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    TThread.SpinWait

    Prevent thread execution in a spin-wait loop.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 2530

    public 
class procedure TThread.SpinWait(aIterations: LongWord);  static;

    Description

    SpinWait blocks the execution of the thread in a spin-wait loop: it simply executes some simple instructions.

    This can be used to create short time delays without an immediate thread switch (e.g. SysUtils.Sleep can cause a thread switch). The input parameter (aIterations) specifies the number of spin loops.

    See also

    Name Description
    SysUtils.Sleep Suspend execution of a program for a certain time.
    TThread.Sleep Prevent thread execution.