[fpc-devel] Some compiler changes...

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Daniël Mantione wrote:

> 
> 
> Op Tue, 23 Jan 2007, schreef Michael Van Canneyt:
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> > I think this goes against all that pascal stands for. We don't want to
> > butcher the language. Next thing you'll be asking to have it case sensitive.
> > As a programmer you know that certain keywords are keywords. Don't use them
> > in your fields/variables whatever. Keep you code readable.
> 
> Well, there are many things in Delphi against all Pascal stands for. Yet 
> we need it for compatibility, and despite our, IMHO totally 
> reasonable, clean-up attempts $mode delphi might even be used more 
> than $mode objfpc :(

Well, not in e.g. lazarus, and only to 'import' delphi code.

> I think history has shown that it is not wise to reject things. IMO, the 
> features can be provided in a Chrome mode, while fpc and objfpc remain 
> clean Pascal. Even that has its limits, code exchange must remain 
> possible between fpc and non-fpc modes, but despite all the crap, we can 
> at least try to keep them clean.

In that case I suggest introducing a rule that all FPC provided code is 
fpc or objfpc or macpas (for unified pascal headers) mode.

And if we implement this, we should also introduce the foreach and whatever 
other insane things Borland thinks of the last years, which we refused with
arguments like "it's only a typing saver". You can't sit on two chairs at
once.

We should at least be consequent in our policies.

Personally, I think the foreach is even more reasonable than this.
Pascal is a readable language. This proposal seriously threatens that.

Michael.