Re: Delayed deallocation of non-terminated task in Gnat?

["J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Le 31/08/2011 18:39, Adam Beneschan a �crit :
> One thing that bothers me a bit, although I don't know if it bothers
> me enough to request an RM change: 13.11.2(10) says that after
> Free(X), the designated object and its subcomponents no longer exist.
> 9.1(15-18) says that the content of a task object includes entry
> queues for the task.  I'm willing to accept that there is a
> distinction between a task object and a task (or a task execution),
> but if the task object no longer exists, does that mean that the entry
> queues that it contains no longer exist, and that therefore if another
> task Y was waiting on X.all's entry when X was freed, so that the
> entry queue on which Y was sitting no longer exists, does Y's entry
> call get cancelled?  Again, I don't think this is the intent, but I'm
> not sure.
> 
As soon as a task iscompleted, all waiting tasks receive Tasking_Error.
Since the space is (hopefully!) deallocated after the task is completed
(and even terminated), there is no problem.

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