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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:55:42 +0100
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On 13.03.11 17:59, KK6GM wrote:
> On Mar 12, 11:16 pm, Shark8 <onewingedsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 12, 9:32 pm, KK6GM <mjsi...@scriptoriumdesigns.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to create a task type with a Duration discriminant and
>>> receive the GNAT error "discriminants must have a discrete or access
>>> type".  Can somebody help me to understand the problem here?
>>
>> Duration is a Fixed-point type if I remember correctly.
>>
>> This page, from the `83 LRM, indicates that to be the case:http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/lrm-09-06.html
> 
> Yes, I didn't realize that fixed-point was not a discrete type.  No
> problem, I can just pass in a discrete value that represents
> milliseconds and convert to a duration in the task.

Alternatively, using Ada.Realtime,

  ... := To_Duration (Microseconds (you_integer_value));