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fpc-pascal · 2012-08

1. Inline bytes

   How is it possible to put some inline bytes in the code like the former inline( $1f , $ef , $1A ); instruction?

   RHJRainer Stratmann, Henry Vermaak, Jonas Maebe8-9-2012 15:25 UTC
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2. Get all caller adresses of a procedure/function

   procedure p1; begin ... end; How to get all caller adresses of p1 in a program before p1 is executed? For example p1 is called from 20 different places in a program.…

   RAHRainer Stratmann, Aleksa Todorovic, Howard Page-Clark8-7-2012 17:46 UTC
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3. /docs-html/rtl/system/get_caller_addr.html

   There is a typo in this documentation. The Description field refers to get_caller_frame when get_caller_addr is surely meant. Howard

   HHoward Page-Clark8-7-2012 17:25 UTC
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4. Compiling on Raspberry Pi

   I recently recieved my Raspberry PI. That's an arm-linux device. I downloaded the easyfpgui-package from http://www.turbocontrol.com/easyfpgui.htm. I can't compile the…

   KGMKoenraad Lelong, Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner8-7-2012 16:30 UTC
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5. How to find a graphic element in the form editor?

   When I want to add a graphic element like TFileNameEdit which I have already used in other programs in the form editor I don't know how to find it in the menu. I am…

   JGHJürgen Hestermann, Graeme Geldenhuys, Howard Page-Clark8-7-2012 15:03 UTC
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6. class of a class function

   How can I get the actual class a class function is called in? TSomething = class class function GetMyClass: TClass; end; TOtherthing = class(TSomething) end; ... class…

   CJCA Gorski, Jonas Maebe8-7-2012 10:45 UTC
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7. virtual class var?

   Hi, is it possible to have a virtual class variable? I want to have a pointer available per class that can be a different value. Something like this: TA = class class…

   APAndrew Haines, Paul Ishenin8-7-2012 04:21 UTC
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8. printing each Friday the 13 using Pascal

   A friend of mine started a hobby project: Printing every Friday the 13, in a range of 5…

   IGHik, Gerhard Scholz, Howard Page-Clark8-6-2012 13:30 UTC
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9. Problem compiling

   I get: text.inc(199,34) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec" after updating the compiler sources from SVN. Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2012/05/22]…

   UJMUnknown author, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort8-6-2012 07:08 UTC
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10. Translating from error numbers to symbolic name

    When using a function like fpAccept on a non-blocking socket, in some cases -1 is returned with a documented (Linux kernel) error code of EAGAIN. Should I be looking for…

    MMWMark Morgan Lloyd, Marco van de Voort, waldo kitty8-4-2012 07:17 UTC
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11. Initialization of class field

    I'm reading about variable initialization (http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refse22.html) . Can I initialize class field too? Like in Java: type TMyClass = class…

    KBLKrzysztof, Bart, leledumbo8-1-2012 11:31 UTC
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12. strlen and nil

    What does strlen return on nil? The FPC function strlen is implemented via FPC_PCHAR_LENGTH. The documentation does not say what happens when passing nil. Mattias

    MMUMattias Gaertner, Marco van de Voort, Unknown author8-1-2012 11:15 UTC
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