[fpc-pascal] Threads

[Paul Davidson]

On Oct 28, 2005, at 9:12, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

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> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Paul Davidson wrote:
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>> Would it be possible to add a property to TThreads to expose 
>> DefaultStackSize in rtl/inc/threadh.inc
>> Or something similar.
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> It should be possible, yes, however this will require that the stack
> size is added to the constructor: the constructor calls beginthread.

This makes sense.  Much as other thread properties are usually done in 
constructor as well.

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> But we'll need also to change the BeginThread call itself, because
> it will need the stacksize as an (optional) parameter.
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> This can (and probably should) be done, but that will not make it in 
> the
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>> Working on app that uses lots of complex recursion.  Ran into 
>> problems and ended rewriting this component.  In order to meet stack 
>> size limit, program runs much slower.
>>
>> Comments please?
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> For the time being, the easiest is to set the thread manager to your 
> own
> thread manager, and set the stack yourself in the BeginThread function.
> However, this will create all threads with the same size.

In this case it is acceptable

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> Michael.
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P Davidson
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