[Tinyos-help] (yet another) Question about signal

[Michael Schippling]

OK, so I found
	nesC 1.1 Language Reference Manual (2003)
and
	The nesC Language:... (2003)

but in a quick search I don't find _what_ is the meaning of "signal",
except that it seems to be prefixed to calling functions labeled "event".
Do I need to really read the whole thing to get the idea, or is there
some summary that explains the hierarchy and impetus behind these keywords?
Or do I have to re-remember BNF?

thx
MS

Philip Levis wrote:
> 
> On Nov 14, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Michael Schippling wrote:
> 
>> I guess if I took the time to read and understand all the NESCC 
>> design/doc,
>> rather than wasting it on trying to make my own projects work, I wouldn't
>> be asking so many seemingly redundant questions. I expect the whole thing
>> has to do with using "async" as a flag to force race-condition 
>> evaluation,
>> which then blossomed into a chain of fix-the-boundary-cases keywords.
> 
> Not at all. The async keyword wasn't introduced until TinyOS 1.1.
> 
> Phil