[Lazarus] Can't compile trunk with fpc 2.4.5 under ubuntu

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Martin Schreiber schrieb:

> Thanks. The problem with some of the recent "Delphi compatibility" changes is 
> that it breaks Delphi 7 compatibility.

+1 :-(

IMO at least a stable D7 compatible version/branch is required, which 
may be extended to the last Delphi AnsiString version (D2007?). This 
branch doesn't deserve any further features or interface changes of the 
newer Unicode versions.


> A side mark: I don't think using the old ansistring as combined binary and 
> character buffer is such a bad thing.

+1

Following the many complaints in the Embarcadero groups, much code still 
relies on the use of AnsiString even for binary data. Another argument 
for a *really* D7 compatible Lazarus version.

DoDi