[fpc-devel] Delphi-like Packages, Plan

[Matt Emson]

  On 04/10/2010 10:56, Sven Barth wrote:
> So I personally would prefer *.ppl (for Pascal Package Library) on 
> every platform supporting packages.

Scenario - I'm using <someother> Pascal compiler 
(GNU/Delphi/Virtual/etc) so I can use the PPL's from Free Pascal with 
them? After all, they *are* "Pascal Package Library" files?!

No matter how infrequently, this *will* happen at some point. I'd say, 
pick another more descriptive extension now, save "your - [collective] - 
selves" reiterating the same disclaimer every time someone asks this 
question. The assumption that "Free Pascal" is the only "Pascal" that 
will ever exist in a usable form going forward is probably subjective, 
but it's not a reliable constant.