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Title: compile-time error
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| 1 | + | Compile-time error, which means the [[Program|program]] did not compile. The [[Compiler|compiler]] found and reported an error during [[Compile time|compile time]]. | |
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| 3 | + | ## Fairly common compile time errors | |
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| 5 | + | - Missed [[;|semicolons]] - A fairly common coding error is the omission of the required semicolons. Usually every [[Pascal]] [[statement]] ends with a semicolon | |
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| 7 | + | ## Own compile time error | |
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| 9 | + | The [[Compiler directive|compiler directive]] `{$Fatal Error Message text}` can create your own compile time error: | |
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| 11 | + | ``` pascal | |
| 12 | + | begin | |
| 13 | + | // some code .. | |
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| 15 | + | // To keep the compilation going | |
| 16 | + | // you need to change the code at this point | |
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| 18 | + | {$Fatal Error Message text} | |
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| 20 | + | // .. here is the code that is not compiled | |
| 21 | + | // because the compilation stopped in error | |
| 22 | + | end. | |
| 23 | + | ``` | |
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| 25 | + | ## See also | |
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| 27 | + | - [[runtime error|run-time error]] | |
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| 29 | + | --- | |
| 30 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "compile-time error", as it stood on 2020-09-17 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* |