[fpc-devel] Question about packages

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 2019-03-16 om 09:38 schreef Sven Barth via fpc-devel:
>>
>> This might be a painfully basic question, but I'm just trying to get 
>> to grips with the difference between Lazarus packages and FPC 
>> packages.  How do FPC packages work normally and what's their 
>> relation to Lazarus packages?
>>
>> I ask because I wish to make an RTL unit that defines a usable TM128 
>> type and some useful functions to take advantage of 'vectorcall', 
>> albeit with some cross-platform functions for non-Intel platforms.  
>> Offering a fast vector unit would be very attractive for game 
>> developers and more mathematical applications.
> Instead of repeating everything, I simply provide this link which 
> (together with the linked pages) hopefully describes the important 
> parts for you: http://wiki.freepascal.org/packages(disambiguation) :)
Yeah, good point, I'll rewrite that :-)