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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Dynamic allocation of tasks
Date: 2000/03/23
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In article <87ya7aewb8.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>,
  Florian Weimer <fw-usenet@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > > I found no way to complete a task before its allocator
> > completes.
> >
> > terminate task (e.g. abort it), then use unchecked
> > deallocation (see RM D.12(4)).
>
> I tried this (with GNAT 3.12p), and it didn't work (there was
a resource
> leak, of both memory and kernel threads IIRC).

As always you should post your code. For example, we often
see people doing an abort immediately followed by an
unchecked deallocation, and you can't rely on that to work!


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