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Re: ISO Standard Pascal I/O

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Roger Bailey

Me:

... nextcharacter := input^ ... Does FPC not support this standard Pascal feature?

Jonas:

No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant.

I can live with that, but it would save newcomers a lot of trouble if the documentation were a bit more upfront about what FPC is not. Just saying it implements "some", or "most" of the features of dialect X is a recipe for frustration.

PS: please use a descriptive mail subject in the future.

Sorry, netiquette got obscured by red mist :-)

Michael Van Canneyt
to Roger Bailey
Roger Bailey wrote 9 lines
Me: > ... nextcharacter := input^ ... Does FPC not support this standard Pascal feature? Jonas: > No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant. I can live with that, but it would save newcomers a lot of trouble if the documentation were a bit more upfront about what FPC is not. Just saying it implements "some", or "most" of the features of dialect X is a recipe for frustration.

Point well taken. Will try to do for the next release.

Michael.