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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Suspicious reentrant semaphore
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prichtmyer@yahoo.com (Peter Richtmyer) writes:

> "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message news:<vb02ga5bun2lcc@corp.supernews.com>...
> > 
> >         entry Get when True is
> 
> I'm curious, why the "when True" above ?

It has to be an entry so that it can be requeued if it turns out to be
necessary to do so, but it's one that needs to be accepted
unconditionally.

You use this style when the logical guard (the one you want to write)
can't be expressed in the language as a guard..