On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:00:14AM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > Martin Schreiber schrieb: > > > Thanks. The problem with some of the recent "Delphi compatibility" changes > > is > > that it breaks Delphi 7 compatibility. > > +1 :-( > > IMO at least a stable D7 compatible version/branch is required, which > may be extended to the last Delphi AnsiString version (D2007?). This > branch doesn't deserve any further features or interface changes of the > newer Unicode versions.
Afaik all serious merge requests to the 2.4 branch were honoured:-) > > A side mark: I don't think using the old ansistring as combined binary and > > character buffer is such a bad thing. > > +1 > > Following the many complaints in the Embarcadero groups, much code still > relies on the use of AnsiString even for binary data. Another argument > for a *really* D7 compatible Lazarus version. Like with Delphi, the problem for FPC is the same. Who will foot the bill for such sentiments. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
