On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 01:27:20 +0100 "Roberto P." <padovan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My 2 cents: > > 1) a program routine is just a program routine, like pencils or a > paintbrush; neither of them is symbol. > If you are not comfortable with that symbol (any symbol that can be > offensive to anyone), you just have not to paint it and not to call the > routine. > Think about the difference! > (Example to help: I know at least a way to commit a homicide, but I don't > call that routine of mine, therefore I am not guitly of homicide) The unit provides example functions for some common symbols, especially drawing flags (e.g. PaintBarbadosTrident, PaintCanadianMaple). It does not support a big amount of flags and symbols. It only supports a few selected flags and one of them was the flag of the Nazis. In that sense it was political and not the intention of Lazarus. > 2) please, revert the change, just to remember to anyone what the project > is, what the free software is. You can still draw the symbol with a few lines of code. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
