[fpc-devel] suggestion: AllFilesMask constant

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

Could FPC add a new 'all files' constant (eg: AllFilesMask) to the
RTL. Same as what we have PathDelimiter etc..

Lazarus LCL, fpGUI, tiOPF and I'm pretty sure MSEgui has it's own
definition of this. That's just four projects I know about. That
constant should really be part of the RTL as it's a very common
constant to use.

const
  {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
  AllFilesMask := '*.*';
  {$ELSE}
  AllFilesMask := '*';
  {$ENDIF}




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>
Date: 25 Mar 2008 10:22
Subject: Re: [Lazarus] FindFile in sub directories using filter '*.cfg'
To: General mailing list <lazarus at lazarus.freepascal.org>


On 25/03/2008, Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:
 >  > I really think FPC should have a AllFiles file mask in the RTL, like
 >  > it has for Path Delimiters etc...  I've created numerous projects
 >  > where I used IFDEF's to define a cAllFiles constant for specific
 >  > platforms.
 >
 >
 > AllFilesMask
 >
 >  Mattias



Exactly my point. Lazarus has that defined, fpGUI has that defined and
 I'm pretty sure MSEgui has it defined as well.  That constant should
 really be defined in Free Pascal's RTL, so everybody can use it!


Regards,
  - Graeme -
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Regards,
  - Graeme -


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