Re: Periodic tasks - organization

[Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>]

On Jul 16, 2:38 pm, Simon Wright <simon.j.wri...@mac.com> wrote:
> Anh Vo <anhvofrc...@gmail.com> writes:
> > It is even better to use periodic timers built on top
> > Ada.Real_Time.Timing_Events. Then, explicit tasks are not needed.
>
> Only 'better' if that solution meets a need that's not met by the
> straightforward approach.
>
> I see that Timing Event Handlers are meant to be executed directly by
> the protected handler operation
> (http://www.adaic.com/standards/05rm/html/RM-D-15.html25/2), so
> clearly the intent is that some task should be released by the action
> of the handler (similar to interrupts). So you still need explicit
> tasks! just replacing a delay with a blocking wait on the PO which
> will be triggered by the timing event -- a lot of complication.

Making two explicit tasks involves overhead for sure. It is true that
using PO construct is more complex than using two independent tasks.
Furthermore, an explicit task is not needed once the timer is started
initially.