Hello,

It would be nice if Lazarus could allow to use dotted package names, so we could do something like:

MyPackage.Base.lpk
MyPackage.Core.lpk
MyPackage.DataBase.lpk
MyPackage.VCL.lpk
...

Currently, if you try to use dots on your package name, you may get an error "The package file name "MyPackage.Core" in
"~/MyPackage.Core.lpk" is not a valid Lazarus package name".

Issue: #30467 <http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30467>.

Thank you!

"silvioprog" wrote

Hello, It would be nice if Lazarus could allow to use dotted package names, so

we could do something like:

error "The package file name "MyPackage.Core" in

"~/MyPackage.Core.lpk" is not a valid Lazarus package name". Issue: #30467.

Sidenote: Dynamic packages will support dotted names as well. Currently I'm trying to get the package rtl.objpas to link ;)

Regards,
Sven
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Sven Barth
wrote:
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Sidenote: Dynamic packages will support dotted names as well. Currently I'm trying to get the package rtl.objpas to link ;)

Forgive my ignorance, but, what are Dynamic packages? ^^'

"silvioprog" wrote

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Sven Barth

[...] > > Sidenote: Dynamic packages will support dotted names as well. Currently

I'm trying to get the package rtl.objpas to link ;)

Forgive my ignorance, but, what are Dynamic packages? ^^'

The possibility to share binary code among multiple programs by placing it in libraries that also contain a bit of compiler magic. They'll also allow Lazarus to dynamically load components (without recompiling) or for anyone to easily have a plugin system cause you can share strings, classes, etc. without any problems between the "libraries" and the main program. In Delphi you might recognize them from their bpl extension (in FPC it will be ppl).

Regards,
Sven
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2016-08-13 9:18 GMT+02:00 Sven Barth :

(in FPC it will be ppl)

ppl - Pascal Package Library ? ;)

Yupp, it's simple and recognizeable :)
The metadata file for it (in Delphi dcp) will surprisingly be called pcp and I personally use ppk for the main package file (in Delphi dpk and in Lazarus lpk; though the latter can keep using that for its own packages *shrugs*).

Regards,
Sven
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It will be really a big feature: modularization in Free Pascal. *-*

Thank you for share it!