[fpc-devel] $IF issues

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Mon, 14 Aug 2006, schreef Vincent Snijders:

> You miss the point: Delphi compatibility mode is for people who develop f=
or
> FPC, but want to compile occasionally in Delphi.

It can be used that way, but its main purpose is to support Delphi =

constructions that we consider broken and therefore do not want in objpas =

mode. To write new code that is compilable by both FPC and Delphi, Objpas =

mode should suit as well as Delphi mode.

> In the current situation they
> are not aware of this weakness of Delphi (no support of $ENDIF for $IF), =
until
> they compile in Delphi. But maybe Graeme should make a Delphi feature req=
uest
> too (and see which is honoured first) :-)

In all modes a significant portion of FPC functionality is still enabled; =

the modes not designed with this goal in mind. It will always be possible =

to write code in FPC that Delphi doesn't accept; for example there exists =

no sane way you can prevent people from using FPC specific features in the =

RTL.

Dani=EBl