[fpc-devel] Adding compiler directives?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Paul Robinson schrieb:

> The new directives are first, for printing capability:
> 
> 
> $LIST $LISTING $PRINT
> 
> These are all the same (all three would be equivalent), and control
> the generation of listings of source code.  Currently the compiler
> does not do listings, and I think it's an important feature (Pascal
> Compilers from mainframe and minicomputer systems did do this, and I
> miss the functionality.)

Nowadays the user has full control over his printer, its capabilities, 
and a bunch of tools to provide listings in various formats, fonts etc. 
No need for adding all that to an compiler, as opposed to batch 
processing on old mainframes.


> A most desperately missing feature - Cross Reference generation.

Have a look at Lazarus, where you'll find tools that can do much more 
than the old mainframe utilities.

DoDi