[fpc-pascal] broken link

2006-09-02 Thread Krekan
; pointer to a structure, or a object. Is there any safe way to > > > > discover it's nature? > > > > > > No you can't. > > > > > > > The following code will work when the Handle is an Object or nil, > > > > but will crash the application when the Handle is a structure: > &

Re: [fpc-pascal] Slow compilation

2006-09-02 Thread Flávio Etrusco
Well, "fast" is relative... FPC is clearly slower than Delphi and Kylix compiler; I'd say it feels like Delphi is two or three time as fast as FPC. OTOH, FPC is several times faster than Mono, gcc or MS VisualC. And I'd say it's on par with Sun's javacc... -Flávio On 9/2/06, Felipe Monteiro de C

Re: [fpc-pascal] Slow compilation

2006-09-02 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 9/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nope, i'm not used it on windows. I used it with Mandrake Linux 9.2. Then I find this strange. I use Mandriva 10.2 and the compilation is *very* fast. What is the size of the software you are trying to compile? How much time does it take?

Re: [fpc-pascal] Find the nature of a pointer

2006-09-02 Thread Marco van de Voort
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco van de Voort) wrote: > > > > I have a function that will receive a Handle. That handle could be a > > > pointer to a structure, or a object. Is there any safe way to > > > discover it's nature? > > > > No you can't. > > > > > The following code will work when the Hand

Re: [fpc-pascal] Slow compilation

2006-09-02 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 12:06:41 +0800 (HKT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 9/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> Hi, does anyone know why lazarus have a slow compilation? > > > > I suppose you are talking about windows, right? > > > > Then it´s a faq: > > > > http://wiki.lazar