Is there a list of functions and which RTL libraries they belong to?

In our previous episode, Francisco Reyes said:

Is there a list of functions and which RTL libraries they belong to?

The index of the documentation comes a long way.

Go to www.freepascal.org

Select documentation

Scroll to the HTML docs

Select at Run-Time Library (RTL) units reference manual (with/without comments).

(I usually select without comments, but with could be a good idea too).

Select a unit.

Select Procedures and Functions

Marco van de Voort wrote

In our previous episode, Francisco Reyes said: > Is there a list of functions and which RTL libraries they belong to? The index of the documentation comes a long way.

e.g. http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/fpcdoc/rtl/index.html

Vincent

Vincent Snijders wrote

e.g. http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/fpcdoc/rtl/index.html

I was looking for something like..

AnsiCompareStr Sysutils
DaySpan dateutils

I have been using the PDF and searching for a function as needed. Example.. when I was looking at fstat the example used some functions, then I wanted to see details for those functions. Ended up using a find in the entire RTL because could not find it.. thought they would be in dateutils, but ended up they were in sysutils.

Would it be worth to make such a list?
Mostly for newbies like myself..

Also, what are the numbers that appear in parenthesis? In the PDF I often see the name of a function and then a number.

Marco van de Voort wrote

The index of the documentation comes a long way.

I have no idea what I was looking at, but went back to the rtl.pdf and I see the index at the beginning with each function. Maybe was looking at the online HTML. The beginning of the PDF is certainly along the lines of what I was looking for, thanks.

It seems the docs get built through some automated mechanism, so it may not hurt if what I asked for could be done (if it is not difficult to implement). On the index of the PDF to list both page and unit. If it is a lot of work then it's not worth it.

Overall I am very happy with the rtl documentation, specially the examples. It makes it so much easier even for a newbie like myself to get something going by copying/pasting the sample code and modifying as needed.

Well, our Wiki contains a page with some general information regarding which functionality may be found in which unit - see http://wiki.freepascal.org/Unit_categorization. It isn't complete, but it should serve for basic orientation for beginners. Admittedly, this isn't equal to what you were asking for; I don't think that such an index exists, although I can imagine that generating it shouldn't be difficult.

Tomas

Here there's a quick reference for the rtl:
http://digilander.libero.it/tizzziano/pdf/procs_01.pdf

Oops, wrong link, I meant:
http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/fpcdoc/rtl/index-8.html

Vincent

Vincent Snijders wrote

Oops, wrong link, I meant: http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/fpcdoc/rtl/index-8.html

Thanks. That will be very helpfull.