[Lazarus] Conditional compilation depending on Lazarus version?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:
> On 24.03.2012 19:35, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:

>> As a variation of the latter, am I correct in saying that ifdef can't be
>> used to check whether a function or procedure is implemented in some
>> imported unit?
>>
> 
> $ifdef does only work with defines (those done with -dXXX or {$define 
> ...}), but not with identifiers/symbols (lcl_fullversion is a symbol). 
> If you want to check for the existance of a symbol you need to use this:
> 
> {$if declared(lcl_fullversion) }
> // code that should work with any version that defines lcl_fullversion
> {$endif}
> // Note: if you need Delphi compatibility you need to use {$ifend} 
> instead of {$endif} here

Ah /ha/! So in other words I can use something like

{$if declared(SerGetRI) }
   WriteLn('Has SerGetRI');
{$endif }

{$if declared(SerGetCD) }
   WriteLn('Has SerGetCD');
{$endif }

to check whether the updated serial.pp that I attached to bug 18946 is 
actually available, rather than having to scratch around looking for it 
when I don't actually need to monitor CD.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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