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Subject: Re: Problem with -gnatt
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Matthew Heaney wrote:
> Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:

>>    Matthew> do using a controlled helper type, as in my example),
>>    Matthew> then there's no reason not to use a semaphore.
>>
>>This won't prevent mistakes where you forget to lock the semaphore.
> 
> The Control_Type certainly *will* prevent such mistakes.

I think he refers to *locking* and not *unlocking* which is, BTW, my 
principal objection too.