Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Vreman
> >> It is also not possible to use new features in the compiler. The >> compiler needs to be able to be compiled with 1.0.x for bootstrapping. > > This may be a dumb question but, can you explain what you mean by this, > and why this is not possible? > When building a new compiler you always star

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Angelo Bertolli
It is also not possible to use new features in the compiler. The compiler needs to be able to be compiled with 1.0.x for bootstrapping. This may be a dumb question but, can you explain what you mean by this, and why this is not possible? ___ fpc-devel

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Vreman
At 20:41 3-5-2004, you wrote: Is there a Unit Test for Dynamic Arrays? If not, perhaps the original poster could help to contribute one. I use Dynamic Arrays heavily in Delphi and I'm just getting into FPC and Lazarus, and I'm very interesting in having a unit test for FPC Dynamic arrays to acc

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Vreman
I guess the problem with dynarrays and openarrays (also as with overloaded functions wich are also very buggy for a long time) is the fact that FPC core team are old stylish programmers, and do not use these modern features themselves. Thus these features are "for users" and are not so solid. Inst

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Warren Postma
Is there a Unit Test for Dynamic Arrays? If not, perhaps the original poster could help to contribute one. I use Dynamic Arrays heavily in Delphi and I'm just getting into FPC and Lazarus, and I'm very interesting in having a unit test for FPC Dynamic arrays to accomplish the following:

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
> I guess the problem with dynarrays and openarrays (also as with overloaded > functions wich are also very buggy for a long time) is the fact that FPC > core team are old stylish programmers, and do not use these modern features > themselves. Thus these features are "for users" and are not so so

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Marco van de Voort
> if you really want to do that and fix the problem, I also will be very > happy, so maybe that will be an extra motivation for you :) > > For two years I have been trying FPC on my projects, that use dynarrays > heavily. There were always problems, first year I was patiently reporting > each new

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Yakov Sudeikin
Giulio and All, if you really want to do that and fix the problem, I also will be very happy, so maybe that will be an extra motivation for you :) For two years I have been trying FPC on my projects, that use dynarrays heavily. There were always problems, first year I was patiently reporting each

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Joost van der Sluis
> So, how can I compile a "debug version" of rtl so that I can use it when > debugging the program? 'make OPT=-gl' will do the trick. Joost van der Sluis. ___ fpc-devel maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-de

Re: [fpc-devel]Recompile the RTL to trace bugs

2004-05-03 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 3 mei 2004, at 11:25, Giulio Bernardi wrote: So, how can I compile a "debug version" of rtl so that I can use it when debugging the program? Download the source of the rtl from http://www.freepascal.org/develop.html#sources Go in the rtl directory and type make OPT=-g Next, when compiling yo