[fpc-devel] Feature announcement: Type helpers

Thaddy thaddy at thaddy.com
Thu Feb 7 16:57:11 CET 2013


On 6-2-2013 12:13, Henry Vermaak wrote:
> What I'm trying to say with this (admittedly contrived) example is 
> that when you are forced to read the docs to find out which functions 
> you can use for converting numbers to strings, you'll probably 
> discover functions like Format. At least in my case, the most useful 
> tricks I learn come from reading the documentation for something, then 
> exploring a bit. I apologise if I come across as overly cynical and I 
> do appreciate Sven's work in the compiler! Henry

First of all,  a huge tnx to Sven.
And Henri: do you also oppose macro support? With that you can make 
Freepascal code look like anything.
And RT(X)M has never harmed anyone.. cynism intended ;) .






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