On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Marco van de Voort <mar...@stack.nl> wrote: > Hello, > > we have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal > Compiler, version 2.4.2 on our ftp-servers. > > Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: > http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 > > Downloads are available at: > > the main FTP server at > > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ > > and mirrors like > > ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ > ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ > > and sourceforge. > > Enjoy! > > The Free Pascal Compiler Team > > > Free Pascal Compiler > > Version 2.4.2 > > ****************************************************************************** > What's New in 2.4.2 > ****************************************************************************** > > Free Pascal 2.4.2 contains many fixes and a few new features. Most bugfixes > in the RTL and packages before june 2010 have been merged. > > Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 for a list > of changes which may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and > how to cope with these changes. > > Some highlights are: > > Compiler: > * Support D2006+ FOR..IN, with some FPC specific enhancements. Refer to > http://wiki.freepascal.org/for-in_loop for more information > * Support for sealed and abstract classes. > > Packages: > * Many improvements to the XML units > * Many improvements to the database units > * Many improvemnets to the chm units > > Platforms: > * Long term bug in OS/2 implementation of unit Video finally fixed which > among others allows inclusion of the text-mode IDE (without debugger) > for this platform as part of the distribution again. > > See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported > bugs which have been fixed in this release.
Congratulations! It was a hard work. Marcos Douglas _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
