[fpc-devel] Delphi incompatible encoding

[Sven Barth]

On 02.12.2014 00:01, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Sven Barth schrieb:
>> Am 01.12.2014 10:33 schrieb "Hans-Peter Diettrich"
>> <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com <mailto:DrDiettrich1 at aol.com>>:
>>  > Another one:
>>  > Delphi XE does not export the CP_xxx encoding constants from
>> System.pas. This means that the encoding constants are not available
>> in (compatible) user code.
>>
>> It's not the first and likely not the last we export from a different
>> unit than Delphi. There will *always* be differences which already
>> starts with Integer that is declared as an alias to LongInt in the
>> ObjPas unit in FPC.
>
> Well, Integer (and String...) are generic types, adjustable to the
> "best" overall performance on every target - whatever "best" will mean.

As I said, it's merely beginning there. For example we also export 
resource related functions from System and with further work on packages 
functions like LoadLibrary will also be moved to System.

Regards,
Sven