[fpc-pascal] Lack of 'volatile' a serious issue. Any other such caveats?

Lukasz Sokol el.es.cr at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 10:12:55 CET 2015


On 17/12/15 14:13, R. Diez wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
[...] 
>
>  And there you go, I haven't quite started yet and I already
> discovered the first serious issue: there is no 'volatile' keyword.
> This matter has been brought up in the past, and it worries me that
> it has just been downplayed.
> 
[...]

(semi-jokingly)

I know FreePascal is not Linux, the Team is not Torvalds etc ;)
but have you seen this ? 

https://lwn.net/Articles/233482/

[...]
> 
> Therefore, before I delve any deeper: are there any other serious
> drawbacks that I should know about before I invest more time looking
> at FreePascal?
> 

(again, semi-jokingly)
It's Free and Open Software. You too can send a patch/suggestion ;)

> Regards, rdiez


el es




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