Re: Ada.Real_Time behavior with GNAT

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:51:58 -0700 (PDT), kongra wrote:

> I have a question related to the Ada.Real_Time package.

[...]

> Sleep_T : constant Duration := Duration (0.0001);

You do don't need type conversion here:

   Sleep_T : constant Duration := 0.0001; -- This is OK

[...]

> Can it be explained or is there something I don't know about timing in
> Ada ?

I remotely remember a discussion about this compiler bug  It was discussed
in comp.lang.ada some time ago. I also remember that some people mentioned
tasking problems also cir***vented by an initial delay. Which BTW can be
just 0.0;

My explanation is that GNAT RTL is improperly elaborated under Windows.
Fortunately, a delay at the program beginning wakes it up. 

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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