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From: "G.B." <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to simulate semaphores with Ada's tasks?
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:55:12 +0200
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On 25.08.16 02:41, Andrew Shvets wrote:
> From what I've read, tasks do not have semaphores that can permit it to lock a piece of memory and prevent it from being accessed, is this correct?
>
> If so, then the best possible way to simulate this is to have tasks send messages to one another and synchronize when something is locked/unlocked.  Is there a better approach?
>

The thing is called Suspension_Object in Ada, see
Ada.Synchronous_Task_Control (RM D.10).

But, as others have said, it might be a good idea to
consider the use case and arrive at a protected resource.


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