many thanks, if only my (hypertext) LRM had pointed back to 3.13... :-) David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote in message news:2d6O6.1310$ce.2870383@newsrump.sjc.telocity.net... > From RM95, Annex L: > > 35 pragma Storage_Size(expression); � See 13.3. > > And from RM95 3.13: > > 59 For a prefix T that denotes a task object (after any implicit > dereference): > > 60 T�Storage_Size Denotes the number of storage elements reserved for > the task. The value of this attribute is of the type universal_integer. The > Storage_Size includes the size of the task�s stack, if any. The language > does not specify whether or not it includes other storage associated with > the task (such as the �task control block� used by some implementations.) > If a pragma Storage_Size is given, the value of the Storage_Size attribute > is at least the value specified in the pragma. > [snip]