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fpc-pascal · 2022-05

1. Compiler flag define or $IFOPT for optimizations

   I want to show how my program was compiled. Now I have string like "FPC3.2.2 i386-Linux R+C+" from   compiler := 'FPC' + {$INCLUDE %FPCVERSION%} + ' ' + {$INCLUDE…

   BTBenito van der Zander, Tomas Hajny6-3-2022 12:51 UTC
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2. Be careful of too many features

   In 1984 I started my programming career with Whitesmith Pascal, and soon after Turbo Pascal 3, then C. C had the advantage of pointers to functions, Pascal had the…

   SBHSteve Litt, Brian, Hairy Pixels5-31-2022 09:50 UTC
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3. Feature Announcement: Function References and Anonymous Functions

   The Free Pascal Developer team is pleased to finally announce the addition of a long awaited feature, though to be precise it's two different, but very much related…

   SBBSven Barth, Bart, Benito van der Zander5-30-2022 09:00 UTC
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4. Code tools and function references

   Is this issue addressing the fact that the Lazarus code tools is not working with the new syntax? https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/issues/39774. If…

   HHairy Pixels5-29-2022 13:17 UTC
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5. "Is nested" vs "of object" compatibility with global functions

   I’ve been testing out all the different function pointer types in FPC to test their compatibility with each other and I noticed that “is nested” can accept a…

   HMMHairy Pixels, Martin Frb, Michael Van Canneyt5-29-2022 09:25 UTC
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6. Strange "division by zero" error using variants

   please consider the following code: program Project1; {$booleval off} var v1, v2: variant; a: boolean; b: integer; begin a := true; b := 0; // this works as expected: if…

   TFMThomas Kurz, Florian Klämpfl, Michalis Kamburelis5-24-2022 21:01 UTC
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7. Different levels of the same compiler message

   Why am I getting a different level (hint/warning) of the same compiler message in similar code, only differing in return type? The following example: program Project1;…

   Ggabor5-23-2022 20:56 UTC
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8. Lazarus Release 2.2.2

   The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 2.2.2. This is a bugfix release and was built with FPC 3.2.2. Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and…

   MMattias Gaertner5-19-2022 07:21 UTC
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9. Element type of set at compile time

   Is there a compiler intrinsic to get the element type of a set at compile time? So if you have “set of T” it should return T. Ryan Joseph

   HMMHairy Pixels, Martin Frb, Mattias Gaertner5-15-2022 15:40 UTC
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10. alloca

    Is there an “alloca" like function in the RTL which allocates memory from the stack? For example https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/alloca.3.html Ryan Joseph

    HJMHairy Pixels, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort5-15-2022 01:53 UTC
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11. 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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12. Feature announcement: implicit generic function specializations

    The FPC developers are pleased to announce the implementation of a new feature: implicit generic function specializations. This feature was implemented by Ryan Joseph,…

    SDFSven Barth, denisgolovan, Flávio Etrusco5-2-2022 02:12 UTC
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