On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 3:33 PM Jonas Maebe wrote:
> As mentioned by others, that's not really something any of the current
> FPC developers are interested in working on. Martin Schreiber, however,
> was working on a project like that before he passed away
>
I don't want to speak ill of the dead
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 4:07 AM James via fpc-devel <
fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> I'm interested in starting (or joining) a discussion on the next (*non*
> backwards compatible) version of FPC. Instead of being classically object
> oriented, there is merit in examining a model with ad
On 17/02/19 10:37 AM, Ralf Quint wrote:
On 2/14/2019 9:28 PM, James via fpc-devel wrote:
I'm interested in starting (or joining) a discussion on the next
(*non* backwards compatible) version of FPC. Instead of being
classically object oriented, there is merit in examining a model with
ad-hoc p
Am Sa., 16. Feb. 2019, 23:44 hat Benito van der Zander
geschrieben:
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> but we try as much as possible to break old code.
>
>
> I have noticed that. All my code has been broken by the codepage aware
> strings and TEncoding
>
Introduction of the codepage aware AnsiString was one of the disrupti
On 2/16/2019 12:43 AM, Florian Klämpfl wrote:
but we try as much as possible to break old code.
Really? =-O
Ralf ;-)
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Hi,
there is NewPascal with improved memory safety/smart pointers:
http://newpascal.org/
but we try as much as possible to break old code.
I have noticed that. All my code has been broken by the codepage aware
strings and TEncoding
and FPC's goal to remain Delphi-compatible.
So are
On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:37:44 -0800
Ralf Quint wrote:
>[...]
> Adding newfangled gadgets and gizmos might be all fine and dandy, but
> don't force it down the throat of everyone as a must. I am not going
> to throw away 40 years of libraries and snippets away and start from
> scratch, just so so
On 2/14/2019 9:28 PM, James via fpc-devel wrote:
I'm interested in starting (or joining) a discussion on the next
(*non* backwards compatible) version of FPC. Instead of being
classically object oriented, there is merit in examining a model with
ad-hoc polymorphism like Rust.
I am, like appar
Am Sa., 16. Feb. 2019, 09:58 hat Michael Van Canneyt
geschrieben:
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> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
>
> > Hm, fair enough. Seems a bit strange to not like a new feature, although
> > Delphi did start getting a bit bloated in places. Ah well!
> > Compatibility is never a bad th
On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
Hm, fair enough. Seems a bit strange to not like a new feature, although
Delphi did start getting a bit bloated in places. Ah well!
Compatibility is never a bad thing though!
Hm. 'a bit bloated' is the understatement of the year.
I still prog
Am 16.02.19 um 09:50 schrieb Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 09:43:32 +0100
Florian Klämpfl wrote:
[...]but we try as much as possible to break old code.
Then you are not doing a good job. ;)
Oh :)
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 09:43:32 +0100
Florian Klämpfl wrote:
>[...]but we try as much as possible to break old code.
Then you are not doing a good job. ;)
Mattias
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Am 16.02.19 um 08:29 schrieb J. Gareth Moreton:
Hm, fair enough. Seems a bit strange to not like a new feature,
although Delphi did start getting a bit bloated in places. Ah well!
Compatibility is never a bad thing though!
"Do not break people's code" is one of FPC design goals. So anything
Hm, fair enough. Seems a bit strange to not like a new feature, although
Delphi did start getting a bit bloated in places. Ah well!
Compatibility is never a bad thing though!
Gareth aka. Kit
On Sat 16/02/19 08:27 , Jonas Maebe jo...@freepascal.org sent:
On 16/02/19 01:37, J. Gareth Moreton
On 16/02/19 01:37, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
One thing that does spring to mind though.,, what features of Delphi and
FPC made the language unsuitable for Martin Schreiber, and is it
anything we developers can possibly address in some way?
He did not like new language features and RTL changes a
Op 2/16/2019 om 1:37 AM schreef J. Gareth Moreton:
That's an interesting project there.
One thing that does spring to mind though.,, what features of Delphi
and FPC made the language unsuitable for Martin Schreiber, and is it
anything we developers can possibly address in some way?
Martin w
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