[Lazarus] thread safe

[Henry Vermaak]

On 14/06/11 10:53, Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 06/10/2011 06:09 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>>
>> Sigh. It already does. See my TThreadList.Add example.
> This example shows that it does not make sense.
>
> (Supposedly) TThreadList.Add is "separate-instance-thread safe" (each
> thread can create an instance and use the "Add" procedure without
> risking a conflict).

Everything is "separate-instance-thread safe".  How can something be 
unsafe if only one thread is accessing it?

> TThreadList.Add is not "cross-instance-thread safe" (multiple threads
> using the same instance's "Add" procedure will result in erroneous
> behavior).

No, it won't.  All the operations lock the list, so you can use the same 
instance from multiple threads.  Just read the source before you make 
misguided comments like this.

Henry