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From: rgilbert@polaris.orl.mmc.com (Bob Gilbert)
Subject: Re: Uninterruptible (atomic) operation?
Date: 1996/12/10
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Date: 1996-12-10T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <E25tK3.3G7@world.std.com>, bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:
> In article <9612091326.AA04263@most>,
> W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) <wwgrol@PSESERV3.FW.HAC.COM> wrote:
> >(And if we used Ada-95 we could use pragma Atomic.)
> 
> Pragma Atomic is essentially the same thing as Ada 83's pragma Shared.
> I don't think it's what you want in this case.
> 
> - Bob

Perhaps it is just too obvious, or I don't understand the
question, but isn't this sort of thing that protected types
(Ada 95) or critical regions of tasks (both Ada 83 and 95)
are all about?

- Another Bob