[fpc-devel] Free Pascal 2.4.2 minimal distros for fpGUI available

2010-11-13 Thread Paul Breneman
This web page has i386 Win32 and ARM WinCE cross-compiler zips that include everything needed (no install necessary) to test FPC 2.4.2 with the fpGUI 0.7 release (Aug 2010): http://www.turbocontrol.com/easyfpgui.htm The i386 Linux version is almost ready. Email me if you want to test a priv

Re: [fpc-devel] Re: enumerators

2010-11-13 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 13 November 2010 23:32, Sven Barth wrote: > On 13.11.2010 20:56, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: >> >> In general, what's the benefit of using enumerators? IMO a for loop >> executes faster on (linear) string and array types, where enumerator >> calls occur in for-in (see also my note on the UTF-8

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis said: > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/ > > Thx, for the tip.But IMHO the majority of the windows users are using > TortoiseSVN, so a solution which include the TortoiseSVN's SubWCRev > alternative for the svn's 'svnversion' will

Re: [fpc-devel] Re: enumerators

2010-11-13 Thread Sven Barth
On 13.11.2010 20:56, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: In general, what's the benefit of using enumerators? IMO a for loop executes faster on (linear) string and array types, where enumerator calls occur in for-in (see also my note on the UTF-8 string example). I'd say they simplify the code. They mi

[fpc-devel] Re: enumerators (was: Free Pascal 2.4.2 released!)

2010-11-13 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Marco van de Voort schrieb: we have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal Compiler, version 2.4.2 on our ftp-servers. Great :-) Some highlights are: Compiler: * Support D2006+ FOR..IN, with some FPC specific enhancements. Refer to http://wiki.freepascal.org/for-in_loop for m

Re: [fpc-devel] very misleading error msg...

2010-11-13 Thread Martin
On 13/11/2010 17:40, Sven Barth wrote: On 13.11.2010 14:59, Martin wrote: The illegal expression is ok. But why saying that "Except" was expected? Imho that is misleading, since the source can continue with anything else here I can only assume the following: Before an "except" or a "finally"

Re: [fpc-devel] very misleading error msg...

2010-11-13 Thread Sven Barth
On 13.11.2010 14:59, Martin wrote: The illegal expression is ok. But why saying that "Except" was expected? Imho that is misleading, since the source can continue with anything else here I can only assume the following: Before an "except" or a "finally" the ";" is optional (like in every(?) b

[fpc-devel] very misleading error msg...

2010-11-13 Thread Martin
(using the -Se 10 switch) Compiling C:\Users\martin\AppData\Local\Temp\syn\project1.lpr project1.lpr(9,5) Error: Illegal expression project1.lpr(9,5) Fatal: Syntax error, "EXCEPT" expected but "identifier WRITELN" found The illegal expression is ok. But why saying that "Except" was expected? I

Re: [fpc-devel] Free Pascal 2.4.2 released!

2010-11-13 Thread Marcos Douglas
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Marco van de Voort wrote: > Hello, > > we have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal > Compiler, version 2.4.2 on our ftp-servers. > > Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: > http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 > > Down

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis said: For the record: I'm only writing as I discover this functionality. I knew Lazarus did something like this, but not the details and hows. > >> the CollabNet command line tools. > > > > That require registration, I use these: > > > > https:/

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:17:49 +0100 (CET), mar...@stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) wrote: >> that i needed a svnversion executable for this to work. So i downloaded >> the CollabNet command line tools. > > That require registration, I use these: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/ Thx, f

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis said: > > http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Section-2.4 > > > > and then specially > > > > http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Subsection-2.4.2 > > Thx, but this wasn't the problem. (it is about avoid exporting all together) > The

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
Στις 13/11/2010 11:30 πμ, ο/η Marco van de Voort έγραψε: In our previous episode, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis said: But i'm in windows at i have to export the tree before the build effectively loosing all the svn's info. http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Section-2.4 and then specially h

[fpc-devel] Free Pascal 2.4.2 released!

2010-11-13 Thread Marco van de Voort
Hello, we have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal Compiler, version 2.4.2 on our ftp-servers. Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 Downloads are available at: the main FTP server at ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/p

Re: [fpc-devel] revision.inc

2010-11-13 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis said: > But i'm in windows at i > have to export the tree before the build effectively loosing all the > svn's info. http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Section-2.4 and then specially http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/#toc-Subsection-