[Lazarus] nonlcl basic issue: is codetools LCL dependent?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:24:02 +0200
Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:

>[...]
>   - we can't create full compatibility to how Application.QueuAsnyCall 
> works with other Widget Types, as TThread.Queue, when called from the 
> main Thread, does not queue the call but preforms the call right away.
> 
> Unfortunately this is even true if you do TThread.Queue with a fake self 
> pointer, as it internally checks using GetCurrentThread.
> 
> Hence we would need a modification to the RTL for full compatibility.

... or simply do it without TThread.Queue, which is not complicated,
is LCL compatible and works with fpc 2.6.2+.
Only argument: You fear it is more overhead. The only overhead I see is
an extra critical section, which is negligible when your granularity
is milliseconds.

Mattias