mixed switch and select structure

[omega7]

Hi!

A simple question for an XC expert.... What happens when in a single thread multiple select statements exist, depending on a switch state?

Like this:

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while(1)
{
  switch(state)
  {
  case INIT:
    select
    {
      case bla1:  break;
      case bla2:  break;
    } break;

  case BUSY:
    select
    {
      case bla3:  break;
      case bla4:  break;
    } break;
  }
}

[Woody]

Each time the code repeats the while loop the switch is performed, so either the bla1/2 or the bla3/4 select statement will be issued that time around the loop. The code may pause at the select statement waiting for either the bla1 or bla2 (during IDLE) to occur. When one of them does its code is executed and the while loop repeats.

Note that if both of the select conditions become true at the same time then one or the other will execute (you do not know which)

[omega7]

Thanks Woody,
Do you mean that 'bla3' may be executed when in state INIT?
If so, what is your idea for preventing this?
And, what happens when I add a 'default' to the select?
Martin

[Berni]

Adding a default makes it not wait for any of the conditions. So if none of the conditions are true it will simply go to default instead of wait. Default is often left empty so it simply keeps the code executing.

A very useful use for the default is waiting for data on a channel while still doing other stuff in a loop. In that case you just put a single case in the select along with the default and that makes it keep on going if no data is in the channel rather than stop and wait for data.

[Woody]

Do you mean that 'bla3' may be executed when in state INIT?

No.
In state INIT only either bla1 or bla2 can execute.
In state BUSY only either bla3 or bla4 can execute.

And, what happens when I add a 'default' to the select?

As Berni says, if you add a default to a select then if neither of the cases are true when the select is first run, then the default code will execute. If there is no default the execution of code on the thread will pause until one of the cases occur.