[delphizip] Re: Multi-threading

  • From: "Trevor Thomson" <Trevor.thomson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:49:53 +1000

Eric,

I use a multithreaded program but I don't access the Zip component from
different threads at the same time so I guess the multithreading issues
shouldn't worry me.

Trevor Thomson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Engler" <englere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: [delphizip] Multi-threading


> Does anyone actually use the Delphi Zip DLLs in a
> multithreaded program?
>
> I've been researching this and according to several
> web sites there are some reliability problems with
> TLSAlloc (allocates local storage for threads). One
> site said it might work 64 times in a row, and fail
> on the 65th try.
>
> I'm considering the idea of releasing only non-threaded
> DLLs, but perhaps making the threaded DLLs available
> only on a special request basis.
>
> Please tell me what you think!
>
> Eric


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