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From: Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch>
Subject: Re: Tasks and C/C++ code.
Date: 1998/11/19
Date: 1998-11-19T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3654746F.3C297E56@elca-matrix.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87btm52jwl.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr

Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "David" == dbotton  <dbotton@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> David> I think it would be practical to create a protected type that
> David> wrapped your C function to insure that it is not be run
> David> concurrently (if it isn't safe). If it's safe then just call it
> David> as you would any other Ada Procedure/Function.
> 
> You can't do that for abitraries C functions: it must not contain any
> potentially blocking code.

Why not ? If the C function is potentially blocking _and_ non-reentrant
(as is gethostbyname for example, which can take some time), then it's
the only option.




  reply	other threads:[~1998-11-19  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-11-09  0:00 Tasks and C/C++ code Barry L. Dorough
1998-11-09  0:00 ` Mats Weber
1998-11-10  0:00 ` dennison
1998-11-11  0:00   ` dbotton
1998-11-11  0:00     ` Barry L. Dorough
1998-11-11  0:00       ` dennison
1998-11-12  0:00       ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-11-13  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1998-11-11  0:00     ` dennison
1998-11-18  0:00     ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-11-19  0:00       ` Mats Weber [this message]
1998-11-20  0:00         ` Samuel Tardieu
1998-11-23  0:00           ` Mats Weber
1998-11-23  0:00             ` Tom Moran
1998-11-24  0:00               ` Blocking protected ops (was: Tasks and C/C++ code) Mats Weber
1998-11-24  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-11-25  0:00                   ` Mats Weber
1998-11-25  0:00                     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-11-27  0:00                       ` Mats Weber
1998-11-25  0:00                     ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-11-26  0:00                       ` Simon Wright
1998-11-27  0:00                         ` David Botton
1998-11-27  0:00                           ` Mats Weber
1998-11-27  0:00                           ` Tom Moran
1998-11-27  0:00                             ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-11-28  0:00                               ` Tom Moran
1998-11-29  0:00                         ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-30  0:00                           ` Simon Wright
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