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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
Subject: Re: Tasks and C/C++ code.
Date: 1998/11/20
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>>>>> "Mats" == Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch> writes:


Mats> Why not ? If the C function is potentially blocking _and_
Mats> non-reentrant (as is gethostbyname for example, which can take
Mats> some time), then it's the only option.

9.5.1 (8) During a protected action, it is a bounded error to invoke
          an operation that is potentially blocking.

I think that the spirit of protected operations is to be really short.

  Sam
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