On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:23:36 +0100
Giuliano Colla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gärtner ha scritto:
> > Zitat von Peter Vreman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >>> Yesterday I posted a request for a way to improve ifdef handling,
> >>> but the discussion was led astray by my example, and turned into
> >>> widgesets, which was not the real issue.
> >>>
> >>> So I repeat my request:
> >>>
> >>> Sometimes ifdefs are unavoidable, as when they're used to turn on
> >>> and off customer options.
> >>>
> >>> But IDE and fpc are unaware of conditional dependencies, so
> >>> changing a conditional doesn't force a recompile of some units as
> >>> it would be
> >> required.
> >>> Of course a Build All is the solution, but if one forgets, one
> >>> may end up with a program which compiles properly, but has a
> >>> number of inconsistencies sometimes hard to detect.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to overcome this problem?
> >>> Am I the only one to see it as a problem?
> >>>
> >>> I would gladly contribute an upgrade to implement this feature,
> >>> but advice from experts on where to start from, what to look at,
> >>> if hooks are already available in .lpi or in .ppu or .o files,
> >>> etc. would be highly appreciated.
> >> It has been tried in the past. And it created very confusion
> >> situations so it was disabled. There
> >> are no plans to re-add this feature because it will cause more
> >> questions and problem reports than
> >> it solves.
> >>
> >> And also how often is a define changed. In those couple of cases
> >> you can simply press the Build
> >> All or use the command line option -B.
> >
> > Ok, then plan a. The IDE should add the -B automatically.
> >
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Where should I start looking? Or it's the sort of things which is
> more readily done than explained?
Yes. Implemented for packages and project.
Mattias
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