[Lazarus] Callback and Threads problem
Leonardo M. Ramé
l.rame at griensu.com
Fri Apr 6 14:54:36 CEST 2012
On 2012-04-06 14:49:05 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:45:38 -0300
> Leonardo M. Ramé <l.rame at griensu.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2012-04-06 14:39:10 +0200, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have a similar problem to this:
> > > >
> > > >http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=10571.0
> > > >
> > > >My main program launches a thread, that loads a shared library, then
> > > >execute a function who receives as a parameter a pointer to a callback
> > > >function and an instance of the caller, as this:
> > > >
> > > >procedure TMythread.execute;
> > > >begin
> > > > ...
> > > > // external function
> > > > runcode(@MyCallBack, @Self);
> > > > ...
> > > >end;
> > > >
> > > >procedure MyCallback(const Result: PAnsiChar; const ACaller: pointer);
> > > >cdecl;
> > > >var
> > > > lCaller: TMythread;
> > > >begin
> > > > // the parameter ACaller is used because callbacks can't be of type
> > > > // procedure of object.
> > > > lCaller := TMyThread(ACaller);
> > > > lCaller.TestVar := Result; // <--- Ok.
> > > > lCaller.ListOfThings.Add; // <--- SIGSEGV
> > >
> > > IMHO the problem is not in threads.
> > >
> > > You cannot pass objects to libraries or vice versa.
> > > The VMTs will differ.
> > >
> > > Michael.
> >
> > But, I'm passing the object as a pointer that is received as (void *) and
> > returned back to the callback as a parameter, the library doesn't touch
> > it. Even in this case I can't pass an object?.
>
> Have you checked the calling convention. E.g. 'cdecl;'?
>
> Mattias
>
Yes, I'm using cdecl. The library is a C++ library running on Linux,
defined as this:
typedef void (* CFindCallBack)(const char *, const void *);
So, correct me if I'm wrong, the calling convention should be cdecl.
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Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com
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