[fpc-devel] Proposal to make the compiler message "PPU Invalid Version" a fatal error.

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Wed, 13 Aug 2008, schreef Vincent Snijders:

> Daniël Mantione schreef:
>> Op Wed, 13 Aug 2008, schreef Vincent Snijders:
>> 
>>> It easier to change the message parser if you change it, than to design a 
>>> protocol for more computer friendly messages.
>> 
>> It's not about what is less work. It's about what has the best 
>> compatibility, the best maintainability, the best reliability and most 
>> features.
>
> The not yet designed protocol has a bad score on the feature list, 
> because it is not available.

The text mode IDE can display statisics while compiling. Why can't 
Lazarus?

There is the compiler unit, which *is* available, and this is the only 
officially supported compiler interface. We are not against other 
officially supported interfaces, but parsing messages is definately not 
an offical interface and recommended against. It is not the first 
time we have this discussion, we discussed possible protocols before.

Daniël