[Lazarus] TRTLCriticalSection

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013, Antonio Fortuny wrote:

> Hi Folks.
> 
> On Linux x86_°64 Opensuse, Lazarus 1.0.12, FPC 2.6.2
> Could anyone tell me why the next line
>   EnterCriticalSection(CS);
> with the following compiler error:
> /home/sources/production/lib/usimplelogger.pas(180,27) Error: Call by var for arg no. 1 has to match exactly: Got "Pointer"
> expected "QWord"  :-\
> with somewhere before the declaration:
> var
>   CS: TRTLCriticalSection;
> 
> whilst in threadh.inc the is:
> procedure EnterCriticalsection(var cs : TRTLCriticalSection);
> 
> which is pointed to when Ctrl-Left Click on the source unit word: EnterCriticalSection
> 
> With same Lazarus/FPC into Win32 Vista no compiler error and runs OK

What does TRTLCriticalSection point to ? 
There are multiple definitions floating around, make sure you are taking the one from the system unit:

var
    CS: system.TRTLCriticalSection;


Michael.