[fpc-devel] Widestrings in win32

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Sat, 16 Jun 2007, schreef Micha Nelissen:

> Dani=EBl Mantione wrote:
> > {$ifndef FPC}
> > type ptruint=3Dlongword;
> > {$endif}
> > =

> > ... in order to be able to get their code to work on Win64 using FPC; t=
his =

> =

> You mean to let it compile on delphi (win32), while porting the code to
> win64 using FPC. It would compile on FPC anyway.

Yes, but this is exactly what many Delphi users are doing at the moment, =

i.e. component developers like RemObjects, Components4Developers are all =

porting to FPC in order to support Win64 and/or Linux while the majortity =

of their users uses Delphi. This might be both to support current =

users that need Win64 or to prepare themselves; starting the port in 2009 =

or 2010 might be a little bit late.

So, in 2009 or even 2010 when Delphi for Win64 is released there will be a =

lot of code running on Win64 using FPC, and making it hard for people to =

compile such code on Delphi seems like Codegear is asking for trouble.

Dani=EBl