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fpc-pascal · 2018-11

1. Multi-scope helpers draft

   I’d like to propose this mode switch ($modeswitch multiscopehelpers) to allow multiple helpers per scope. I have no idea why Delphi thinks only one helper should be…

   RMSRyan Joseph, Mattias Gaertner, Sven Barth1-10-2019 09:51 UTC
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2. Constants in generics

   I implemented a first draft of constants (integers) in generics. My reason was specifically that I wanted a way to add methods to static arrays and generic records is…

   RABRyan Joseph, Alexander Shishkin, Ben Grasset1-9-2019 19:35 UTC
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3. Building trunk

   I haven't been able to build trunk i386 fpc for a couple of weeks. Is this supposed to be working, or have I misconfigured something? (I don't think I have changed…

   C-CC Western, - -, Colin Western12-1-2018 10:48 UTC
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4. Default record const values

   Should’t this work? This would be a good way to set default record values but it doesn’t seem to be supported. type TMyRecord = record public a: integer; b: string;…

   RBBRyan Joseph, Ben Grasset, Benjamin Rosseaux11-29-2018 02:36 UTC
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5. Adding options when building packages

   Since upgrading to Mac OS 10.14 a file has moved in the system which needs to be linked to. I’m able to work around this by adding a search path to the compiler…

   RDRyan Joseph, Dmitry Boyarintsev11-27-2018 15:24 UTC
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6. TStringList.DelimitedText seems not to work...

   FPC 3.0.4 with Lazarus 1.8.0 on Windows 7 x64 I am trying to use TStringList containers for parsing out values of this kind for sending to a database handler script:…

   BMBo Berglund, Michael Van Canneyt11-19-2018 22:30 UTC
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7. C-blocks

   Can c-blocks support Jonas added for Cocoa support be extended to other platforms or is this stuck with OS X? It uses a runtime library by Apple but is it possible to…

   RSRyan Joseph, Sven Barth11-16-2018 13:20 UTC
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8. Passing nested procs out?

   Is passing nested procs outside of the calling scope relying on undefined behavior? It doesn’t seem like this should be allowed. ===========================…

   RMSRyan Joseph, Marcos Douglas B. Santos, Sven Barth11-15-2018 13:32 UTC
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9. Uniform initialization?

   Since I’ve got a little more free time I wanted to see if there was a simple solution to issue in Pascal that causes quite a bit of friction for me, i.e. constructor…

   RLMRyan Joseph, leledumbo, Martin Wynne11-13-2018 13:00 UTC
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10. Windows programming tutorials for FPC

    I've been programming for decades with Pascal, starting with Turbo Pascal, and for a few years now with Freepascal, and even wrote really complicated console windows…

    JABJames, Alexander Grotewohl, Bo Berglund11-12-2018 17:20 UTC
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11. Running tests with FPC units only

    I am blind, so I don't use Lazarus. In pure Freepascal, I tried to run an example test: program tester; {$mode objfpc}{$H+} uses fpcunit, testregistry; type TMyTest =…

    LLluciano de souza, leledumbo11-11-2018 20:49 UTC
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12. INSTALL_PREFIX, INSTALL_LIBDIR

    How to control where 'make install' puts the libraries (e.g. libpas2js.so)? I tried "INSTALL_LIBDIR=~/tmp/lib64", but that moves everything *except* libraries to…

    MCCMattias Gaertner, christo, Christo Crause11-11-2018 09:45 UTC
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13. Restricted generic param types

    I’m getting a parse error here. It thinks the “U” is another type but in fact it’s another generic parameter and not related to this a bug? I don’t think the…

    RSRyan Joseph, Sven Barth11-9-2018 06:53 UTC
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14. Dynamic array bug

    I finally built the trunk today (version 3.3.1) to try new dynamic array features and a bug fix Sven did a while ago but I’m still getting errors. Did I get the wrong…

    RSRyan Joseph, silvioprog11-8-2018 04:17 UTC
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15. Firebird vs. SQLite vs. PosgreSQL

    This isn't a Free Pascal question but I wanted to ask about the Firebird database [1] because it seems as the Free Pascal community uses it the most by far, so I hope it…

    AELaditya siram, Elmar Haneke, LacaK11-7-2018 10:43 UTC
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16. pas2jni issues

    I would like to make a suggestion regarding the generated code of the pas2jni utility, and report an issue. This utility generates a java file called system.java. First…

    UYUnknown author, Yuriy Sydorov11-5-2018 17:28 UTC
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17. Building FPC from sources on Linux Mint 19, make clean errors out

    I have jsut createda virtual Linux Mint 19 x86_64 machine on which I attempted to install FPC 3.0.4 and Lazarus 1.8.5 (the fixes branch). I got as far as: - FPC 3.0.0…

    BDBo Berglund, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis11-5-2018 14:30 UTC
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18. fpc.cfg using relative paths

    Is there, any change, to use relative paths inside fpc.cfg? I have several Lazarus copies, in different paths, and I would like to use the same fpc.cfg on all of them.…

    MFMarcos Douglas B. Santos, Fabio Luis Girardi11-5-2018 01:53 UTC
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19. Listing the type (even as string) of the parameters and the return of a function

    Hi. First, thanks for the great work in the invoke.inc for win64! ☺ So, consider the following example: uses RTTI; type TFoo = class public function Bar(const A:…

    SSsilvioprog, Sven Barth11-3-2018 16:18 UTC
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20. MSEide+MSEgui 4.6.2

    MSEide+MSEgui version 4.6.2 has been released: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mseide-msegui/files/mseide-msegui/4.6.2/ Have a lot of fun! Martin

    MMartin Schreiber11-3-2018 11:29 UTC
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21. fphttpclient.post

    I'm using fphttpclient.simpleget to make querries to webserver. It's very very simple to use this function ! "Du pur bonheur". As some data which travel the world…

    CMSChed, Michael Van Canneyt, Sven Barth11-1-2018 22:14 UTC
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