Re: [fpc-devel] Error: Global Generic template references static symtable
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 11:59 AM Sven Barth via fpc-devel wrote: > Displaying the message at the correct location would be more involved... > you might want to open a bug report for that so that it's remembered > somewhere, but it's definitely going to be a low priority one. https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=38342 -- Bart ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
Re: [fpc-devel] Proposal for implementing named address space support
On 2021-01-09 16:01, Christo Crause via fpc-devel wrote: On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:52 PM Jonas Maebe via fpc-devel wrote: Could your idea not be simplified by allowing the use of the section directive when defining a pointer? type Peeprom = pointer; section '.eeprom'; This way when a parameter is defined as e.g. type Peeprom the compiler knows what access code should be generated for the specified section. It would also help with compile time error checking where assigning a regular pointer to a section pointer should not be allowed (unless the user applies a type cast). Something like that is definitely possible (and is similar to how LLVM handles cases like this: every pointer by default is in address space 0, but you can define as many additional address spaces as you want and associate pointers with them). However, it does not solve the issue with call-by-reference parameters. You can of course only allow those for the default address space, and require explicit pointers for other address spaces. Jonas ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
Re: [fpc-devel] Error: Global Generic template references static symtable
Am 09.01.2021 um 16:21 schrieb Bart via fpc-devel: The *why* is not important for users. Those that are interested can ask, just like you did. Then let me rephrase it. Error messages of the compiler normally point you in the right direction like: qtest.lpr(367,3) Fatal: Syntax error, ";" expected but "identifier TESTINCCAP" found It's sort of obvious there is a missing semicolon. OTOH: "Global Generic template references static symtable" only means something to me (as an fpc user) if I know what a static symtable is (I assume this is an internal datastructure in the compiler). Since I have no clue, I have absolutely no idea how to fix that error. In my case I commented out all lines in the given procedure and uncommented them one by one to finally get at the offending line in question. I then made an educated guess that (sine accessing functions like Format() is OK), it must have something to do with the declaration of the "Min()" function. It would have helped if the error message was a little less cryptic, and/or if it pointed to the line that caused the error in the first place. I have clarified the message a bit. Displaying the message at the correct location would be more involved... you might want to open a bug report for that so that it's remembered somewhere, but it's definitely going to be a low priority one. Regards, Sven ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
