[fpc-devel]Strange error in fpc 1.0.7

[Jonas Maebe]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Michail A.Baikov wrote:

> mmsystem.pas(2465) Warning: stuff\out\mmsystem.ppw Interface CRC
> changed -154616
> 6811<>-334088799
>
> What's wrong?
k
Do you get this warning while compiling the mmsystem unit? In that case,
it's most likely an error in the unit where a procedure is defined
differently in the interface and in the implementation, but that error is
not caught by the compiler.

I don't know whether the following example is still possible, but you
could get this e.g. with

***
unit test;

interface

procedure t;

implementation;

procedure t; cdecl; external;

end.
***

The reason is that when the interface is parsed, the compiler thinks it's
a normal procedure and thus uses a mangled name like U_TEST_$$_T or
something for the procedure. In the implementation it turns out it's a
function from a C library and thus the magled name is changed to 't'. This
changes the interface of the unit after it has been completely parsed, so
you get the above warning.


Jonas