[Lazarus] lazarus 1.6+fpc 2.6.4, win32, crashes in iphtml.pas

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:27:46 +0200
Luca Olivetti via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

>[...]
> > FWIW, "transplanting" the version of turbopower_ipro from lazarus 1.4.4
> > to 1.6 (and defining html_print in its lpk otherwise it doesn't compile)
> > "solves" this problem.  
> 
> I now found that the problem is with the directive
> 
> {$MODESWITCH NESTEDPROCVARS}.
> 
> If I compile the old turbopower_ipro with this directive (even if it 
> doesn't need it) it doesn't work (the information box doesn't show 
> anything, though I didn't manage to crash lazarus yet), while if I 
> rewrite the new iphtml.pas in order to remove the directive it works OK.

Does that mean you will provide a patch to fix this?

> A bug in fpc 2.6.4?

Maybe. Although it exists since 2.6.0.

Mattias