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In the question about thread termination
http://www.experts-exchang
which wasn't asked by me, during the discussion I put a new question:
'Is it correct to set FreeOnTerminate property of a thread in its Execute method?' Like the following:
procedure TMyThread.Execute;
begin
try
// do something here
finally
FreeOnTerminate := true;
end;
end;
and rllibby answered:
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Geo,
Setting it there should be fine, as the base ThreadProc function does not evaluate it until after the Execute(...) procedure is finished.
function ThreadProc(Thread: TThread): Integer;
var
FreeThread: Boolean;
begin
try
Thread.Execute;
finally
FreeThread := Thread.FFreeOnTerminate;
Result := Thread.FReturnValue;
Thread.FFinished := True;
Thread.DoTerminate;
if FreeThread then Thread.Free;
EndThread(Result);
end;
end;
Regards,
Russell
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Regards, Geo
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by: rllibbyPosted on 2004-12-29 at 08:02:16ID: 12919742
Geo,
This wasn't necessary, but is still very much appreciated. Thank you.
Regards,
Russell