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fpc-pascal · 2022-02

1. bug or feature?

   This can't be right, can it? type TBird = class procedure Fly; end; TEagle = TBird; // alias procedure TEagle.Fly; begin end; Mattias

   MAEMattias Gaertner, Alexey Torgashin, Elmar Haneke5-5-2022 21:27 UTC
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2. Bit manipulation helpers

   I tried to use the bit helpers like https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/twordhelper.testbit.html but the bit to test is 0..15. I expected this to work…

   RGMRyan Joseph, gabor, Mattias Gaertner2-21-2022 12:53 UTC
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3. Caller agnostic procedure variables

   This has been a constant problem for me with FPC and wanted to make a formal post with code examples since I've only mentioned it in passing before. How can it be…

   RAMRyan Joseph, Adriaan van Os, Michael Van Canneyt2-16-2022 10:51 UTC
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4. Sorting a Stringlist on ValueFromIndex

   Is there a quick way to sort a stringlist on it's .ValueFromIndex field instead of it's .Names field? James

   JMJames Richters, Michael Van Canneyt2-15-2022 15:01 UTC
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5. Text Only printing on Windows.

   Way back in the old Turbo Pascal days, it was super simple to send text to a printer. I had written a program that printed text on labels in the order the labels were…

   JALJames Richters, Alexander Grotewohl, LacaK2-10-2022 12:15 UTC
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6. Issue with CSVDocument

   I have CSVDocument working, but something odd is happening. Everything is coming out as I expect, Except for the first cell.. it has some garbage at the beginning of it…

   JBMJames Richters, Bart, Michael Van Canneyt2-7-2022 21:29 UTC
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7. Putting Delimited text into a StringList

   I'm trying to get Comma Delimited Text from a CSV File created with Microsoft Excel into a string list, but I keep getting spaces as delimiter characters. How can I…

   JMTJames Richters, Michael Van Canneyt, Tomas Hajny2-7-2022 12:44 UTC
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8. $PASCALMAINNAME error with SDL/IPhone

   I thought I had this working some years ago but I'm confused again. :) When trying to use SDL on iPhone I include: {$PASCALMAINNAME SDL_main} But when I compile I get a…

   RJRyan Joseph, Jonas Maebe2-2-2022 14:43 UTC
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