Preferences do not work with threads

[uwekel]

Hi,

from this post http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 13&t=48459 i have learned that the preferences library is intend to work with threads, too. But not so with Linux. Here is a sample code:

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Procedure Work(*Args)
  Debug ReadPreferenceInteger("Test", 0)
EndProcedure

OpenPreferences(GetHomeDirectory() +"test.conf")
WritePreferenceInteger("Test", 1)
Debug ReadPreferenceInteger("Test", 0)
Thread = CreateThread(@Work(), 0)
WaitThread(Thread)
ClosePreferences()

Dont forget the Thread-Safe option before running the code.

Regards
Uwe

[freak]

You have to write in the same thread where you open the preferences. Each thread has its own separate preferences state.

You can have two threads working on separate preferences files in parallel, you can't have two threads working on the same one. Its not a bug.