Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Jonas Maebe wrote: On 08/11/16 21:44, Maciej Izak wrote: One person from FPC core team suggested me to switch to C++/C# instead of discussing with them. Please quote me correctly. I did not make this suggestion. I said I am surprised that people feel the need to chang

Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 08/11/16 21:44, Maciej Izak wrote: One person from FPC core team suggested me to switch to C++/C# instead of discussing with them. Keep in mind that unless explicitly stated otherwise, everyone of us always speaks for themselves. I am [..] problematic community member for FPC core team.

Re: [fpc-devel] Can FPC at least give a hint/warning?

2016-11-08 Thread Gennady Agranov
Hi, Or what are the conditions when you want to emit the hint? I thought that hint could come from some layer that actually allocates the record - on the stack or on the heap - this layer may actually know the "effective" alignment Heap allocation should be aligned to the largest required

Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread Maciej Izak
2016-11-08 17:56 GMT+01:00 silvioprog : > NewPascal is now on my wishlist. :-) > Thanks. But sadly that was my last job for Pascal community. One person from FPC core team suggested me to switch to C++/C# instead of discussing with them. Time to start new adventure! I am banned Delphi user (tha

Re: [fpc-devel] Can FPC at least give a hint/warning?

2016-11-08 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 07.11.2016 um 03:42 schrieb Gennady Agranov: > Hi, > > I have submitted a bug - http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30872 > (misaligned data exception on > ARMv7) > > And this big was resolved as "won't fix" > > 1. I understand that one has to work really hard to encounter this bug - and

Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread silvioprog
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Maciej Izak wrote: > > 2016-11-08 17:02 GMT+01:00 silvioprog : > >> I need to test this new features soon... Can I use nextPascal on Linux? >> (I'm using latest Xubuntu version) > > > sure! try this: https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/Reiniero-fpcup/ > releases/ta

Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread Maciej Izak
2016-11-08 17:02 GMT+01:00 silvioprog : > I need to test this new features soon... Can I use nextPascal on Linux? > (I'm using latest Xubuntu version) sure! try this: https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/Reiniero-fpcup/releases/tag/0.99 Great tool made by Alf :) -- Best regards, Maciej Izak _

Re: [fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread silvioprog
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:10 AM, Maciej Izak wrote: > I became outlaw (permanent ban) on Delphi G+ for this :D . Seems my work > is serious danger for Delphi (single programmer can kill their business? I > have no idea). > > ARC objects preview for newpascal.org (will be probably used for Delphi >

Re: [fpc-devel] Can FPC at least give a hint/warning?

2016-11-08 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 08/11/16 10:26, Marco van de Voort wrote: In our previous episode, Mark Morgan Lloyd said: The Solaris and C communities appeared to take the line that a correct compiler "could not" generate unaligned accesses, although they held off clarifying whether "could" in that context means "if it do

Re: [fpc-devel] Can FPC at least give a hint/warning?

2016-11-08 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Mark Morgan Lloyd said: > The Solaris and C communities appeared to take the line that a correct > compiler "could not" generate unaligned accesses, although they held off > clarifying whether "could" in that context means "if it does it's an > error" or "it must rearran

[fpc-devel] Raw ARC objects preview

2016-11-08 Thread Maciej Izak
I became outlaw (permanent ban) on Delphi G+ for this :D . Seems my work is serious danger for Delphi (single programmer can kill their business? I have no idea). ARC objects preview for newpascal.org (will be probably used for Delphi NEXTGEN mode in NewPascal). Fully compilable and backward compa

Re: [fpc-devel] Can FPC at least give a hint/warning?

2016-11-08 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 08/11/16 06:30, Dennis wrote: Gennady Agranov wrote: Hi, I have submitted a bug - http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30872 (misaligned data exception on ARMv7) And this big was resolved as "won't fix" 1. I understand that one has to work really hard to encounter this bug - and there ar