From: "Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Multiple Delay alternatives : what it is useful to ?
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:48:33 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2010-02-04T10:48:33-08:00 [thread overview]
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On 4 fév, 05:47, "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter....@spam.acm.org>
wrote:
> Ada.Calendar.Time and Ada.Real_Time.Time are 2 different time types, and an
> implementation may provide others.
>
> --
> Jeff Carter
Will have a look (I will have to come to it anyway if I want to go
further)
On 4 fév, 10:26, Jean-Pierre Rosen <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:
> The shortest one will be triggered. Why allow several? Because the
> delays need not be static, so which is one is shorter may not be
> determined at compile time, and several time-out may correspond to
> different conditions, with different attached processing.
Ok, so that's a matter of variables (while the word “ static ” better
express things, that's true).
> > Are they some real life examples of useful multiple delays
> > alternatives ?
>
> See above ;-)
It was a good one indeed :) Thanks
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2010-02-04 3:47 Multiple Delay alternatives : what it is useful to ? Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2010-02-04 4:47 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2010-02-04 9:26 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2010-02-04 18:48 ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne) [this message]
2010-02-05 21:55 ` Randy Brukardt
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