-- --
-- S p e c --
-- --
--- Copyright (C) 1992-2007, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- Copyright (C) 1992-2008, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
function Get_Exc_Stack_Addr_Soft return Address;
+ -- The following is a dummy record designed to mimic Communication_Block as
+ -- defined in s-tpobop.ads:
+
+ -- type Communication_Block is record
+ -- Self : Task_Id; -- An access type
+ -- Enqueued : Boolean := True;
+ -- Cancelled : Boolean := False;
+ -- end record;
+
+ -- The record is used in the construction of the predefined dispatching
+ -- primitive _disp_asynchronous_select in order to avoid the import of
+ -- System.Tasking.Protected_Objects.Operations. Note that this package
+ -- is always imported in the presence of interfaces since the dispatch
+ -- table uses entities from here.
+
+ type Dummy_Communication_Block is record
+ Comp_1 : Address; -- Address and access have the same size
+ Comp_2 : Boolean;
+ Comp_3 : Boolean;
+ end record;
+
end System.Soft_Links;
-- --
-- S p e c --
-- --
--- Copyright (C) 2002-2007, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- Copyright (C) 2002-2008, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with --
-- GNAT. The copyright notice above, and the license provisions that follow --
pragma Inline_Always (To_Integer);
pragma Pure_Function (To_Integer);
- -- The following is a dummy record designed to mimic Communication_Block as
- -- defined in s-tpobop.ads:
-
- -- type Communication_Block is record
- -- Self : Task_Id; -- An access type
- -- Enqueued : Boolean := True;
- -- Cancelled : Boolean := False;
- -- end record;
-
- -- The record is used in the construction of the predefined dispatching
- -- primitive _disp_asynchronous_select in order to avoid the import of
- -- System.Tasking.Protected_Objects.Operations. Note that this package
- -- is always imported in the presence of interfaces since the dispatch
- -- table uses entities from here.
-
- type Dummy_Communication_Block is record
- Comp_1 : Address; -- Address and access have the same size
- Comp_2 : Boolean;
- Comp_3 : Boolean;
- end record;
-
end System.Storage_Elements;
end record;
pragma Volatile (Communication_Block);
+ -- When a program contains limited interfaces, the compiler generates the
+ -- predefined primitives associated with dispatching selects. One of the
+ -- parameters of these routines is of type Communication_Block. Even if
+ -- the program lacks implementing concurrent types, the tasking runtime is
+ -- dragged in unconditionally because of Communication_Block. To avoid this
+ -- case, the compiler uses type Dummy_Communication_Block which defined in
+ -- System.Soft_Links. If the structure of Communication_Block is changed,
+ -- the corresponding dummy type must be changed as well.
+
-- The Communication_Block seems to be a relic. At the moment, the
-- compiler seems to be generating unnecessary conditional code based on
-- this block. See the code generated for async. select with task entry