Re: Task_ID through different executions

[stt@henning.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)]

Sergio Silva (silva@elet.polimi.it) wrote:
: Hello,

: I have been looking at the LRM for the following info but I can't find an
: exact answer. Does anybody know it?

: I need to find out if Ada.Task_Identification.Current_Task  and
: Entry'Caller return the same value in different executions?

There is no guarantee that these values will be the same from
one execution to the next.

: I am trying to use them to monitor rendezvous sequences and eventually 
: reproduce such sequences so I need them to return the same value. 

You might be better off defining your own task attribute (see RM95 C.7.2), 
and using the Task_ID to fetch the attribute.  You could presumably
assign task attributes in a repeatable manner.

: In the case it is implementation dependent: I am using gnat 3.0.3 on
: SUN/OS 4.1.4 and on Solaris 2.5

: Sergio Silva-Barradas
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