[Lazarus] TThread memory leak?

[Lukas Gradl]

OK - seems to be an fpc-bug - and the good news: Already fixed in 
current 2.2.1.

In fpc 2.2.0 the TThread.FreeOnTerminate doesn't work as expected

regards

Lukas

Lukas Gradl schrieb:
> Hello!
> 
> I have some strange memory problem with a TThread-Descendant.
> For debugging I created a little test-app with a button on it and the 
> following OnClick-Handler:
> 
> procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> begin
>    TThreadDummy.Create;
> end;
> 
> The Thread looks like that:
> 
> type
>    TThreadDummy=class(TThread)
>    protected
>      procedure Execute; override;
>    public
>      constructor Create;
>    end;
> 
> constructor TThreadDummy.Create;
> begin
>    inherited create(true);
>    FreeOnTerminate := true;
>    Resume;
> end;
> 
> procedure TThreadDummy.Execute;
> begin
>    //do nothing - just exit!
> end;
> 
> The program is compiled using FPC 2.2.0, Lazarus 0.9.24-0 precompiled 
> from Lazarus Page and Debian as OS
> 
> 
> 
> Every time I press the button, the program uses 8192 Bytes of memory 
> more (according to the ps-command). I've another app with a big TThread 
> descendant, which eats up the same 8192 on every TThreadDescendant.Create...
> 
> Anyone an idea what I might have done wrong?
> 
> 
> 
> regards
> Lukas
> 

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