*** empty log message ***

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog-98b b/ChangeLog-98b
index 0821acaac6b..51974cbb928 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-98b
+++ b/ChangeLog-98b
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jul 29 17:46:21 1998  Douglas C. Schmidt  <schmidt@tango.cs.wustl.edu>
+
+	* ace/Task_T.h: Updated documentation to explain that
+ 	  ACE_Time_Values are ABSOLUTE rather than relative.  Thanks to
+ 	  James Johnson for reporting this.
+
 Wed Jul 29 16:05:16 1998  Carlos O'Ryan  <coryan@cs.wustl.edu>
 
 	* bin/Process_Unix.pm: 
diff --git a/ace/Task_T.h b/ace/Task_T.h
index e3d2aecb5dc..09d6ed3bf62 100644
--- a/ace/Task_T.h
+++ b/ace/Task_T.h
@@ -58,24 +58,33 @@ public:
 public: // Should be protected:
   // = Message queue manipulation methods.
 
+  // = Enqueue and dequeue methods.
+
+  // For the following five method if <timeout> == 0, the caller will
+  // block until action is possible, else will wait until the absolute
+  // time specified in *<timeout> elapses).  These calls will return,
+  // however, when queue is closed, deactivated, when a signal occurs,
+  // or if the time specified in timeout elapses, (in which case errno
+  // = EWOULDBLOCK).
+
   int putq (ACE_Message_Block *, ACE_Time_Value *tv = 0);
-  // Insert message into the message list.
+  // Insert message into the message queue.
 
   int getq (ACE_Message_Block *&mb, ACE_Time_Value *tv = 0);
-  // Extract the first message from the list (blocking).
+  // Extract the first message from the queue (blocking).
 
   int ungetq (ACE_Message_Block *, ACE_Time_Value *tv = 0);
   // Return a message to the queue.
 
-  int can_put (ACE_Message_Block *);
-  // Tests whether we can enqueue a message without blocking.
-
   int reply (ACE_Message_Block *, ACE_Time_Value *tv = 0);
   // Turn the message around and send it back down the Stream.
 
   int put_next (ACE_Message_Block *msg, ACE_Time_Value *tv = 0);
   // Transfer message to the adjacent ACE_Task in a ACE_Stream.
 
+  int can_put (ACE_Message_Block *);
+  // Tests whether we can enqueue a message without blocking.
+
   // = ACE_Task utility routines to identify names et al.
   const ASYS_TCHAR *name (void) const;
   // Return the name of the enclosing Module if there's one associated
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ public: // Should be protected:
   // Manipulate watermarks.
 
   ACE_Message_Queue<ACE_SYNCH_USE> *msg_queue_;
-  // List of messages on the ACE_Task..
+  // Queue of messages on the ACE_Task..
 
   int delete_msg_queue_;
   // 1 if should delete Message_Queue, 0 otherwise.