Re: Protected Type compiler complaint

[Shark8 <OneWingedShark@gmail.com>]

On 07-Jul-14 08:23, NiGHTS wrote:
> A question about the variables in the Test.P type you introduced.
> I would like to make available to other spawned tasks these protected
> variables, so essentially Test.P needs to be a global of some kind
> with static data in the currently running process.

Not necessarily; you could use an access-discriminated task for these 
spawned tasks.

Assuming:

    package Test is
       protected type P is
         procedure Do_Something;
       end P;
    end Test;

We can do this:

    with Test;
    package Processes is
       task type K(P : not null access Test.P) is
             entry x( Input  : in  Integer );
             entry y( Output : out Integer );
       End K;
    End Processes;

This will allow you to access the protected object you specify when you 
declare the task; an example usage would be:

    with
      Test,
      Processes;
    procedure Main is
       O : Aliased Test.P;
       J : Processes.K(O'Access);
       K : Integer;
    begin
       -- O.Do_Something;
       J.Y(K); -- calls O.do_something internally.
    end Main;


------------
-- Bodies --
------------

    package body Test is
       protected body P is
             procedure Do_Something is
             begin
                 Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line("Did Something!");
             End Do_Something;
       end P;
    end Test;


    package body Processes is
         task body K is
             Value : Integer:= 0;
         begin
             loop
                 select
                     accept x (Input : in Integer) do
                         Value:= Value + Input;
                     end x;
                 or
                     accept y (Output : out Integer) do
                         Output:= Value;
                         Value:= 0;
                         P.Do_Something;
                     end y;
                 or
                     terminate;
                 end select;
             end loop;
       End K;
    End Processes;