[Lazarus] Multi-threading support in IDE

[Marco van de Voort]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 02:58:34PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:26:40PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> >>> works well and does not require to much code changes, it could be wrapped in
> >>> IFDEF's for more advanced users that want to try it for themselves.
> >>>
> >>> Possible or not (in the Lazarus IDE), I'll take a look at the FP IDE to see
> >>> how such an integration works. All in the name of learning multi-threading.
> >>> ;-)
> >>
> >> The FP IDE does not use multi-threading. While the compiler is compiling,
> >> the IDE is stuck.
> >
> > Isn't there a callback to report progres (lines etc) ?
> 
> There is, but the user cannot do anything except look at the progress
> indicator.

Probably, but that is something that can be resolved, not a fundamental
problem.