[fpc-devel]Bug or missing documentation?

[Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, BiPolar wrote:

> > > The code below gives: "foo.pas(13,33) Error: Duplicate identifier 
> > > NAME"
> > > when compiled with -S2. It compiles ok with -Sd though.
> > > [...]
> > > Is this a bug, or I missed something in the docs?
> > 
> > It is a decision that we made for fpc mode to force you to write code 
> > that
> > is less buggy. Because using name in the method it is not clear from 
> > the
> > source which name you want to use unless you know that the compiler
> > prefers locals over object fields.
> > [...]
> > Reporting issues that work in delphi mode and not in objfpc mode will
> > almost always be rejected. We made the decision for those. And when 
> > you
> > don't like objfpc mode then just continue to use delphi mode, we 
> > don't
> > force you to use objfpc mode.
> 
> Perfectly clear, now that you explained that difference. The thing is, 
> as the "Compiler Modes" section of FPC docs doesn't mention these facts
> /differences, it may lead to users of FPC to think that there may be a 
> bug (as I did).

Added to the todo list.

Michael.

> 
> Thanks for replying, and many thanks for your work on FPC.
> 
> Oscar Lesta.
> 
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