guess the answer is yes but i wanted to be sure.
>>
>>
> The task is activated *before* the return from "new". The goal is that
> when you can access the task, it is guaranteed to have been activated.
And if for some reason you don't want the task to actually begin its
application-specific processing until later, you can declare some kind
of "Start" entry in the task, which is then called at the appropriate time.
task body T_Task_That_Waits is
begin
select
accept Start;
or
terminate;
end select;
-- Application-oriented processing now begins...
end T_Task_That_Waits;
Marc A. Criley
www.mckae.com
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