[fpc-devel] missing descriptions for few compiler magic functions

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Mon Jul 20 20:01:50 CEST 2009



On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Paul Ishenin wrote:

> Hello, FPC developers' list
>
> I have found that next functions are not described here: 
> http://freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/index.html
>
> The functions are:
> - BitSizeOf
> - Finalize
> - get_frame
> - Initialize
> - Pack
> - ReadStr
> - Unaligned
> - Unpack
> - WriteStr
>
> It is difficult to find any documentation for them since they are not present 
> in delphi too (except initialize, finalize).
>
> If I am looking at the wrong place please point me to the right one.

I will not start bringing the RTL unit reference up to date till we
decide on a release schedule for 2.4.0, just like for all other releases.
(one usually works better under pressure ;))

Michael.



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