[fpc-pascal] Support for "class threadvar" sections inside class and record types

Ryan Joseph ryan at thealchemistguild.com
Sat Jun 23 16:04:07 CEST 2018



> On Jun 23, 2018, at 8:55 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
> A threadvar section is started using "class threadvar" and the "class" specifier is required. They are accessed like ordinary class variables with the difference that they'll hold different values per thread - the same as global threadvars after all.
> 
> This feature is Delphi compatible (and was added, because I noticed that Delphi supported it and FPC did not 😅)

That’s an interesting idea I wonder how it could be used. Does it do anything to help with shared data between threads or is just a way to get quick access to thread safe memory?

Regards,
	Ryan Joseph




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