Re: Intended use of package Ada.Task_Attributes

[Jerome Hugues <hugues@merlin-lenchanteur.enst.fr>]

In article <9g3jomw1nprv$.1oustugm8nxot$.dlg@40tude.net>, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> implementing implementation-defined task attributes / properties?
>> 
>> What constitutes a "good use" of this package?
> 
> Basically the task ID is anything you need. You can then create a hash
> table to keep pointers to the task specific data global in your system.
> This will require dynamic handling of the table and also checking if the
> table contains task data and creating them if necessary. Task_Attributes
> provides an alternative which might appear more usable in an embedded or
> real-time system: statically allocated data, faster data access (no hash
> table search needed) etc.

Except that it is explicitely forbidden by the Ravenscar profile :(

see http://www.adaic.com/standards/rm-amend/html/RM-D-13-1.html

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Jerome