Потоки(TThread). Возврат значений функции.

[Пепел Феникса]

интересно, и что разрабы Делфи предлагают вместо них?(для приостановки потока извне)

[veniside]

предлагают забить, я так понял. Вот коммент рядом с TThread.Resume;

{
About Suspend and Resume. POSIX does not support suspending/resuming a thread.
Suspending a thread is considerd dangerous since it is not guaranteed where the
thread would be suspend. It might be holding a lock, mutex or it might be inside
a critical section. In order to simulate it in Linux we've used signals. To
suspend, a thread SIGSTOP is sent and to resume, SIGCONT is sent. Note that this
is Linux only i.e. according to POSIX if a thread receives SIGSTOP then the
entire process is stopped. However Linux doesn't entirely exhibit the POSIX-mandated
behaviour. If and when it fully complies with the POSIX standard then suspend
and resume won't work.
}