Re: Aborting

Re: Aborting

[Matthew Heaney]

On 19 Jun 1999 23:13, Jan Kroken <jankr@nntp.ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> Is there any other way than pragma import(C,Exit,"exit") 

The Ada-name doesn't really matter, but you can't use "exit", because
that is a reserved word.  Try this:

  pragma Import (C, Exit_Application, "exit");

or 

  pragma Import (C, C_Exit, "exit");


If you have POSIX bindings, this has already been bound.


> I can abort an Ada program from another place than the main procedure?

Don't say "abort", because that term has a very specific meaning in an
Ada program, different from the one you intend.

Yes, you can, by calling your Exit_Application (above).  This is a bit
of a hack, though, especially if you have a multi-threaded application.

Re: Aborting

[Keith Thompson]

Jan Kroken <jankr@nntp.ifi.uio.no> writes:
> Is there any other way than pragma import(C,Exit,"exit") I can abort
> an Ada program from another place than the main procedure?

Raise an exception that's handled only in the main program.  (I'm not
sure what this does to tasks, though.)

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Re: Aborting

[Jean-Pierre Rosen]

Keith Thompson a �crit dans le message ...
>Jan Kroken <jankr@nntp.ifi.uio.no> writes:
>> Is there any other way than pragma import(C,Exit,"exit") I can
abort
>> an Ada program from another place than the main procedure?
>
>Raise an exception that's handled only in the main program.  (I'm not
>sure what this does to tasks, though.)
>
Here is a solution that works OK in the presence of tasking:
(assume you have the proper "with Ada.Task_Identification":
In a *library* package, declare:
   Main_Task : Task_ID := Current_Task;
This will give you the task Id of the anonymous task which is the
ancestor of all other tasks.

Then do:
   Abort_Task (Main_Task);

It will terminate all tasks, but all controlled objects will be
properly finalized (not sure this would happen if you call the C
"exit" function).
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Re: Aborting

[Dale Stanbrough]

Jan Kroken wrote:

" Is there any other way than pragma import(C,Exit,"exit") I can abort
  an Ada program from another place than the main procedure?"


How about the following (presuming a non tasking environment)...

   Do_Not_Handle_This_Exception : Exception;


   raise Do_Not_Handle_This_Exception;


or even 

   Only_Handle_In_The_Main_Procedure : Exception;

   etc., with an exception handler in the main procedure.



Dale