Hello

We have placed the first release candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.4 on our ftp servers.

You can help improve the upcoming 2.6.4 release by downloading and testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done here: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Testers_2.6.4

Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.4

Downloads are available at the main FTP server and

ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/fpc/beta/2.6.4-rc1/

Enjoy!

The Free Pascal Compiler Team

Free Pascal Compiler

Version 2.6.4rc1

****************************************************************************** What's New in 2.6.4rc1
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Free Pascal 2.6.4 is a point release from the 2.6.0 fixes branch.

Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.4 for a list of changes that may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and how to cope with these changes.

Some highlights are:

Compiler:

Packages:
* Lots and lots fixes and improvements for fcl-db
* web and json packages synchronized.
* improvements to the chmcmd compiler.
* Several fixes for winunits (and winceunits)

Platforms:

See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported bugs which have been fixed in this release.