[Lazarus] Sending messages

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Hans-Peter Diettrich
> <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>> This doesn't answer my question. What's the *source* of the processed
>>>> messages?
>> And how does PostMessage fit into the picture?
> 
> If this is for writing documentation, then you are clearly on the
> wrong track here. Libraries work with the black box concept. The user
> does not need to know where the messages from PostMessage are stored,
> they are stored "somewhere" and will reappear "sometime later" in the
> main thread. That's enough.

It's not enough *if* messages can end up in different message queues, 
and when the user has to implement explicit message handling e.g. in 
threads.

> Any information of "where" the messages were in between is an
> implementation detail which can change at any time. It also changes
> from widgetset to widgetset.

You already mentioned multiple message loops in the LCL. That's fine 
when a user does not have to care about these loops. I only want to know 
whether (and how) a user may have to provide explicit message handling code.

E.g. it's well known that a single-threaded applications should call 
Application.ProcessMessages during lengthy tasks, in order to keep the 
GUI responsive. Is something like that required in threads, too, or what 
else is the suggested way for inter-thread communication, instead of 
sending messages?

E.g. TWidgetset.AllocHWND allows to create (hidden) windows, which then 
can receive messages. Does this allow to send messages to threads, on 
*all* platforms? Such functionality IMO *can* be implemented in the LCL, 
for all widgetsets, question is whether it will be supported *by 
design*, or only exists for Delphi/Win32 compatibility?

DoDi