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fpc-pascal · 2018-12

1. inlining functions depending on implementation only functions

   after updating from fpc 3.1 to fpc 3.3, I am getting a lot of "function was not inlined" warnings, e.g. when an inline function depends on a function not declared in the…

   BDJBenito van der Zander, denisgolovan, Jonas Maebe1-12-2019 17:51 UTC
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2. SetLength warnings - request

     even if there's closed issue https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=34169 I would like to ask if it can be reconsidered.   The subject is that SetLength now gives…

   VBDVojtěch Čihák, Benito van der Zander, Derek Edson1-10-2019 19:58 UTC
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3. Fixes 3.2: make all fails

   OpenSuse Tumbleweed 64-bit (in a VirtualBox VM under Win10) Installed fpc 3.0.4 form rpm. (b.t.w. when clicking on the link for…

   BMBart, Marco van de Voort1-2-2019 10:41 UTC
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4. Rest in peace Martin Schreiber

   Today I became aware of very sad news. Martin Schreiber, author of the MSEide+MSEgui project, has unexpected succumbed of cardiac arrest on 29 November 2018. He was an…

   GBCGraeme Geldenhuys, Bart, Ched12-31-2018 10:39 UTC
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5. Default properties wiki

   I decided to make a wiki going over all the details of default properties which I’ve covered so far, including various usage examples. There’s some questionable…

   RBRyan Joseph, Ben Grasset12-22-2018 01:38 UTC
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6. Candidate for crowd-funding

   Hi all I decided to start a separate thread for asking about potential candidate for crowd-funding. My personal wish-list is: - support for array calculations /…

   DGJdenisgolovan, Graeme Geldenhuys, Jonas Maebe12-21-2018 12:12 UTC
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7. pas2js: Compiler options as Hints in SRC files

   Hi All! I want to use modules/functions/classes (generated from Pas sources by writed manually. In this case i can have some modules/functions/classes not used from other

   SMserge vertie, Michael Van Canneyt12-21-2018 07:31 UTC
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8. TThread.FreeOnTerminate

   Is there a way to use FreeOnTerminate other that setting it in the constructor (or before the thread starts / or in the rather complex manner below)? The doc does not…

   MEGMartin, el es, George Bakhtadze12-20-2018 09:10 UTC
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9. Assign int64 to int32 shows no warnings at compilation time

   Is there a FPC command line parameter to enable warnings or errors for the following situation at compile time? All logic tells me that detecting this an runtime only is…

   GJGraeme Geldenhuys, Jonas Maebe12-18-2018 18:32 UTC
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10. How do I take the float type of a field from a record?

    Hi. Please consider the following code: uses TypInfo; type TTestRecord = record Member1: LongInt; Member2: Double; Member3: string; Member4: Extended; end; var F:…

    Ssilvioprog12-14-2018 06:44 UTC
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11. Ho to convert a special format of datetime?

    I'd like to convert this date "2017-01-11T17:47:22.2912317-02:00" to TDatetime. It seems probably it exists in Freepascal, but I don't know. So, I ask, how to suply a…

    LMSluciano de souza, Marco van de Voort, silvioprog12-13-2018 22:22 UTC
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12. FPC-based http/s server

    Is there any open source, maintained and updated HTTP server using FPC out there? I need a lightweight HTTP server written in FPC that supports Linux/Unix, F/CGI app,…

    MABMr Bee, Alexander Grotewohl, Bo Berglund12-12-2018 22:11 UTC
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13. Generic (TFPGObjectList) EInvalidCast

      why this code gives EInvalidCast at runtime (but compiles well):w   program Project1; {$mode objfpc}{$H+}   uses   {$IFDEF UNIX}{$IFDEF UseCThreads}  …

    VMVojtěch Čihák, Mattias Gaertner12-11-2018 22:18 UTC
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14. precedence "is" and "and"

    According to the docs, the "is" operator is fourth level, the "and" is second level, so the "and" must be computed before the "is". But it seems fpc treats "is" and…

    MMMMattias Gaertner, Marco van de Voort, Martin Wynne12-9-2018 12:02 UTC
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15. Implicit generic specializations

    Since I had was already working on generics I wanted to see if I could implement the inferred specializations like is available in Delphi. The current syntax is too…

    RDMRyan Joseph, denisgolovan, Martok12-6-2018 06:37 UTC
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16. Proud to announce..

    Hello ! If anyone still doubted that Object Pascal is the best programming language, running on the most platforms: It is with considerable pride that I can announce a…

    MMMichael Van Canneyt, Marc Hanisch12-6-2018 06:19 UTC
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17. Can't determine which overloaded function to call

    this code compiles for target Win32 but does not compile for Win64/x86-64. Why? Is there workaround? (Error: Can't determine which overloaded function to call) Thank you…

    LJSLacaK, Jonas Maebe, Santiago A.12-5-2018 16:26 UTC
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18. Object questions

    Some questions about old-style objects. 1) How can you check if self is assigned? self refers to the struct itself but if the object was allocated on the stack then how…

    RSRyan Joseph, Sven Barth12-4-2018 10:26 UTC
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19. Generics question

    { TFoo } generic TFoo<T> = class procedure Bar; end; { TFoo } procedure TFoo.Bar; procedure localproc; begin end; begin end; This will not compile (fpc 3.0.4):…

    BMSBart, Martok, Sven Barth12-3-2018 11:34 UTC
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20. How to get ANSI code command return value?

    I'm playing around with ANSI code (ESC sequence) on the console. Sending an escape command is trivial such as changing text's color and background. However, getting a…

    MSMr Bee, Sven Barth12-2-2018 14:19 UTC
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21. 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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