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  1. Subclassing generic records?

    I’m trying to find a way to extend generic records since (as far as I know) there is no subclassing of records. I could use variant records here but these don’t work…

    Ryan Joseph, Martin Schreiber, Sven Barth
    6
  2. Sistema grande em CGI

    Bom dia pessoal ! Alguém aí já desenvolveu algum sistema grande em cgi ? (muitos acessos simultâneos, etc) Queria saber se ele dá conta, ou até onde se pode ir. Eu…

    Rogério Martins, Sven Barth
    2
  3. Class type to package name?

    Assuming the class type has been registered either through RegisterComponent or RegisterNoIcon, what is the most straight forward way to get the package name it is…

    Anthony Walter, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  4. strutils (RTL) content missing from fp-docs in Debian package

    Since fpc version 3.0 (2.6.4 was OK) the Debian docs package has no content for strutils. Does anyone have any thoughts on what the cause might be? Peter B…

    Peter, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  5. TInterfacedObject destructor reentrance bug

    I have found a bug in the TInterfacedObject. Better than explaining is to examine and execute the code below. When executing the code below the destructor of the class…

    African Wild Dog, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  6. C to Pascal conversion - Help request

    can someone please help me converting the folowing C types to Pascal? SF_CUE_POINT is simple, but I'm not sure how to convert SF_CUES_VAR(count) ad SF_CUES. Thank you in…

    Sandro Cumerlato, Dmitry Boyarintsev
    2
  7. Convert to int64 note

    I've been trying to get my programs to compile without any warnings or notes, but I keep getting this one: promill.pas(2137,42) Hint: Converting the operands to "Int64"…

    Unknown author, Ewald, Mattias Gaertner
    9
  8. FPDoc - how to document overloaded functions?

    How do you document overloaded functions? In this case I have overloaded functions that have different parameters (obviously), but also different result types. I've been…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt, Unknown author
    5
  9. Delete and Add for TBytes?

    I would like to replace a buffer handling scheme in an old application (written in Delphi) where the buffer was originally of type string and later when unicode appeared…

    Bo Berglund, Michael Schnell, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  10. FPDoc - how to document a function result?

    As the subject line says. Do I simply create a ELEMENT take with the function name and ".Result"? For example: <element name="MyFunction.Result"> <short>This is the…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  11. FileAge deprecated in Delphi, but not in FPC

    As past discussions showed, Free Pascal tries to be Delphi compatible regarding the RTL. I noticed that Delphi's FileAge() function [the one with a single parameter) has…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  12. Fixed record files

    I have a few questions about fixed record files. I have the following: Type DrawCMD = Record GC: Byte; PX,PY,PZ,GX,GY,GZ,GI,GJ,R,SA,EA:Double; End; Var DrawFile …

    James Richters, Ched, Vojtěch Čihák
    4
  13. If vs case or something else?

    I'm trying to optimize a console application ported over from Turbo Pascal with a huge set of if then else statements like this: Var TXT : String; If TXT = 'Thing1' then…

    James Richters, Ched, Stefan V. Pantazi
    5
  14. for loops performance problems?

    I recall earlier this year some people in this mailing list were discussing surprising performance problems with fpc and for loops. I wanted to know if this is still an…

    Anthony Walter, fredvs, José Mejuto
    7
  15. Serial to TCP gateway in FPC?

    I need to implement a serial to TCP gateway in order to communicate between a Windows based control software and a system controller box. The software and the controller…

    Bo Berglund, Andreas, José Mejuto
    41
  16. Running Freepascal programs on other computers

    When I run any freepascal program that I compiled on my windows 10 desktop computer on any other PC, I always get a warning: We could not verify who created this file,…

    James Richters, Bo Berglund, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR
    6
  17. Can't close and reopen ptcgraph

    I ran into an unexpected issue with ptcgraph. If I use closegraph, I cannot re-open a new ptcgraph window with Initgraph. It looks like it opens the second graph…

    James Richters, Stefan V. Pantazi
    6
  18. Mutual Reference Interfaces and Memory Leaks

    What is the recommended way to avoid memory leaks in mutual interface references? http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2016-april-weak-unsafe-interface-references.html . Is…

    African Wild Dog, Marcos Douglas B. Santos
    3
  19. Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless Self-hosted

    How simple can we get? http://wiki.freepascal.org/self-hosted

    Paul Breneman
    1
  20. Please vote for Lazarus on Sourceforge's "project of the month"

    Lazarus has been chosen by Sourceforge “Community Choice” Project of the Month Vote – August 2017 see…

    Martin
    0
  21. JSON SAX-based reader

    I have changed the JSON parser, it is now written on top of a SAX-like JSON reader (which is available separately). All unit tests work fine, and the few extra tests…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Benito van der Zander, Stefan V. Pantazi
    4
  22. Re: ptccrt missing keys

    I could really use F11 and F12 including shift, alt, and crtl if possible from the prccrt graphics window. I suspect there is some fundamental reason why F11 and F12…

    James Richters, Nikolay Nikolov, Unknown author
    9
  23. Silencing redundand FPC messages

    I am compiling from command line. I am screen reader user relying on spoken output. I would like to minimize the output as much as possible, especially if the output is…

    Lubos Pintes, Jonas Maebe
    2
  24. FPC for AVR

    What sort of targets are people looking at, what sort of debugging is available, and has anybody experimented with the "AVR Dragon"? Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT.…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Brian, Christo Crause
    11
  25. X64 only - Can't determine which overloaded function to call

    I have two almost identical programs, but one of them I cannot compile with Win64, but it works fine with Win32. I finally figured out that the difference between the…

    James Richters, Unknown author
    2
  26. Parallel Port Access with Free Pascal - windows

    I am trying to get access to the parallel port with Free Pascal. I'm trying to use this version of inpout32 (x64) http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/inpout32/ Here's my…

    Zaaphod, Bo Berglund, James Richters
    29
  27. SIGSEGV in fpc_check_object

    In my Lazarus application I use a TPanel descendant component (TMyPanel) which have subpanels (TMySubPanel) which are TPanel descendants also. The subpanels accessed…

    Gabor Boros, José Mejuto, Sven Barth
    3
  28. Usage of TFPCustomImage

    The class TFPCustomImage and its usage has apparently changed in FPC 3.0.2 (and trunk) compared to FPC 3.0. This issue: https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=32005 is…

    Juha Manninen, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  29. fpGUI on macOS

    What sort of macOS abilities does fpGUI have? Is fpGUI mostly for linux/bsd/windows, and not as much macOS? Does it require some work to get it working, or installations…

    Unknown author, Adriaan van Os, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    8
  30. mips architecture

    Debian asks to build Lazarus for mips. See https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31989 It fails with (9009) Assembling lazbuild (9022) Compiling resource…

    Mattias Gaertner, Jonas Maebe
    2

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