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From: Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru>
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Subject: How D.15 "Timing Events" are implemented? (SIGALRM)
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:51:52 +0200
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Signal handlers (including SIGALRM) on Unix must not call non-reentrant 
functions.

So how D.15 Timing Events works in Ada? (I am interested mostly in GNAT 
implementation.)

Because Ada RM does not require the handler to be "reentrant", this cannot 
be implemented straight as a SIGALRM handler. What is the implementation?

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Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org