Re: [fpc-pascal] widestring related? problem on arm (2.3.1)

2008-11-03 Thread Terry Kemp
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 19:14 +0100, Jonas Maebe wrote: > On 03 Nov 2008, at 01:06, Terry Kemp wrote: > > > I'm getting a runtime error 231 when starting program on arm. > > Stems from ANSI2WIDEMOVE in cwstring.pp returning ESysEBADF (9). > > > > Do I need to define something on arm for widestrings?

Re: [fpc-pascal] a few installation issues (trunc on freebsd)

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Friebe
Thanks for the help below. Here is the x86 related error. I did (working directory: /data/fpc_trunc/svn ) svn up svn info Path: . URL: http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk Repository Root: http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc Repository UUID: 3ad0048d-3df7-0310-abae-a5850022a9f2 Revision: 12025

Re: [fpc-pascal] widestring related? problem on arm (2.3.1)

2008-11-03 Thread Terry Kemp
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 19:14 +0100, Jonas Maebe wrote: > On 03 Nov 2008, at 01:06, Terry Kemp wrote: > > > I'm getting a runtime error 231 when starting program on arm. > > Stems from ANSI2WIDEMOVE in cwstring.pp returning ESysEBADF (9). > > > > Do I need to define something on arm for widestrings?

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help with understanding HeapTrc output

2008-11-03 Thread JoshyFun
Hello Graeme, Monday, November 3, 2008, 3:10:49 PM, you wrote: GG> 1) Every "Call trace for block" is a memory leak, correct? Yes, but take care, two strings in a non freed object (in example) will produce three memory blocks. 1 for the object and one for each string. GG> 2) Each "Call trace

Re: [fpc-pascal] a few installation issues (trunc on freebsd)

2008-11-03 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 03 Nov 2008, at 16:03, Martin Friebe wrote: I have a few question, regarding my attempts to install fpc from trunc Small aside: it's trunk (as in "trunk of a tree", compared to "branches"), not trunc (as in "truncate"). * First problem: I found if I simply go to the parent (svn) direc

Re: [fpc-pascal] Help with understanding HeapTrc output

2008-11-03 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 03 Nov 2008, at 15:10, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: 1) Every "Call trace for block" is a memory leak, correct? Yes. 2) Each "Call trace for block" is where the memory was allocated (start being used)? Allocated. 3) I should trace the information from the bottom line to the top line..

Re: [fpc-pascal] widestring related? problem on arm (2.3.1)

2008-11-03 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 03 Nov 2008, at 01:06, Terry Kemp wrote: I'm getting a runtime error 231 when starting program on arm. Stems from ANSI2WIDEMOVE in cwstring.pp returning ESysEBADF (9). Do I need to define something on arm for widestrings? Run time error 231 in the unix wide string manager means that iconv

Re: [fpc-pascal] Advantages page in website

2008-11-03 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/FPC_Advantages While copying it I removed most of the aggressive tone. I think we can't mistake passion and excitement with aggressivity. A completely neutral tone may be utherly boring to read. A more excited tone is much more interresting, but I do agree it wa

Re: [fpc-pascal] PowerPC: zipper streaming error

2008-11-03 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 03 Nov 2008, at 15:43, EarMaster - Bent Olsen wrote: Is anyone working on the unit zipper? I came across a problem when using the zip objects on PowerPC - they don't like files zipped on i386, and i386 don't like files zipped with PowerPC, but the PowerPC can zip its own files and read

Re: [fpc-pascal] Advantages page in website

2008-11-03 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
I for one think that the page is very important to clarify strong points of Free Pascal for eventual users. I will be moving the old contents to the wiki, where they can be worked and improved. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho ___ fpc-pascal maillist -

[fpc-pascal] a few installation issues (trunc on freebsd)

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Friebe
I have a few question, regarding my attempts to install fpc from trunc (I read the build faq, yet I have not succeeded...) On a freebsd (7.0) box, I have downloaded and installed the pre-compiled fpc 2.2.2 ( to use as my initial compiler.) I have created my workind dir /data/fpc_trunc/svn and do

[fpc-pascal] PowerPC: zipper streaming error

2008-11-03 Thread EarMaster - Bent Olsen
Hi all, Is anyone working on the unit zipper? I came across a problem when using the zip objects on PowerPC - they don't like files zipped on i386, and i386 don't like files zipped with PowerPC, but the PowerPC can zip its own files and read those again. I guess the zipper unit is lacking a chec

[fpc-pascal] Help with understanding HeapTrc output

2008-11-03 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Sorry, but I know the output below is going to wrap horribly. I'm self-taught when it comes to understanding the heaptrc output. I also couldn't find clear documentation explaining the output. >From the information below, I gathered the following information. But a few points I'm not sure about.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Interfaces inheritance and "Supports" routine

2008-11-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Vladimir Zhirov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So the questions are: > > 1) Is this an expected behavior? > > 2) Are there any detailed documentation to read on this subject? I have > > not found anything, "Supports"