Re: multi reads, single write

["Mike Silva" <mjsilva@jps.net>]

Ah, thanks for the answer, and for clearing up my confusion (looking back on
what I wrote I'm scratching my head wondering what I thought I meant <g>)
Yes, of course, the timeout would occur in an entry, not a function or
procedure.  Thanks again.

Mike

Laurent Guerby wrote in message
<861z8mfthx.fsf@ppp-107-102.villette.club-internet.fr>...

>>...it appears from my newbie reading on protected types that they do
>> not allow this.  [...]
>
>They do, a protected entry is just like a task entry. The difference
>is between protected procedure and protected entries. Calling a protected
>procedure is conceptually not blocking (the model is spin locking).
>
>Example of bounded waiting on an entry:
>
>   R : Resource;
>
>   ...
>
>   select
>      R.Seize;
>   or
>      delay 1.0;
>      --  resource still not available after 1 second, try something else
>   end select;
>
>--LG