Delphi TThread.CurrentThread and EAccessViolation - Is This a Bug or My Incompetence..?

Question

In Delphi 2009 I\'m finding that any time I use TThread.CurrentThread in an application, I\'ll get an error message like the following when the application closes:

Answer 1

Patch unit for Delphi 2009 Update 3.

{ Fix Delphi 2009's invalid finalization order in Classes.pas.
  Written by Primoz Gabrijelcic, http://gp.17slon.com.
  No rights reserved - released to public domain.

  D2009 update 3 only.
}
unit FixD2009Classes;

interface

implementation

uses
  Windows,
  SysUtils,
  Classes;

type
  TCode = array [0..144] of byte;

{$WARN SYMBOL_PLATFORM OFF}

procedure PatchClasses;
{$IFDEF ConditionalExpressions}
{$IF RTLVersion = 20}
var
  i         : integer;
  oldProtect: cardinal;
  pCode     : ^TCode;
  tmp       : DWORD;
const
  COffsets_Call: array [1..12] of integer = (0, 15, 24, 42, 47, 58, 73, 91, 101, 111, 134, 139);
  COffset_UnRegisterModuleClasses = 107;
  COffset_DoneThreadSynchronization = 134;
  COffset_FreeExternalThreads = 139;
  CCallDelta = COffset_FreeExternalThreads - COffset_DoneThreadSynchronization;
{$IFEND}
{$ENDIF}
begin
{$IFDEF ConditionalExpressions}
{$IF RTLVersion = 20}
  pCode := pointer(cardinal(@TStreamReader.ReadToEnd) + COffset_UnRegisterModuleClasses);
  Win32Check(VirtualProtect(pCode, COffsets_Call[High(COffsets_Call)], PAGE_READWRITE, oldProtect));
  try
    for i := Low(COffsets_Call) to High(COffsets_Call) do
      if pCode^[COffsets_Call[i]] <> $E8 then
        raise Exception.Create('Unexpected version of Classes - cannot patch');
    tmp := PDword(@pCode^[COffset_DoneThreadSynchronization+1])^;
    PDword(@pCode^[COffset_DoneThreadSynchronization+1])^ :=
      PDword(@pCode^[COffset_FreeExternalThreads+1])^ + CCallDelta;
    PDword(@pCode^[COffset_FreeExternalThreads+1])^ := tmp - CCallDelta;
  finally VirtualProtect(pCode, COffsets_Call[High(COffsets_Call)], oldProtect, oldProtect); end;
{$IFEND}
{$ENDIF}
end;

initialization
  PatchClasses;
end.