Re: Interrupting Get_Line

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

mhamel_98@yahoo.com a �crit :
> I have a program with a task that reads off the command line via
> get_line.  Now some other parts/tasks of the program occasionally need
> to read off the line as well, usually a (y/n) type question to the
> user that I use get_immediate for.  Thing is, the get_line in the cli
> task 'intercepts' the response to the get_immediate. 

I think you have to redesign this stuff. There is a single standard
input and this resource can't be shared by multiple threads. There is no
way to change this fact, it can't be shared and you need to work around
that.

> Another workable solution would be to pop up a new console as needed
> that goes away as soon as it gets a response, how would I do this?

This is OS dependent, it is not related to Ada.

Pascal.

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