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Date: 18 Jul 91 21:03:06 GMT
From: ucivax!gateway@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (J o s e D u a r t e)
Subject: Re: Task Access Type Variables
Message-ID: <9107181402.aa28860@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU>
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> Here's a question:
>
>        What happens to the value of a variable which
> is an access to a task (type) once the task completes
> its job or terminates for some reason?
>
>        Does this access type variable become NULL or
> will it access some garbage location?
>
>        I could just use the TVAR.all'CALLABLE or
> TVAR.all'TERMINATED task attributes to see what the
> status of the task that TVAR points to is. (Of
> course, I'll check to make sure that TVAR /= null
> before I do this).
>
>        Does anyone know the official answer?

Also...can garbage collection be done on task access
type variables? This seems like it shouldn't be possible.


Jose' D.