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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Problem with task component
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:22:07 +0100
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Date: 2012-09-19T19:22:07+01:00
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If a Limited_Controlled type has a component of a task type, is it wrong
to call an entry of the task from Initialize? When I do, the caller
blocks.

   package Chips is

      type Chip is limited private;

   private

      task type Polling_Task (For_Chip : not null access Chip) is
         entry Start;
         entry Stop;
      end Polling_Task;

      type Chip is new Ada.Finalization.Limited_Controlled with record
         Polling_Interval : Duration := 0.1;
         Poller           : Polling_Task (For_Chip => Chip'Access);
      end record;

      overriding
      procedure Initialize (C : in out Chip);

...

   package body Chips is

      task body Polling_Task is
      begin
         accept Start;
         ...
      end Polling_Task;

      overriding
      procedure Initialize (C : in out Chip)
      is
      begin
         C.Poller.Start;      <=========== sticks here
      end Initialize;

...

If the task won't start executing until its instance is completely
elaborated and initialized, I don't need the entry Start in any case.