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Subject: Re: Re: exit puzzle about SNL's example
From: Silver <[email protected]>
To: tech-talk <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:34:21 +0800
hi, Ben:

Thanks you very much for your detailed explanation.
Another question: 
If I use efSet() function in the program and run SNL with IOC, when I quit IOC shell, it will give a message like following:
epicsThreadOnceOsd: pthread_mutex_lock returned Invalid argument.
Need I free mutex in EXIT? if needed, how to ?
Also, if I try to print some message in EXIT part, but when I quit IOC shell, the print message will not be displayed, is it right?
 
 
 
 
Best wishes
Geyang 2015-01-13
 
 
 
Date: 2015-01-12 20:31
CC: Silver
Subject: Re: exit puzzle about SNL's example
On Monday 12 January 2015 12:52:53 Silver wrote:
> On the website of
> EPICS Sequencer Home, there are several examples about SNL which use
> exit in two places.?
>
> The first one is
> in the example "Entry and exit action example" ,that exit part will
> execute one time when the state changes from high to low. and, if use
> "option -e" switch, the entry will be executed each time, not as
> expected. Without "option -e" switch, it will run as the document's
> behavior, did I make some mistake??
 
No, this is a bug in the Tutorial. It seems I mixed it up when I re-
wrote it. Thanks for the report, will fix this.
 
BTW, if in doubt, you should always consult the SNL Language Reference.
It says:
 
"""
+e
   Execute `entry` blocks only if the previous state was
   not the same as the current state. This is the default.
 
-e
   Execute `entry` blocks even if the previous state was the same
   as the current state.
 
+x
   Execute `exit` blocks only if the next state is not the same as
   the current state. This is the default.
 
-x
   Execute `exit` blocks even if the next state is the same as
   the current state.
"""
 
Just wrote a regression test to make sure this is really what's
happening.
 
> The second one is
> in the “Complex example “
> (http://www-csr.bessy.de/control/SoftDist/sequencer/Examples.html#exi
> t-procedure)
> Exit is a separate
> part out of state set,?I am wondering when that exit procedure will be
> executed??
 
The reserved words 'entry' and 'exit' are overloaded. Inside a state
they denote entry/exit actions executed when entering/leaving a state,
respectively. On the top level (i.e. outside state sets) they denote
entry/exit actions that are executed before state sets got to their
first state / after they finish executing, respectively. (The word
'exit' can be used in yet more contexts, see the language reference for
details.)
 
Cheers
Ben
--
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