[fpc-pascal] Does TThread.Execute terminate thread on exit?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Tobias Giesen wrote:
> Yes it will terminate and free (if FreeOnTerminate is true).

Remember that if it frees itself due to falling out of the Execute() 
procedure, a variable containing the TThread descendant won't be set nil.

On the other hand, if it doesn't free itself and relies on the main 
thread checking an "executing" flag, there's a race condition between 
this being reset and its being safe for the main thread to call 
FreeAndNil().

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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