[Lazarus] Delphi converter improvements

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Fri Feb 26 17:16:46 CET 2010


On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 05:16:51PM +0200, Juha Manninen wrote:
> I have understood LCLIntf", "LCLType" and "LMessages" are compatibitily units 
> and most Delphi code compiles after adding them to uses section. Is it not so?
> 
> The converter UI could of course  have 3 choices for conversion target:
> 
> 1. Lazarus/LCL
> 2. Lazarus/LCL for Windows only
> 3. Both Lazarus/LCL and Delphi
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Personally I don't understand why someone would make a Windows-only program 
> using a multi-platform system like FPC / Lazarus.
> ...but that's just my thought...

Well, even if we don't delve into that pit, when converting a program you
typically first port it to windows, make it working, and only then start
preparing for cross-platform.




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