From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e8e240cec570cdf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-18 13:13:30 PST Path: supernews.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Multiple entry tasks Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:46:19 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9bkqud$a5b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9bkevj$61k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 987623181 10411 136.170.200.133 (18 Apr 2001 19:46:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Apr 2001 19:46:21 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6984 Date: 2001-04-18T19:46:21+00:00 List-Id: Thanks for catching my typo with the missing "or" part. I don't think this is a simple problem to solve. Almost anything one does to fiddle with the availability of entries is going to make the complexity go way up real fast. As you observe, it is a way of trying to prioritize the entries. Ada would prefer it if you prioritized the tasks. Cascading the selects is an interesting mechanism. I'm not sure there is any answer that will be definitive. (Short of a language mod allowing one to prioritize entries?) Maybe the real answer is to divide the entries up into individual tasks and assign priorities? (This is, of course, a structural change that gets away from the original question.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/