Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: ISO Standard Pascal I/O
On Fri, 28 May 2010, Roger Bailey wrote: Me: ... nextcharacter := input^ ... Does FPC not support this standard Pascal feature? Jonas: No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant. I can live with that, but it would save newcomers a lot of trouble if the documentation were a bit more upfront about what FPC is not. Just saying it implements some, or most of the features of dialect X is a recipe for frustration. Point well taken. Will try to do for the next release. Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] Re: ISO Standard Pascal I/O
Me: ... nextcharacter := input^ ... Does FPC not support this standard Pascal feature? Jonas: No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant. I can live with that, but it would save newcomers a lot of trouble if the documentation were a bit more upfront about what FPC is not. Just saying it implements some, or most of the features of dialect X is a recipe for frustration. PS: please use a descriptive mail subject in the future. Sorry, netiquette got obscured by red mist :-) ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
