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On 10/10/2014 12:42 PM, Stribor40 wrote:
> Well i would mark each node/task as 1,2,3,4,5,6.
> I am not sure how i would mark each partner but assuming that
> i mark each partner somehow so each node/task knows about its
> 2 partners.I would like to keep a track off each time turnoff
> was sent and knowledge was received.

The /how/ is probably the second-most important problem, the primary 
problem being the creation of the tasks... which is, of course, 
dependent on the first problem: how they know about each other.

I was thinking something like the following:
Package Nodes is

    type Node_Interface is task interface;
    -- Entry specs here. (Note they must be written in procedure form.)


    type Node_Access is access Node_Interface;
    type Node_List is array(Positive range <>) of not null Node_Access;

    Function Null_List return not null access Node_List is
       ( New Node_List'(2..1 => <>) );

    Function Make_Network(Size : Natural) return Node_List;

    task type Node( Neighbors : not null access Node_List ) is
         new Node_Interface with
    end Node;

End Nodes;
--------------
with
Ada.Text_IO;

Package body Nodes is


    task body Node is
    begin
       null;
       Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line( "Done." );
    end Node;

    Function Make_Network(Size : Natural) return Node_List is
    begin
       return Result : Node_List( 1..Size ) do
          for Index in Result'Range loop
             declare
                subtype Head is Natural range 
Result'First..Natural'Pred(Index);
                subtype Tail is Natural range 
Natural'Succ(Index)..Result'Last;
                Item : Node_Access renames Result(Index);
                Fore : Node_List   renames Result(Head);
                Aft  : Node_List   renames Result(Tail);
             begin
                Result(Index):= new Node'( New Node_List'(Fore & Aft) );
             end;
          end loop;
       end return;
    end Make_Network;

End Nodes;
----------------

The problem with the above is that the compiler tells me:
"nodes.adb:26:32: initialization not allowed for limited types"
So, I'm not sure exactly how you'd go about creating an in-place network 
(w/ no dynamic node addition/deletion)... although it seems perfectly 
reasonable to me to do so.