[fpc-devel] $MODE DELPHI quirks

2011-11-29 Thread Thaddy
I ran into my own problem when writing a program in freepascal that also should compile in Delphi (don't ask) Logically you would expect $mode delphi to enforce delphi compatibility at the sourcecode level. But this is not the case if f.e. C style operators are used or specified, or macro's. I

Re: [fpc-devel] $MODE DELPHI quirks

2011-11-29 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 29 Nov 2011, at 15:39, Thaddy wrote: I ran into my own problem when writing a program in freepascal that also should compile in Delphi (don't ask) Logically you would expect $mode delphi to enforce delphi compatibility at the sourcecode level. But this is not the case if f.e. C style oper

Re: [fpc-devel] $MODE DELPHI quirks

2011-12-01 Thread Skybuck Flying
This is what I would worry about as well, if I used free pascal or lazarus. Having a strict delphi mode, would bring free pascal one step closer, to using it instead of Delphi. There are other issues which would then remain though like: Lazarus Forms Lazarus Packages ? And perhaps slightly l