[Lazarus] Some syntax changes

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:24:15 +0200
Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Perhaps nobody noticed that in the past days the Pascal syntax has 
> changed a bit. This leads to wrong behaviour of the code tools :-(
> 
> Now unit properties can follow an "var" block, while this was flagged 
> with an error: expected ":" after "property".

Can you give an example or better: the definition?

 
> The usage of an function name instead of the Result variable has been 
> restricted. For some reason Lazarus now rejects "Result" in code 
> completion, even if it is accepted by the compiler.

Can you give an example or better: the definition?

 
> It also seems that Lazarus has problems with $IF, even simple 
> expressions are not evaluated properly, so that the wrong branch is 
> handled as enabled/disabled.

Can you give an example?

 
> I had no look at the concrete changes, but if somebody needs assistance 
> in updating the tools, I'm willing to figure out what should be updated.
> 
> 
> BTW, what about a compiler package, installable into the IDE? I'm just 
> redesigning the compiler (OO_rewrite branch), but the future of this 
> branch is yet unknown.

Remarks:
-You don't need the OO rewrite for this. But the OO rewrite could help
to install cross compilers for other processors and to allow to reset
the compiler.
-it requires changes to the options, the gui, the cache.
-I plan to rewrite the part that executes external tools after the
next release. Registering another compiler is planned.
Conclusion: let's wait with this after the oo rewrite.


Mattias