[fpc-devel] StdOut capture for FPC RTL

[Anton Kavalenka]

?? 25.11.2010 12:39, Marco van de Voort ???????(??):
> In our previous episode, Anton Kavalenka said:
>    
>>> On 25 Nov 2010, at 10:52, Anton Kavalenka wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Due to incompatibility of RTL between FPC and Delphi my capturing
>>>> tricks not work.
>>>> BTW what the real reason to make these files as threadvar?
>>>>          
>>> To prevent multiple threads writing to stdin/stdout/sterr at the same
>>> time from corrupting each other's data (all of these text files use an
>>> internal buffer, even when the output is immediately flushed afterwards).
>>>        
>> lock_output();
>> try
>>     // do something nasty with the buffer
>> finally
>>      flush(output);
>>     unlock_output();
>> end;
>>
>> There is NO other runtimes on this planet instead FPC RTL which take
>> care of per-thread buffer of output.
>> It is programmers duty to lock/flush buffer in multithreaded environments.
>>      
> Such solutions are fine for slow apps, but in a fast pace, app, this means
> that the logging with its locks has a significant impact on the behaviour of
> the application.
>
> And IMHO the RTL should be workable for all kinds of apps.
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>    
OK, let's replace threadvar for those variables with var.

regards,
Anton
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