On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 9/17/08, Henry Vermaak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Delphi has code in its WaitFor function that prevents this deadlock > > from occuring. They basically wait on the SyncEvent and the handle of > > the thread, calling CheckSynchonize when the SyncEvent triggers. > > > > I'm not sure if this is possible with fpc, but I'm sure there must be > > a solution. > > Umm, and TThread.WaitFor is not virtual, so I can't override it > either. :-( I can't see any CheckSynchronize call in the unix > implementation of TThread, so is might be a bug. > > I'll raise this issue in the fpc-devel mailing list and see what they say. > Thanks everybody for responding. CheckSynchronize must be called by the main thread on a regular basis in the event loop, so this is normal. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
