[Lazarus] Can't compile trunk with fpc 2.4.5 under ubuntu
Marco van de Voort
marcov at stack.nl
Tue Feb 28 00:09:02 CET 2012
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:00:14AM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> 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.
Afaik all serious merge requests to the 2.4 branch were honoured:-)
> > 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.
Like with Delphi, the problem for FPC is the same. Who will foot the bill
for such sentiments.
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