[fpc-devel] Component FTag and Tag should be int64

[Andrew Brunner]

On Nov 23, 2010, at 2:27 AM, Max Vlasov <max.vlasov at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:13 PM, <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
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> We'll fix the issue as the upcoming Delphi 64-bit - unfortunately - forces us to follow suit.
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> Will it also create an additional confusion in design time? I mean, non-RAD compilers possibly only have compile-time context, while Lazarus has also design-time. One example, if the Tag is 64-bit and one set up the environment to cross-compile from 32-bit IDE to 64-bit, he or she even won't be able to change a 64-bit integer property in the designer.


That would not be an issue as Int64 is available under all flavors of FPC. 

I don't see the hold up in adding a patch for Data field. There is just one unit to change. What makes this so complicated that it hasn't be accomplished yet???
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