[fpc-pascal] Operator overloading broken in 1.9.6?

[Vinzent Hoefler]

Hi,

just installed 1.9.6 to see if any of our current code will break and 
unfortunately I wasn't disappointed. ;-)

stripped down code:

-- 8< -- snip --
unit
   StrTools;

interface

operator * (const C : Char; const Len : byte) s : String;

implementation

operator * (const C : Char; const Len : byte) s : string;
var
   i : byte;
begin
   s := '';

   for i := 1 to Len do
      s := s + C;
end {"*"};

end {StrTools}.
-- 8< -- snip --

This compiled fine with 1.0.10, but 1.9.6 now bails out with "Error: 
Impossible operator overload" as early as at the line where the 
operator is declared.

Is this a bug? A feature? Or just me being stupid?


Vinzent.