[Lazarus] FPC 2.6.2 + Thread.Queue?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:
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> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013, Michael Schnell wrote:
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>> On 04/24/2013 11:21 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>>> Somewhere the main program loop must call checksynchronize, that is all.
>>>
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>> If that (i.e. doing a pseudo-queue in the user-code) is true for all 
>> platforms (which would mean that an EventQueue does exist and just is 
>> not polled automatically), I don't see why QueueAsyncCall() can't be 
>> handled in the same way.
> 
> Because it resides in the LCL and is inherently bound to a GUI.
> (horrible nogui widgetset tricks notwithstanding)
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> The RTL does not need a GUI.

Even non-GUI programs may need event/message handling, like (Windows) 
services, or servers in a client-server scenario. But AFAIK according 
inter-process communication is very platform specific, dunno what common 
means the RTL offers for such purposes.

Dodi