[Lazarus] How does one add an event to a blocking system?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 10/21/2015 05:27 PM, Sven Barth wrote:

>> Better usage of terms: Exceptions are thrown (or raised), events are 
>> signaled.
> You are right. "thrown" is not a good wording for Events. I mostly read 
> "fired" on that behalf.

"Signalled" is not a good choice IMO, because of unix-style signals and 
their handlers (e.g. sending a HUP signal to a process, to get it to 
re-read its configuration).

"Triggered" can have problems if a database is being used.

"Fired" seems like a fairly good choice, since it also implies immediacy.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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