[fpc-devel] Are global variables guaranteed to be zero?

2012-11-27 Thread Alexander Klenin
Will global variables and static global arrays be always initialized to zero? It seems that they in fact are, and there is quite a lot of code relying on it. On the other hand, the documentation denies that. What is the official position? -- Alexander S. Klenin

Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread luiz americo pereira camara
2012/11/27 Michael Van Canneyt : > > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, luiz americo pereira camara wrote: > >> >> Hi, i requested a change to observer interface with some >> considerations in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=23394 > > > It will not happen. > > If you want to pass around interfaces safel

Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
- Original Message - > From: Graeme Geldenhuys > To: fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal > 2.6.2 rc1] > > On 2012-11-27 17:17, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: >> >> Hi, doe

Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2012-11-27 17:17, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > > Hi, does anyone know of a link to the wiki with info about the newly > implemented Observer pattern?. > No wiki page, but I did submit in the mailing list and Mantis a observer demo with code comments to show how it works and how to use it. h

Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
- Original Message - > From: Michael Van Canneyt > To: FPC developers' list > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:19 PM > Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal > 2.6.2 rc1] > > > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, luiz americo pereira camara wrote: > >>

Re: [fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, luiz americo pereira camara wrote: 2012/11/13 Marco van de Voort : Hello, We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.2 on our ftp-servers. [..] * Support for observer pattern added to fcl-base (and base classes in RTL) Hi

[fpc-devel] Considerations about observer [was: Free Pascal 2.6.2 rc1]

2012-11-27 Thread luiz americo pereira camara
2012/11/13 Marco van de Voort : > > Hello, > > We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler > version 2.6.2 on our ftp-servers. [..] > * Support for observer pattern added to fcl-base (and base classes in RTL) Hi, i requested a change to observer interface with some

Re: [fpc-devel] Mantis not accepting reportd from old browsers

2012-11-27 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Ludo Brands wrote: On 27/11/2012 10:23, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Has the Mantis version or setup changed over the last few days? The page to report a new bug is displaying blank on older browsers, although display/editing pages are OK. When you are viewing "All Projects" and click on Report I

Re: [fpc-devel] Mantis not accepting reportd from old browsers

2012-11-27 Thread Ludo Brands
On 27/11/2012 10:23, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Has the Mantis version or setup changed over the last few days? The page to report a new bug is displaying blank on older browsers, although display/editing pages are OK. When you are viewing "All Projects" and click on Report Issue you get a page

[fpc-devel] Mantis not accepting reportd from old browsers

2012-11-27 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Has the Mantis version or setup changed over the last few days? The page to report a new bug is displaying blank on older browsers, although display/editing pages are OK. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or col