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Could someone please look at this small bit of code and tell me I have a bug or if there is something wrong with the RTL?
https://gist.github.com/sysrpl/40505d25fbd38c4404f95225f21fe0a6
SafePostThread is called from the UI thread, but a complete hangs of either thread happens after sometimes one or calls calls.
The most I get this before things go wrong:
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I am using FPC trunk on Linux.
Could someone please look at this small bit of code and tell me I have a bug or if there is something wrong with the RTL? https://gist.github.com/sysrpl/40505d25fbd38c4404f95225f21fe0a6
Strange code. PostMessage is already threadsafe. Maybe you found a bug in the LCL and are trying to workaround?
Which Widgetset?
Mattias
It fails on both Qt and Gtk2 linux. Please note I am not actually posting messages, that line has always been is commented.
Also, I have a different implementation that I will use, but I am still curious why this one fails.
For a background on how/when PostMessage failing, please see this issue:
Ugh, it's my fault.
FList.LockList;
M := FList.LockList.First; // 2nd call to enter critical section