From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4ef4bf3098ab117 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!proxad.net!194.159.246.34.MISMATCH!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada compiler differences Date: 20 Oct 2004 06:47:51 +0100 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug.pushface.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1098251655 17103 62.49.19.209 (20 Oct 2004 05:54:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:54:15 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5491 Date: 2004-10-20T06:47:51+01:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake writes: > Hmm. If the Language Reference Manual does not _explicitly_ state > that a particular function is safe for calling from multiple tasks, > then you must assume it is not, and provide your own layer of task > protection for it. I suspect Nick has been violating this rule. What, even Generic_Elementary_Functions.Arctan?! On the other hand, anyone who called Float_Random from two tasks *with the same generator* would be entitled to expect truly random results. I think you have to be prepared to use your wits sometimes .. -- Simon Wright 100% Ada, no bugs.