RT11 — Definition of "the_priority" ambiguous and incomplete

The specification implies but does not clearly state that
the "the_priority" attribute of the RTCORBA::Current local
interface should set and get the base priority of the thread.

I suggest that the following three modifications to the
specification:

1. change the name of the "the_priority" attribute to
"base_priority";

2. add another priority attribute to RTCORBA::Current called
"active_priority"; and

3. replace the second paragraph in section 4.6 which currently
reads:

A Real-Time CORBA Priority may be associated with
the current thread, by setting the priority attribute
of the RTCORBA::Current object:

with:

There are two views of CORBA priority for a given thread:
the base priority and• the active priority.

The base priority is the priority that application code
explicitly sets. The active priority is the priority the
thread is currently running at. Note that the active
priority may temporarily be higher than the base priority
because of temporary priority boosts caused by either the
ORB's or the O/S's resource protection mechanisms.

There are two attributes in the RTCORBA::Current interface
for setting and getting these two views of priority:

accepted