Re: Question on tasking...

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In article <1993Aug10.144611.23993@evb.com>, jjh@evb.com (John Halper) writes:
|> I have a question in the following program,
|> 
|> procedure Main is
|>         task type Task_Type;
|>         type Task_Ptr is access Task_Type;
|>         Task_Instance : Task_Type;
|> begin
|>    block:
|>       begin
|>          Task_Instance := new Task_Type;
|>          Task_Instance := null;
|>       end;  -->  Does block wait until Task_Instance Terminates ????

No, it does not. The master of all tasks pointed to by the type Task_Ptr
is the procedure Main. (See LRM 9.4(2)).

|> end Main;
|> 
|> -- 
|> 
|> John Halper
|> jjh@evb.com

-- 
Mats Weber
e-mail: weber@lglsun.epfl.ch