> > >add a delay 0.0 to allow switching ...
> > I don't have an RM handy, but I recall you technically need something
> > like delay duration'small or something to force a task switch.

This statement is wrong.  It is very clear from D.2.2(18) that any delay
statement results in at least one task dispatching point.

> I remember I once was very disappointed about the language
> definition not to allow for a zero time break point  :-(

Don't be disappointed.  The person without the "handy" RM was wrong.
Don't believe everything you read on TEAM-ADA, especially written
by people without handy RMs ;-).

> A "delay 0.0" should be a potential break, what else?
> Give me one reason not to do so.
> Even a "delay -t" should do so.

Both of these do result in a task dispatching point.

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