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From: "Ehud Lamm" <mslamm@huji.ac.il>
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Subject: Re: tasks, protected types and entries
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"Richard Riehle" <richard@adaworks.com> wrote in message
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>
> There are no guards on subprograms (procedures and functions).  If there
> were, they would be called pre-conditions.    In fact, protected entry
> barriers, and task entry guards, are simply a variation-on-the-theme of
> pre-conditions.
>

BTW: The literature often uses the terms "behavioral contract" and
"synchronization contract" to distinguish these two types of contracts.

Ehud Lamm