On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:27:07 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
I don't agree: RTFM is *not* an excuse for insightful, to-the-point,
clear, not too elaborate error messages.
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:15:49 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
I'm not saying people shouldn't read manuals...just saying that Can't find
unit can be split up in 3 or so causes, and a more helpful message given
for each of
Tom Verhoeff wrote:
Can someone explain to me under what circumstances FPC will (attempt to)
recompile a unit for which *.ppu and *.o are already available?
I couldn't find this in the documentation.
Wrong target (OS) or incompatible compiler version, usually. Vote for:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, ??? wrote:
Tom Verhoeff wrote:
Can someone explain to me under what circumstances FPC will (attempt to)
recompile a unit for which *.ppu and *.o are already available?
I couldn't find this in the documentation.
Wrong target (OS) or incompatible compiler
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:57:29 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The hint exists already. use -vu.
You really don't expect the average newbie (to freepascal) programmer to
read the error message Can't find
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 18:37:27 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You really don't expect the average newbie (to freepascal) programmer to
read the error message Can't find unit FOO and then expect him to *guess*
he has to use -vu ?!?!
Of course I do. What else do we
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 18:37:27 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You really don't expect the average newbie (to freepascal) programmer to
read the error message Can't find unit FOO and then expect him to
*guess*
he
Tom Verhoeff wrote:
Can someone explain to me under what circumstances FPC will (attempt to)
recompile a unit for which *.ppu and *.o are already available?
I couldn't find this in the documentation.
Wrong target (OS) or incompatible compiler version, usually. Vote for:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:27:07 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
I don't agree: RTFM is *not* an excuse for insightful, to-the-point,
clear, not too elaborate error messages.
Yes, and the 'elaborateness' is controlled by the
Vote where? :)
The bug reporting system is very limited, once the bug is opened or closed
you
can't make any additional comments.
I know, but sometimes developers who know the system inside-out get
'out-of-touch' with the users who are just starting to use it. So 'voting'
is essentially
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