Re: timeouts

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Jano" <notelacreas@porfavor.no> wrote in message
news:2p63roFgloq0U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Steve wrote:
> > What version of GNAT?
> > I vaguely recall a gnat bug having to do with time.  Unfortunately I
can't
> > recall the particulars.  Maybe someone else on the list will remember.
>
> I was bitten by it. It involves Gnat 3.15p on Windows. Delays can
> mis-delay for unknown periods of time, effectively suggesting that tasks
> are locked when they are not.

The problem I recall (it happened in Janus/Ada, too, because it's actually
caused by a patch in the OS for a hardware problem) is that
QueryPerformanceCounter leaps forward by large amounts. Depending on how
Ada.Calendar is written, that can have bizarre effects. I believe that Tom
Moran created a patch for GNAT's Ada.Calendar for that; I don't know if
3.15p has it, but if not, you should try applying it. (Even better is
getting a machine without the faulty chipset, but that's not always
practical!)

                            Randy.