Am 09.01.2021 um 16:21 schrieb Bart via fpc-devel:
The *why* is not important for users. Those that are interested can ask, just
like you did.
Then let me rephrase it.
Error messages of the compiler normally point you in the right direction like:
qtest.lpr(367,3) Fatal: Syntax error, ";" expected but "identifier
TESTINCCAP" found
It's sort of obvious there is a missing semicolon.
OTOH: "Global Generic template references static symtable" only means
something to me (as an fpc user) if I know what a static symtable is
(I assume this is an internal datastructure in the compiler).
Since I have no clue, I have absolutely no idea how to fix that error.
In my case I commented out all lines in the given procedure and
uncommented them one by one to finally get at the offending line in
question.
I then made an educated guess that (sine accessing functions like
Format() is OK), it must have something to do with the declaration of
the "Min()" function.
It would have helped if the error message was a little less cryptic,
and/or if it pointed to the line that caused the error in the first
place.
I have clarified the message a bit.
Displaying the message at the correct location would be more involved...
you might want to open a bug report for that so that it's remembered
somewhere, but it's definitely going to be a low priority one.
Regards,
Sven
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