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From: Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: run tasks on events
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:56:15 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 29, 3:31=A0am, Sebastian Hanigk <han...@in.tum.de> wrote:
> ahab <ahabe...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Have the task immediately call a suspension object or a protected
> > entry.
>
> Hmm, this works only for one task if I'm not mistaken (a suspension
> object allows only one blocking call to Suspend_Until_True at the same
> time, a protected entry seems to have similar constraints). A solution
> would be a suspension object per task, but this is far from the elegance
> of HAL/S' signals.
>
> Sebastian

It is not true. Protected entry, implemented in Transient Signals for
example, can suspend/release multiple tasks.

AV