On 04 May 2010, at 16:47, Andrew Brunner wrote: > Native debugging under x64 would be the number 1 reason or > justification for doing the work.
A cross-compiler or native compiler has absolutely nothing to do with debugging (unless you debug the compiler itself). Binaries generated by a cross-compiler are bit-for-bit identical to those generated by a "native" compiler, and hence behave identically when debugging (barring bugs in the compiler, of which none are known as far as compiling for Win64 is concerned). > The third and most important would be for consistency. > Is it normal to have to cross compile to a platform you want to > develop under daily? If it has no impact whatsoever on the development process, why would it matter? > Windows version of gdb offers better stability > than that of Xwindows (gdm keeps needing to be started for threaded > apps). Then develop under Windows and use the Win64 version of gdb. Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
