[fpc-devel] FP 2.4 questions

[Fabio Dell'Aria]

Ok, but do you think exists a so simple technology to can create
plugin in freepascal (without use packages)?

2007/12/26, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org>:
> Fabio Dell'Aria schrieb:
> > Ok,but if time is the only problem then why do not simple add the
> > feature in the official and definitive 2.4 roadmap and try to add it
> > in the next 6/12/24 months?
>
> It increases maintainance time for all future releases and the current
> team can't spend more time in release building and maintainance.
>
> >
> > Is also possible add it as undocumented feature (as generics in 2.2)
> > in the next 2.4 version and finish its implementation and testing in
> > the 2.6 version.
> >
> > 2007/12/26, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org>:
> >> Fabio Dell'Aria schrieb:
> >>> Why is not possible add the package support as is on Delphi (using
> >>> Rtl.bpl, Vcl.bpl ...)?
> >> Time?
> >>
> >>> Only if my project is compiled with packajes I must use all base
> >>> packages, otherwise I can continue to compile my project as today just
> >>> do Freepascal.
> >>>
> >>> 2007/12/26, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara <pascalive at bol.com.br>:
> >>>> Daniël Mantione wrote:
> >>>>>> Did i miss something, technically? Is necessary to compile with rtl
> >>>>>> packages to distribute custom packages?
> >>>>> Yes. Well, unless you want the RTL statically linked into each
> >>>>> package, which will not work in a compatible way due the one
> >>>>> heap/multiple heaps issues.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is a solution though: Distribute the rtl in source code form and
> >>>>> compile it on installation. This could also be an advantage for
> >>>>> setting up cross compilation environments. But don't get excited yet:
> >>>>> We may or may not move to such a system in the future.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the info. With this picture, i'm in favor of staying like is
> >>>> today. No packages.
> >>>>
> >>>> Luiz
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Best regards...

Fabio Dell'Aria.