Re: Ada 95 Timers: Any Alternatives Available, Storage, Efficiency, Reliability, Accuracy, Et Cetera Issues?

[Norman Worth <nworth@comcastNOSPAM.net>]

Niklas Holsti wrote:
> On 19-05-30 16:57 , Felix_The_Cat@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> What are the limitations of the "with Timer;" in Ada 95?
> 
> Not understood. There is no standard "package Timer" in Ada 95 (nor 
> other Ada standards, AFAIK).
> 
>> I want to simply do something in the Ada code when the timer
>> counts down to 0.
> 
> That sounds like some HW timer. Normally you would not use those 
> directly, but instead use the "delay" or "delay until" statements, to 
> wait until the actual time when something should be done, and let the 
> compiler and run-time system handle the HW timers.
> 
It sounds like you want to use a delay statement.  If you just want to 
wait until the timer expires, a simply delay will do.  If you want to do 
something during the delay, use a task with a delay statement in an entry.