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What's the difference between fpc224 and fpc231?

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I just download the newest Lazarus which has a newer fpc compiler 2.31version, but I can't find the "what's new" document, then What's the difference between fpc224 and fpc231?

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Jonas Maebe
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宋平玉 wrote: > What's the > difference between fpc224 and fpc231? > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_Trunk

These are not so much the "what's new" things, but the behavioural changes that may require adjusting existing code. A list of new features can be found here: http://community.freepascal.org:10000/bboards/message?message_id=315511&forum_id=24089 (although none of the "some of the new things planned for 2.3.1" in that list will really make it in 2.4.0, except for some small fixes to the generics support)

Jonas

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Marco van de Voort
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In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:

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2009/8/21 yu ping : > What's the difference > between fpc224 and fpc231? A simpler answer is that 2.2.4 is the stable branch. And fpc 2.3.1 is the unstable development branch.

Not anymore. We are just past the branchpoint of 2.3.1. 2.5.1 is now unstable.

So
2.2.4 : the last release of the previous branch
2.3.x : the former development branch that is being stabilised to become the 2.4 series.
2.5.x : the unstable branch.

But of course the difference between 2.3.x and 2.5.x is still very small.

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Marc Santhoff
to yu ping: I just download the newest Lazarus which has a newer fpc compiler 2.31version, but I…
yu ping wrote
I just download the newest Lazarus which has a newer fpc compiler 2.31version, but I can't find the "what's new" document, then What's the difference between fpc224 and fpc231?

And 2.3.1 does have support for embedded devices!

Look there:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Embedded

To all the developers making this happen:
Well done and a big thanks!

I'm very keen on testing the new stuff, but I have one question:

Using the embedded target is for bare metal programming. Wanting to use an embedded OS like eCos or FreeRTOS would still require a full OS and CPU port of fpc to this target, right?

Marc Santhoff

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