Re: Ada.Task_Identification.Abort_Task (Environment_Task) ;

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>]

"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:

> I'm trying to make a call to Ada.Task_Identification.Abort_Task
> (Environment_Task) ; using the Gnat 3.14p compiler on WindowsNT. It is
> failing to terminate the program. From looking at the documentation for:
> pragma Polling and the -gnatP switch, its looking like I've got to do
> something special to get this to work. A package body: 4wexcpol.adb seems to
> be mentioned, but it is not clear how to get this included in the build. Can
> anyone offer some advice on how to get the Abort_Task to kill the whole
> program on demand? Thanks.

I used the -gnatP switch to compile one program I wrote.  I don't think
I had to do anything to get it to include the right parts of the
run-time system (other than giving the switch on the command line).

And I *think* I used an abort to kill the whole program,
and it worked properly on Windows and Solaris and Linux.
(Not sure about that -- I could be misremembering.)

I presume Environment_Task is what its name implies?

Another way is to pragma-import "exit", and call that.
But be sure you understand whether that will do finalization,
and whether you want it to.

- Bob