[fpc-pascal] differences between .pp and .pas files

[印場 乃亜]

Hi,

I also always use .pas, but the idea of using .pp for sources only intended to compile in FPK and .pas for more portable source code is interesting.

The only problem is there is no free Delphi for me to test with anymore, right?  Since FreePascal works on nearly every platform, I don't worry too much about Delphi anymore.  (and GNU Pascal ha ha ha...).  Interestingly enough, I used to use "Pure Pascal", where .pp would have made sense (but I used .pas there too...)

Thank you,
   Noah Silva

On 2013/02/25, at 20:00, Graeme Geldenhuys <graeme at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:

> On 2013-02-25 10:51, Sven Barth wrote:
>> 
>> That's indeed a valid argument pro .pp
> 
> And a large argument against .pp extensions is that NO editor out there
> (except for FP Text IDE and Lazarus) knows about .pp, so pascal syntax
> highlighting never works. You have to always manually force the pascal
> syntax highlighting, or if the editor allows, manually add the .pp
> extension for the Pascal highlighting.
> 
> Out of principal, I always use .pas  ;-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
>  - Graeme -
> 
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