On 7/31/07, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Charl van Jaarsveldt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Python has great support for arrays and dictionaries as part of the > > language. To me that is a great feature. I agree that the rest of it is just > > libraries that can just be included in your application. > > You have the same in free pascal: default array properties.
Hello, In my opinion it is pretty easy to get under the impression that FPC has no lists or dictionaries. They are placed inside a unit with the cryptic name "contrns" . The docs are lacking a proper navigation/indexing system. Please see this issue : http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=9177 The problem is that for finding something you kind-of need to already know the name of the unit that contains that functionality. Also, someone who comes on the freepascal website for the first time can very easily get the impression that FPC lacks any kind of database access. Just try it for yourself: - imagine that that you know nothing about fpc - go to www.freepascal.org - go to "Documentation" - open any of the "reference" docs. You'll find nothing about sqldb, mysql, firebird or postgres... FPC surely has a lot of documentation, but it's scattered and sometimes you need to be very determined to find the piece of information that you need. Cheers, Adrian Maier _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
