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On 03/24/2015 02:21 AM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> 
> Some hint however: I have a record containing a PO similar to what Jeff
> suggests, and a Timing_Event that unblocks the PO when the delay has
> expired. Similarly, the Wait entry has an out parameter to tell whether
> it's been awaken by an event or by time-out.

I hadn't considered a timing event, thinking they were excluded. Now I see that
only local timing events are prohibited. A timing event would be better than a
task that polls.

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