[fpc-devel] Purpose of "uses ... in"?

[Mattias Gärtner]

Zitat von Zaher Dirkey <parmaja at gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Jonas Maebe  
> <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>wrote:
>
>>
>> On 11 Jul 2010, at 15:47, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>
>> > I know that the "in <filespec>" is part of the Delphi syntax, but what is
>> it really good for?
>> >
>> > AFAIK it's not allowed to "rename" units this way, and since (currently)
>> only absolute filenames are implemented,
>>
>> That is incorrect. Relative file names do work. They are resolved relative
>> to the current working directory of the compiler.
>>
>>
> It is more useful if relative to same directory of the current file, i can
> move or copy my projects/lib easly without need to change the .cfg or my
> project options.

Even then: If you move/rename a directory with target units, you have  
to adapt all 'in' of using units.
If you use search paths you only have to adapt one.


Mattias