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On 12/07/2010 04:10 AM, David Shochat wrote:
> This is for Ada 95. I have a shared object that declares two protected
> procedures and nothing else. There is nothing in the private part (the
> shared entity I'm trying to control access to is shared memory accessed
> using a non-Ada interface). Can I assume that while one of my tasks is
> executing one of the procedures, it is not possible for another task to
> execute the other?

Yes. Protected procedures are mutually exclusive.

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