[fpc-devel] threadvar vs docs

[Nikolay Nikolov]

On 10/18/24 12:10 AM, Martin Frb via fpc-devel wrote:
> https://wiki.freepascal.org/Threadvar
>> If threads are used then a copy is made for each thread (including 
>> the main thread). Note that the copy is made with the original value 
>> of the variable, not with the value of the variable at the time the 
>> thread is started. 
>
> But what is that original value? Since
> threadvar
>   foo: integer = 1;
>
> gives
> Error: Cannot initialize variables declared as threadvar

I think the documentation is wrong. Threadvars are always initialized as 
zero.

Nikolay