Timing_Events: Event time still set after Cancel_Handler

[Reto Buerki <reet@codelabs.ch>]

Hi all,

Before reporting a bug, I wanted to ask your opinion on this. Consider
the following code:

--

with Ada.Real_Time.Timing_Events;

package Timers is

   use Ada.Real_Time.Timing_Events;

   protected type Timer_Type is
      procedure Setup (At_Time : Ada.Real_Time.Time);
      function Get_Time return Ada.Real_Time.Time;
      procedure Stop (Status : out Boolean);
   private
      procedure Handle (Event : in out Timing_Event);

      Event : Timing_Event;
   end Timer_Type;

end Timers;

-- 

package body Timers is

   protected body Timer_Type is

      function Get_Time return Ada.Real_Time.Time is
      begin
         return Event.Time_Of_Event;
      end Get_Time;

      procedure Handle (Event : in out Timing_Event) is
      begin
         null;
      end Handle;

      procedure Setup (At_Time : Ada.Real_Time.Time) is
      begin
         Event.Set_Handler (At_Time => At_Time,
                            Handler => Handle'Access);
      end Setup;

      procedure Stop (Status : out Boolean) is
      begin
         Event.Cancel_Handler (Cancelled => Status);
      end Stop;

   end Timer_Type;

end Timers;

--

with Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Real_Time;

with Timers;

procedure Cancel_Handler is
   use Ada.Real_Time;

   Handler : Timers.Timer_Type;
   Timer   : constant Time := Clock + Minutes (60);
begin
   if Handler.Get_Time = Time_First then
      Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Time is Time_First ...");
   end if;

   Handler.Setup (At_Time => Timer);
   if Handler.Get_Time = Timer then
      Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Handler set ...");
   end if;

   declare
      Stopped : Boolean := False;
   begin
      Handler.Stop (Status => Stopped);

      if Stopped then
         Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Timer cancelled ...");
         if Handler.Get_Time = Timer then
            Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Why is the time still set then?");
         end if;
      end if;
   end;

end Cancel_Handler;

--

The 'Timers' package provides a simple protected type 'Timer_Type' which
basically just wraps an Ada.Real_Time.Timing_Events.Timing_Event type.
The Setup() procedure can be used to set a specific event time.

Stop() just calls the Cancel_Handler() procedure of the internal
Timing_Event. This procedure 'clears' the event (if it is set).

Ada RM D.15 about Real_Time.Timing Events states:

9/2 An object of type Timing_Event is said to be set if it is associated
with a non-null value of type Timing_Event_Handler and cleared
otherwise. All Timing_Event objects are initially cleared.

17/2 The procedure Cancel_Handler clears the event if it is set.
Cancelled is assigned True if the event was set prior to it being
cleared; otherwise it is assigned False.

18/2 The function Time_Of_Event returns the time of the event if the
event is set; otherwise it returns Real_Time.Time_First.

The RM does not explicitly state what happens with the event time value
associated with a specific event after a call to Cancel_Handler(), but
it seems logical to assume that Time_Of_Event should return Time_First
again because no event is 'set' after it has been cleared (handler set
to 'null').

With FSF GNAT, only the event handler is cleared, the event time remains
set. Tested with GNAT 4.3.2 and 4.4.1 on Debian Stable/SID.

Could this be considered as a bug?

Thanks!
- reto