[fpc-pascal] Pure FPC ?

[Fred van Stappen]

> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:53:25 +0100
> From: XHajT03 at hajny.biz
> To: fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org
> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Pure FPC ?
> 
> On Mon, January 27, 2014 01:38, Fred van Stappen wrote:
> > Ok, i will try to explain better.
> >
> > When you compile fpc, you do > make clean + make all.
> >
> > Is it possible to configure fpc-compil  and disable Delphi
> > compatibility...?
> >
> > If not possible, no problem, i only want to know :-) .
> 
> Short and simple answer - no, it isn't possible.
> 
> Slightly longer answer - even if disregarding mode "DELPHI", there are
> several other modes supported by FPC. More than one mode is used within
> the FPC source tree (at least FPC, OBJFPC and MACPAS). The modes do not
> differ only by syntax but also by the supported features, but different
> modes use a combination of features often also used in other modes. All in
> all, even if someone wanted to perform the surgery and remove all
> references to mode DELPHI, the potential gains with regard to compilation
> speed would be probably very limited.
> 
> Finally - trying to remove a feature allowing users to reuse source code
> coming from others doesn't sound very smart even if somebody doesn't use
> such external source code today.
> 
> Tomas


Hello.

Thank you Tomas for your cool and clear answer.

> Finally - trying to remove a feature allowing users to reuse source code
> coming from others doesn't sound very smart even if somebody doesnt
> use such external source code today.

Hum, yes, you are right...

Long life for fpc....

 		 	   		  
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