[fpc-pascal] Writing to a drive which may be spun down

2019-11-20 Thread Brian
Hi all, Running Ubuntu 18 LTS, I have a console-mode number-cruncher which writes occasional output files. It works just fine if the output is directed to a drive which is permanently spun up, but can fail if the output is directed to a USB drive (by which I mean a USB-connected 8TB external

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

2019-11-20 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
Am 20.11.2019 um 23:52 schrieb Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal: On Nov 20, 2019, at 1:56 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: It returns the address of the caller's frame pointer. See also https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/get_caller_frame.html It's mainly used in context of

Re: [fpc-pascal] Add API to official documentation search

2019-11-20 Thread Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal
> On Nov 20, 2019, at 5:25 AM, Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal > wrote: > > You said, "but its got bugs and I haven't been able to contact the developer > to fix them" > > What are the bugs you want fixed? There you are. ;) There are stray tags which are messing things up. For example:

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

2019-11-20 Thread Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal
> On Nov 20, 2019, at 1:56 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > wrote: > > It returns the address of the caller's frame pointer. See also > https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/get_caller_frame.html > > It's mainly used in context of raising exceptions with the help of a second >

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

2019-11-20 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 20.11.19 um 07:56 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal > schrieb am Mi., 20. Nov. 2019, 04:36: I came across get_caller_frame  in some unrelated code and I was just curious about this so I wanted to ask. What does

Re: [fpc-pascal] Add API to official documentation search

2019-11-20 Thread Anthony Walter via fpc-pascal
You said, "but its got bugs and I haven't been able to contact the developer to fix them" What are the bugs you want fixed? ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal