[fpc-devel] Breaking change in FPC 2.6.1

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:

>>> Well, then they'll have to live with the warning.
>>>
>>> And this is the point of having the warning in the first place. Make 
>>> people aware of a coming change.
>>
>> As already mentioned in this thread, a mere hint about "may change 
>> somehow, in the next version" is of no real use. IMO "deprecated" 
>> means to the user that he should change his code *now*, in 
>> anticipation of the coming change. This obviously is not the case with 
>> the breaking change of the bookmark type, where *no* workaround exists 
>> in the current release.
> 
> Instead of repeating the remark, suggesting a solution would be useful.

The solution is so easy: don't mark it as deprecated.

I also have a clear opinion about Delphi compatibility: Every FPC
version must be compatible to a Delphi version. A mix of incompatible
features from different Delphi versions is useless.

Simply specify the Delphi version, to which FPC 2.6.1 should be 
compatible, then the rest is clear.

DoDi