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fpc-devel · 2021-09

1. The "magic div" algorithm

   I know I was told what the algorithm was already, but I can't find it in my email history, so I'm forced to ask again... is there a reference to the algorithm that's…

   JBCJ. Gareth Moreton, Benito van der Zander, Ched11-16-2021 18:01 UTC
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2. FreeBSD PowerPC64 Port

   Is there any interest in porting FPC to Freebsd/PowerPC64? I'm looking for some help with port FPC to FreeBSD on PowerPC. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in…

   CFJCurtis Hamilton, Florian Klämpfl, Jonas Maebe11-4-2021 23:30 UTC
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3. Preparing 3.2.4, call for merge request and regressions

   As the dust of the switch to git settles we would like to start preparing the next release (3.2.4). To do so, some stuff from main (former trunk) might need to be merged…

   FCDFlorian Klämpfl, Christo Crause, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis10-26-2021 10:17 UTC
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4. Promote specific warning into error

   Is there a way to promote a specific warning(4056) into an error ? Thanks Marc

   MJMMarc Weustink, Jonas Maebe, Michael Van Canneyt9-25-2021 09:46 UTC
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5. Can someone move an issue form lazarus to fpc?

   Can somebody move https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/issues/39381 to fpc please? Bart

   BBart9-23-2021 21:25 UTC
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6. Difficulty with a failed build

   So I've made a merge request for Marģers' division improvement over here: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/merge_requests/51 I am getting a build failure…

   JJ. Gareth Moreton9-23-2021 12:05 UTC
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7. RTTI status in 3.2.0 and 3.2.2

   I have Delphi RTTI code that takes record's type info, finds method and calls it... The code does not seem to work in 3.2.0 (SEGV) Should it work? Should I try 3.2.2 or…

   GRSGennady Agranov, Ryan Joseph, Sven Barth9-22-2021 14:00 UTC
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8. Build Lazarus fixes_2_2 with actual FPC main

   I tried to build Lazarus fixes_2_2 (0bc0484c) with FPC main (5bcc5307) on Windows 10 64bit and got the below error. (3104) Compiling easylazfreetype.pas…

   GGabor Boros9-19-2021 07:40 UTC
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9. Question to developers

   I have a question for third-party developers, especially mathematical, scientific and games programmers... How often would you use a construct akin to "case x mod n of",…

   JKTJ. Gareth Moreton, Kirinn, Travis Siegel9-17-2021 16:44 UTC
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10. Question about peephole optimizer

    To get straight to the point, does anyone know if functionality exists under x86 to get an unused register in the peephole optimizer? I recall seeing something like that…

    JJ. Gareth Moreton9-16-2021 15:30 UTC
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11. Division optimisations

    I'm looking at ways to optimise div and mod, starting with x86 and then probably AArch64.  The obvious one is attempting to merge "Q := N div D; R := N mod D;", where D…

    JFJ. Gareth Moreton, Florian Klämpfl9-12-2021 07:09 UTC
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12. Undefined symbol during linking - any suggestions?

    I have rather large program that fails to link - "Undefined symbol: .Lj3016" The only difference with previous cases when link was successful is that I added "indylaz"…

    GBDGennady Agranov, Bart, denisgolovan9-9-2021 23:14 UTC
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