Re: [fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[Sven Barth]

On 25.01.2017 21:40, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:29:50 +0100
> Sven Barth  wrote:
> 
>> Am 10.11.2016 15:17 schrieb "gabor" :
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>> What's the status of dynamic packages? Are they usable?  
>>
>> Currently only compile time packages work (meaning you can't load
>> additional packages at runtime). Also currently only i386-win32 and the OS
>> X targets (I did only test powerpc-darwin however) would be supported if
>> packages would be enabled.
>> Additionally there still needs to be fpmake support for dynamic packages
>> added (so that the ppk is generated based on the fpmake.pp and that it
>> indeed compiles the package).
> 
> If someone wants to help with it, what skills/knowledge are required and
> what are the next steps?

For the compiler/RTL there isn't much that can be done as I'll need to
redesign the unit initialization and finalization as well as prepare the
RTL for a more dynamic approach regarding various tables.

What could be helped with however would be fpmake since that would need
to be able to generate package files and compile them along with the
units if the target supports dynamic packages (cause I don't want to
maintain a parallel .ppk file). I've already asked Joost on Core whether
he'd be inclined to do that, but I haven't received an answer, so I
don't know whether he read my mail or even already started working on it...

Regards,
Sven

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Re: [fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[gabor]

Thanks and best regards,
Michał

W dniu 2016-11-16 o 14:35, Sven Barth pisze:

I have not yet looked at the APIs in detail, but in essence that should
be the case.

Regards,
Sven


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Re: [fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[Sven Barth]

Am 16.11.2016 14:32 schrieb "gabor" :
>
> Thank you for your answer. It seems that it is too early to more
questions. Perhaps one: Dynamic packages will be supported like in Delphi
(FindClassHInstance, GetPackageInfo...etc)?

I have not yet looked at the APIs in detail, but in essence that should be
the case.

Regards,
Sven
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Re: [fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[gabor]

Thank you for your answer. It seems that it is too early to more 
questions. Perhaps one: Dynamic packages will be supported like in 
Delphi (FindClassHInstance, GetPackageInfo...etc)?


Regards, Michał.

W dniu 2016-11-10 o 17:29, Sven Barth pisze:

Am 10.11.2016 15:17 schrieb "gabor" >:


Hello.
What's the status of dynamic packages? Are they usable?


Currently only compile time packages work (meaning you can't load
additional packages at runtime). Also currently only i386-win32 and the
OS X targets (I did only test powerpc-darwin however) would be supported
if packages would be enabled.
Additionally there still needs to be fpmake support for dynamic packages
added (so that the ppk is generated based on the fpmake.pp and that it
indeed compiles the package).

Regards,
Sven



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Re: [fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[Sven Barth]

Am 10.11.2016 15:17 schrieb "gabor" :
>
> Hello.
> What's the status of dynamic packages? Are they usable?

Currently only compile time packages work (meaning you can't load
additional packages at runtime). Also currently only i386-win32 and the OS
X targets (I did only test powerpc-darwin however) would be supported if
packages would be enabled.
Additionally there still needs to be fpmake support for dynamic packages
added (so that the ppk is generated based on the fpmake.pp and that it
indeed compiles the package).

Regards,
Sven
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[fpc-devel] Status of dynamic packages

[gabor]

Hello.
What's the status of dynamic packages? Are they usable?

Regards,
Michał.
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