[Lazarus] PScanner tkComment token type

Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Fri Nov 21 00:58:55 CET 2014


On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:24:11 +0100
Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:

>[...]
> > Note: In FPC default $mode FPC and Lazarus default $mode ObjFPC nested
> > comments are allowed. It is not allowed in $mode Delphi.
> >
> 
> Ah, the fourth way I wrote about :-) Yes, I could try this. but I am a bit
> anxious at the idea of switching mode now. Couldn't there be code which
> would still compile but with different results, thus creating unexpected
> bugs?

I guess yes. Although it is unlikely, because mode ObjFPC is
usually more strict than mode Delphi.


> Oh well, I could try. I have enough test cases to be reasonably sure.
> 
> So I am less anxious to change something in the scanner, but wouldn't
> something like what I suggested still be an improvement?

I'm not familiar with the fpprofiler code, so I can't help you here.

Mattias
 




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