On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, BiPolar wrote:
> > > The code below gives: "foo.pas(13,33) Error: Duplicate identifier > > > NAME" > > > when compiled with -S2. It compiles ok with -Sd though. > > > [...] > > > Is this a bug, or I missed something in the docs? > > > > It is a decision that we made for fpc mode to force you to write code > > that > > is less buggy. Because using name in the method it is not clear from > > the > > source which name you want to use unless you know that the compiler > > prefers locals over object fields. > > [...] > > Reporting issues that work in delphi mode and not in objfpc mode will > > almost always be rejected. We made the decision for those. And when > > you > > don't like objfpc mode then just continue to use delphi mode, we > > don't > > force you to use objfpc mode. > > Perfectly clear, now that you explained that difference. The thing is, > as the "Compiler Modes" section of FPC docs doesn't mention these facts > /differences, it may lead to users of FPC to think that there may be a > bug (as I did). Added to the todo list. Michael. > > Thanks for replying, and many thanks for your work on FPC. > > Oscar Lesta. > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-devel maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel > _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
