I have noticed that one of my favorite debugging methods doesn't work in FPC. It…
Jeff Wormsley wrote 15 lines
I have noticed that one of my favorite debugging methods doesn't work in FPC. It involves the way I comment test code for easy inclusion/exclusion. What I do is this:
{!}{ SomeVar := SomeValue;{}
to comment the code out, and then
{!} SomeVar := SomeValue;{}
to put it in. This way only one character needs typing to put in or take out a piece of test code. I use the {!} as a search parameter to find all of my debugging code for later inclusion or removal.
Unfortunately, FPC objects to having a { {} type construct, and instead wants { } only.
Where possible, I have changed to {!}// but this is only good for one liners, obviously.
This is just a comment (no pun intended), and not really a bug, I suppose, although it works in Delphi.
FPC supports nested comments, this is the reason of your problem. However, using Delphi mode, it should be accepted; so if you want to use this, do a -Sd instead of -S2; but then you will have some other side effects as well...
Michael.