[fpc-devel] Sets > 256

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:14:31 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:

>[...]
> >>>> Pascal sets can only contain values/enumerations whose ordinal value is
> >>>> <= 255.
> >>>>
> >>> As currently new language features are discussed I would vote to drop (or
> >>> relax to some K ) this limitation. This would not break any existing code.
> 
> No, it is not that simple. Lazarus would stop working completely.

Can you elaborate please?

Mattias