Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-19 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/18/2013 10:07 AM, Sven Barth wrote: Please report a bug in project FPC for category Documentation. This way it won't be forgotten. Done: 0025056 -Michael ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lis

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/18/2013 12:11 PM, Luca Olivetti wrote: With lazarus it's even easier :... Without this I would never had a running project ever :-) -Michael ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Luca Olivetti
Al 18/09/13 11:55, En/na Luca Olivetti ha escrit: > Al 18/09/13 10:08, En/na Michael Schnell ha escrit: >> >> sorry I forgot: >> >> *If the event queue is empty, **CheckSynchronize w**aits for an event to >> be pushed by a TThread or for /timeout/ Milliseconds to pass. If timeout >> is 0, it waits

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/18/2013 11:55 AM, Luca Olivetti wrote: If timeout is 0 it won't wait at all: Thanks for the correction. (So "Wait forever" is not implemented.) I'll include that in the report I'm going to file in Mantis. -Michael ___ fpc-devel maillist -

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Luca Olivetti
Al 18/09/13 10:08, En/na Michael Schnell ha escrit: > > sorry I forgot: > > *If the event queue is empty, **CheckSynchronize w**aits for an event to > be pushed by a TThread or for /timeout/ Milliseconds to pass. If timeout > is 0, it waits forever.* If timeout is 0 it won't wait at all:

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Michael Schnell
On 09/18/2013 10:30 AM, Thaddy wrote: Why document a given? A timeout = 0 can mean either of "Wait up to forever but return when something happens" or "Do what is to do and return at once even if there is nothing to do "or "Never Return. When something happens do the appropriate and

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Thaddy
On 18-9-2013 10:08, Michael Schnell wrote: *If the event queue is empty, **CheckSynchronize w**aits for an event to be pushed by a TThread or for /timeout/ Milliseconds to pass. If timeout is 0, it waits forever.* In the context of a wait a wait forever given a value of naught , this is pretty

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Michael Schnell
sorry I forgot: *If the event queue is empty, **CheckSynchronize w**aits for an event to be pushed by a TThread or for /timeout/ Milliseconds to pass. If timeout is 0, it waits forever.* (Of course it should be documented whether or not the function returns if some events have been handled

Re: [fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Sven Barth
On 18.09.2013 09:53, Michael Schnell wrote: Hi experts, As I am not familiar with the appropriate tools and the proceedings, I'd like to request a knowledgeable person to enhance the docs for some RTL functions that might get rather important to me in the future: 1) http://www.freepascal.org/d

[fpc-devel] request for a small but important addition to the docs

2013-09-18 Thread Michael Schnell
Hi experts, As I am not familiar with the appropriate tools and the proceedings, I'd like to request a knowledgeable person to enhance the docs for some RTL functions that might get rather important to me in the future: 1) http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/checksynchronize.html