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Subject: Re: Abortable Timed Action
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 15:59:20 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2016-01-09, Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
> The common solution is something like

> ...
>         delay until Next;
>         Next := Next + Interval;  -- *not* Ada.Calendar.Clock + Interval

Yes, using Next is much better than my :

          delay until (Start + (Interval * Counter));
          Counter := Counter + 1;

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