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From: mikey@mcs.com (Mike Young)
Subject: Re: some questions re. Ada/GNAT from a C++/GCC user
Date: 1996/03/31
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In article <315D902C.6F7B@escmail.orl.mmc.com>, dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com 
says...
>
>Mike Young wrote:
>> 
>> Hmmmm. Lacking a language based synch method doesn't mean we always go
>> straight to the semaphore library. I commonly use thin wrappers to guard
>> precious resources -- for example: mutexes, semaphores, files,
>> or database sessions. Local scoping allows precise control of lifetimes,
>> and ensure release even when exceptions are possible:
>
>OK. Now what do you do if you have to port that code to DOS? :-)

===========
I believe it would then be time to consider relocation. The code itself, 
however, requires only minor modifications: return successful immediately. The 
concept -- resource guarding in a local scope -- still applies. :)

Mike.