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On 02/11/16 11:29, Jonas Maebe wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:efcdad00-d08e-bb00-7934-b5ba6d6409e1@elis.ugent.be"
type="cite">On 02/11/16 12:09, Tony Whyman wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">It's an
interesting concept i.e. if a bug exists in Delphi then it must
<br>
also exist in FPC. Perhaps a better alternative is to fix these
sort of
<br>
bugs in FPC and to introduce a "full Dephi compatibility mode"
i.e.
<br>
mode Delphi plus the bugs.
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There is a difference between having a code construct that can be
compiled in one mode and not in another, and code that has
different behaviour in different modes. The former can be easily
recognised, the latter is much harder. In particular, it
complicates reading code, because you constantly have to be aware
of the mode to know what the code means. The same goes for
changing behaviour across compiler versions, and we have to do
this way more often than I like.
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There was a certain amount of sarcasm in my comment that perhaps got
lost in translation. I suggested introducing a "delphi with bugs"
mode to illustrate the absurdity of the idea. My point is that why
should FPC still feel constrained by Delphi? Let's get on and fix
the bugs/features that Delphi should have fixed long ago.<br>
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