[fpc-devel] Classes unit based on fgl

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Vincent Snijders wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Since this weekend the classes unit is based upon the fgl unit. What are the
> advantages of this change.
> 
> Does it make the code in the classes unit (for example TFPList, TList and
> TStringList) faster or does this just improve maintainability, e.g. because
> changes made in the fgl unit are automatically propagated to the lists in
> classes unit?
> 
> Is there any time frame on a bug fix for
> http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=7910. This prevents compiling
> Lazarus with fpc 2.1.1. With this FGL change and the changes of last night in
> the resource strings, there are already two possible places for regressions.
> This might make things difficult when 7910 is finally fixed and I can compile
> Lazarus again, but not run it because of a bug in any of these (or other)
> things that have changed since last successful build.

I am taking the matter of the classes unit up. The dependency on the fgl unit
will be undone.

Michael.