On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 25.12.2013 19:19 schrieb "Marcos Douglas" <m...@delfire.net>: >> > Since that means typically two per target, it was suggested to combine >> > this >> > using dotted unit functionality. >> >> I did not understand this... dotted unit functionality? > > Delphi XE 2 with the introduction of FireMonkey switched from normal unit > names for the RTL to dotted ones (aka unit namespaces). E.g. SysUtils and > Classes became System.SysUtils and System.Classes respectively, the Windows > units moved into a Windows "namespace" (AFAIK) and Forms became VCL.Forms. > Now the XE2 IDE and command line compiler also provide the possibility to > specify multiple default namespaces (e.g. a VCL application would have > System and VCL) to ensure backwards compatibility.
Simple explanation, I understood, thank you. So the new Delphi "namespace" is virtual (eg: there is no VCL.Forms.pas file only a Forms.pas) or they have two options, two files? If is "virtual" and could be changed in command line compiler, looks like an ideia that I had (posted on fpc-list) about "namespaces" to use two units with the same name in the same project. ;-) > Now the idea is to have dotted units in FPC where String=UnicodeString and > the legacy non-dotted ones where String=AnsiString. That only leaves out > Delphi 2009 and XE compatibility (which uses non-dotted UnicodeString > units), but that's a small price IMHO. Also there are a few further problems > that need to be tackled with that approach. I see. Well, it seems that the way has already been decided and is in development. Thanks again for the update, in a few words, about the implementations on the trunk. Regards, Marcos Douglas -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
