[fpc-pascal] TThread.Suspend

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Thu Jan 30 11:52:22 CET 2014



On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:

> First question: is Start an accurate replacement for Resume, or can it only 
> be used to start a thread created in the suspended state?
>
> Second question: now that Suspend is deprecated, what should a thread do if 
> it wants to stop processing pending a subsequent resume? Please note that I'm 
> asking about a thread suspending itself: I'm aware of the issues that argue 
> against external suspension (on platforms where this is possible).
>
> I note that http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tthread.html 
> gives no indication that Suspend and Resume are deprecated.

Good point. I must adapt fpdoc to cater for this.

Michael.



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