Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: ++ and -- ( and +=, -=, ...)

2013-08-01 Thread kyan
Somehow relevant, has someone thought of turning Inc()/Dec() into functions that return the modified value -like the Interlocked ones? I think this would cover some of the cases discussed in a more pascalish notation.Also, Include()/Exclude() could similarly be turned into functions. --

Re: [fpc-pascal] How To write an enumerator for trees

2013-03-22 Thread kyan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:39 AM, S. Fisher expandaf...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 3/21/13, kyan alfasud...@gmail.com wrote: Are you the man who created Kyan Pascal? I used that many years ago. I'd never heard of it till now. I wish. I'm nowhere nearly that good

Re: [fpc-pascal] TurboPower FlashFiler for Free Pascal

2012-10-23 Thread kyan
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:34 PM, michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: If I understand Graeme correctly, he wants it compiled-in (i.e. without dll). SQLite is a separate DLL. SqLite source can be downloaded and compiled with a C compiler (e.g. CBuilder) and its .lib file linked directly in a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Header translation, argument list, array of const?

2012-06-29 Thread kyan
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Bernd prof7...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I need to call the following function: /**  * Notifies Purple that a buddy's status has been activated.  *  * This is meant to be called from protocol plugins.  *  * @param account   The account the user is on.  *

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unhandled exception from library crashes host exe

2012-06-28 Thread kyan
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jonas Maebe jonas.ma...@elis.ugent.be wrote: The safecall calling convention is only supported on a few platforms. Originally it was only supported on Windows. Nowadays it's also supported on a few extra platforms because it was required for XPCOM (someone

[fpc-pascal] Unhandled exception from library crashes host exe

2012-06-27 Thread kyan
I am sure that this has been asked before but I couldn't find an answer. I am in the process of porting a large application consisting of an exe and many dlls from Delphi7 to FPC 2.7.1/Lazarus for Windows/WinCE with hopes of being able to finally port it to Linux. I have managed to overcome all

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unhandled exception from library crashes host exe

2012-06-27 Thread kyan
Thank you all for your replies. Regular exceptions, those raised with the raise keyword are always trapped by try..except blocks but you have to make sure that EVERY method in the DLL that is called by the host exe has such a construct so as not to let the exception escape. As I already

Re: [fpc-pascal] Adding method dynamically to a class

2012-06-20 Thread kyan
I suggest that you implement this using interfaces. You place the interface declaration in a common file, use the interfaces from the main exe but implement them in separate dlls. This gives you all the flexibility you want, e.g. group your methods into bundles and place them on different

[fpc-pascal] Strings and objects crossing dll boundaries

2012-06-14 Thread kyan
Hello all, A couple of questions regarding handling of strings, dynamic arrays and objects -especially exceptions- when writing programs that use shared libraries (.dll, .so). In Delphi we have the option of either using packages to ensure that there is only one instance of the memory allocator

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unit initialization in dll initialization for arm/WinCE

2012-06-12 Thread kyan
/ms908441.aspx And from what I've found in the web a Linux implementation is possible using dladdr(). On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sven Barth pascaldra...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 11.06.2012 12:25, schrieb kyan: Does unit initialization in libraries (.dll files) work in arm/WinCE? From

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unit initialization in dll initialization for arm/WinCE

2012-06-12 Thread kyan
Thank you for your reply Sven. It might't be that Windows (or CE only) initalizes a library only if you use GetProcAddress at least once... I have not tested that, but it might be an idea. If that is the case we can not influence that. No need to, it really doesn't matter since one has to do

[fpc-pascal] Unit initialization in dll initialization for arm/WinCE

2012-06-11 Thread kyan
Hello all, Does unit initialization in libraries (.dll files) work in arm/WinCE? Somehow it seems that even code placed in the library initialization begin end block isn't executed either. I found some bug reports (e.g. 0019404) suggesting that this didn't work for arm/Linux but it has been added

Re: [fpc-pascal] Default value for an open array

2012-06-01 Thread kyan
However, given a declaration of that form, is it possible to define a default parameter of [] so that OutputWriteF('Test, no params\n') is valid? Not for open arrays, but you can write an overloaded version without the open array argument that calls the version with the open array parameter

Re: [fpc-pascal] Streaming of Generics

2012-05-29 Thread kyan
Ideally, I'd only like to write the streaming mechanism for each set of types (normal, anisstring, dynamic array, objects, interfaced objects) once, and use it for every set of items. However, there's no reasonable way to detect the type and do an execution for it. Ideally You can use the

[fpc-pascal] Internal Error 2010021405 when compiling in Linux

2012-05-02 Thread kyan
Hello all, I am trying to compile a program that contains the following code consturct: type THashEntryT = record Key: string; Value: T; class function Create(const AKey: string; const AValue: T): THashEntryT; static; inline; end; in Lazarus with FPC version 2.7.1 built from the

Re: [fpc-pascal] Internal Error 2010021405 when compiling in Linux

2012-05-02 Thread kyan
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Sven Barth pascaldra...@googlemail.com wrote: Your code triggers a different bug in the compiler than the mentioned report though the presented error is the same. Please open a new bug report with a example that should compile. Done, #0021921.

[fpc-pascal] Reason of procedure overload RTLeventWaitFor(state, timeout) return.

2012-05-02 Thread kyan
Hello all, I am trying to port a small library previously written for Delphi and Kylix to FPC. This library contains an event object that has similar functionality to a windows kernel event. This object is supposed to have a method that lets you wait for the event object with a timeout and return

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Class const of array of record.

2012-02-24 Thread kyan
Is there any how to do it? You can use advanced record syntax and do something like this: type TRec = record Numero: Integer; Nome: String; class function Create(ANumero: Integer; const ANome: string): TRec; static; inline; end; ... class function TRec.Create(ANumero: Integer;

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Class const of array of record.

2012-02-24 Thread kyan
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Everton Vieira tonvie...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't work this code doesn't compile: Sorry, I forgot to mention that advanced record syntax works in Delphi mode only. To compile it you must change {$mode objfpc} to {$mode Delphi}. See also:

[fpc-pascal] Generic type parameter variable initialization

2012-01-05 Thread kyan
Hello everybody. I am new to FPC/Lazarus and I am trying to port some Delphi XE code that uses the units Generics.Defaults and Generics.Collections so I have to write these units for FPC because they do not exist and the code I am porting relies heavily on them. In this process I have come across

Re: [fpc-pascal] Generic type parameter variable initialization

2012-01-05 Thread kyan
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Florian Klämpfl flor...@freepascal.org wrote: Am 05.01.2012 14:19, schrieb Sven Barth: Has the workaround really the same effect? I really wonder why there is a need for default then ... Yes, works for Variants as well. Look at the implementation of

Re: [fpc-pascal] Generic type parameter variable initialization

2012-01-05 Thread kyan
Saying a FPC compiler developer to look at the Delphi implementation is problematic, because than we could get accused of copying code (which is why I use the Delphi XE starter version which does not contain the source code of the RTL and VCL). I am sorry, I wasn't aware of that. But by means