fpc-devel · 2006-12
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- Nasm under FPC Go32v21
Hi, I prepared some modifications for the 2.0.4 version to the ag386nsm.pas file which fixes the output of the strings (bug id 7210, but the patch in attachement now…
- LGPL vs MPL10
In August I asked a similar question (LGPL vs BSD) and got a lengthy discussion going, which helped me a lot in understanding the difference. Now, what is the difference…
- Re: Modified LGPL standard notice4
Well, look in the file that it standard header points to. There it mentions what is different to the standard LGPL. But yes I agree that one should insert that notice…
- How to choose a free software license (was LGPL vs MPL)0
I finally found a website that describes the licenses in plain English which is easy to understand. I always struggle to understand the different licenses and how to…
- Question about writing documentation5
Two things: One: TDataset.Recordcount on Delphi (TclientDataset?) returns 0 if it's called on an inactive TDataset. But an exception seems to be more appropiate to me.…
- GTK+ status in Free Pascal1
Hi all, I was wondering if anybody knew what the current status of the GTK+ units is in Free Pascal. I am looking at the official GTK+ website, and this informs me it's…
- About the last revision (5563) for Dos.pp (Go32v2)0
Hi everybody, I am looking throught the new code in the paste_to_dos, it is possible substituting this chunck if current_dos_buffer_pos+length(src)+3>transfer_buffer…
- sqldb lazarus component8
Hi to all, and excuse me if i'm writing to the wrong list but i just subrscibed ;) I got a problem that i'm not able to resolve... i'm using lazarus and freepascal…
- generics11
Will fpc support generic record declarations like this: type generic TFixedKeyNode<KeySize> = record key: array[0..KeySize-1] of char; value: dword; end; In other word…
- Proposed change in simpleipc10
While developing with simpleipc i found that there's no straightforward way to identify the type of a message (see the forth paragraph of…
- Classes unit based on fgl1
Since this weekend the classes unit is based upon the fgl unit. What are the advantages of this change. Does it make the code in the classes unit (for example TFPList,…
- help with softfloat for arm big endian crosscompiler24
questions... Is -CfSOFT supported on arm 2.0.5? Do I need to add/define something when I build the crosscompiler to get softfloat support? Is changing…
- Patch for RTLEvent calls which fixes a race condition2
I had problems with a threaded app under Linux which hung because one thread would sometimes call RTLSetEvent before the other called RTLEventStartWait. The attached…
- Lazarus Linkage Error2
Trying to get Lazarus for Sparc built but when it comes to the time where Lazarus is being linked, I get the following: Free Pascal Compiler version 2.1.1 [2006/12/15]…
- fdRead?2
Hi. Can someone please tell me what the idea behind "fdRead" was? It seems in 2.0.4 and prior, it was part of the standard sockets, whereas in 2.1.1 it's a leftover left…
- fpc 2.1.1 armeb nslu21
FYI Can't get any program to run with this version. programs segfault instantly... Anyone know of a revision that works with arm? (I think I have 5590 but I dont know…
- fpc armeb nslu2 got a bit further with float probs on 2.0.50
I have flashed the slug to SlugOS (still big endian) and got gdb on it. It appears that the issue is not so much the fpu or floating point but with the FloatStr,…
- OS X make cycle compilation broken6
Hi make cycle in fpc/compiler directory on OS X ends in an error. I did make clean, make and make cycle. The "make clean" and "make" runs without error. Am I doing…
- Sparc Linux FPC Blog0
Good afternoon all! :) Since I seem to be building and releasing the Sparc Linux buils of FreePascal, I have set up a space for any news and updates on the Sparc Linux…
- TProcess change.2
I've changed the TProcess.WaitOnExit return type to boolean; A return value of True means success, a return value of False means failure. This is a conscious break with…
- streaming readonly properties15
I am looking at http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=7638. This is a bug which only occurs with fpc 2.1.1, not with fpc 2.0.4. With fpc 2.1.1 the EditLabel…
- Growing a memory stream10
Currently the TMemoryStream grows in steps of 4096 bytes. When writing 100000 chunks of say 80 bytes to it, this causes a lot of reallocations. I think it is better to…
- TProcess.ExitStatus0
The docs at http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/fcl/process/tprocess.exitstatus.html say: I think "not" in the last sentence must be removed. Vincent
- Lecture about FPC0
I'm going to give a lecture regarding FPC on Monday 15/01/2007 at a Linux club called HAIFUX (http://haifux.org/). The lecture will take place at the Technion…
- Should TSQLScript be able to return a dataset?0
I was reading bug 6981 again, and I think it's solved now TSQLScript is added. (It still needs some work though) But it can't be used if you want the script to return…
- new fields in OpenFileName2
Attached patch adds new fields (since _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500) to the OPENFILENAME struct. Vincent
- RunError handling and threads0
Is there a good reason why RunError does not raise an exception in the same way that HandleError does (if SysUtils is installed)? RunError is a particularly bad routine…
- Valid macpas syntax ?4
While using lazarus's finddeclaration I ran in to following "errors", and I wonder if it is a valid syntax. Since I'm not that deep into macpas syntax, I ask it here. 1)…
- Compiling problems0
I am getting the following errors when trying to compile linux libraries /usr/bin/ld: /opt/fpc/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/x86_64-linux/rtl/system.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S…