<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:13 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.vancanneyt@wisa.be">michael.vancanneyt@wisa.be</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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We'll fix the issue as the upcoming Delphi 64-bit - unfortunately - forces us to follow suit.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br>Will it also create an additional confusion in design time? I mean, non-RAD compilers possibly only have compile-time context, while Lazarus has also design-time. One example, if the Tag is 64-bit and one set up the environment to cross-compile from 32-bit IDE to 64-bit, he or she even won't be able to change a 64-bit integer property in the designer.<br>
<br>And also speaking of following/not following Delphi, I think Lazarus has two things to have courage not to follow the trend:<br>- dfm and lfm is not easily interchangeable, so if Lazarus is not going with Delphi with the tag size, there's always could be a warning (highlighting) pointing out to an exceeded Tag value. <br>
- the compiler for a long time had pointer conversion not portable hint/warning so no matter how big Tag is, writing SomeMyAddr:=pointer(Obj.Tag) already warns the developer. <br><br>Hmm, also a little off-topic analogy, AMD was the second until they were first with 64-bit processors. Intel just had to follow. Project this to Pascal ;-)<br>
<br>Max Vlasov<br>