On 15/11/2011, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote: > In this case the reason is simply backwards compatibilty (note: not Delphi > compatibilty :P ).
But that's my point. I really don't think anybody is writing TP style programs any more. So wouldn't it make sense to change the default for the vast majority or programs written with FPC today? Mode TP (-Mtp) can default to shortstring and mode Delphi or mode ObjFPC can default to longstrings? Just like I think FPC should default to mode ObjFPC (instead of mode fpc). Though I must admit, I have no idea what the difference are between those modes. -- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://fpgui.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal