[fpc-devel] extending platform flag request

[Павел Ишенин]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> I think it's better to implement a string message dispatcher for this
> instead of adding RTTI (which is already bulky as it is). Do not forget 
> that the widget set is very lazarus specific, and has nothing to do with 
> RTTI or even the OS/CPU platform that the compiler knows.
>
> So as far as I'm concerned, this is more of a no-no.
We can add some hint ofcource like {%widgetset carbon qt}, write special 
parser for that, invent same as rtti structures to store string array of 
supported widgetsets. OR it can be easyly fited into existed platform 
keyword and without inventing second weel existed RTTI structure can be 
extented with arrat of string.

If it is not lazarus but say component set developed for several 
platforms (libraries, os, whatever else) then platform string can be 
'win32 linux osx' (if property is valid only for 3 os) or 'oracle 
interbase' (if property is valid only for 2 databases).

Another advantage is that with extra info in platform keyword fpc will 
have more informative platform hints.

I see no disadvantages.

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.