[fpc-devel] bugreport: FPC 1.9.8 installer, i386-FreeBSD

[Jonas Maebe]

On 17 Apr 2005, at 18:32, Andres K. Foerster wrote:

> And another comment on a new "feature". FPC doesn't let me manipulate
> the for-loop-variable anymore. That's annoying! Well Pascal was always
> said to be a bondage-and-discipline-language, but please don't force
> that any further.

The for-construct allows the compiler to optimize stuff. If you want to 
modify the "loop" variable, use while..do or repeat..until


Jonas