[fpc-devel] Fpc does not allow Chr() in type definition. Bug?

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 07.11.2020 um 23:00 schrieb Bart via fpc-devel:
> Hi,
> 
> Type
>    SubRange = Chr(1)..Chr(2);
> begin
> end.
> 
> This compiles in TP 6.0 and Delphi 7.0, but fpc doesn't.
> 
> Free Pascal Compiler version 3.3.1 [2020/09/26] for i386
> Copyright (c) 1993-2020 by Florian Klaempfl and others
> Target OS: Win32 for i386
> Compiling test.pas
> test.pas(2,14) Error: Identifier not found "Chr"
> test.pas(2,28) Error: Error in type definition
> test.pas(5) Fatal: There were 2 errors compiling module, stopping
> Fatal: Compilation aborted
> 
> Is this a bug?

Yes, it should work. It got broken somewhere during some generic work (at least I think so). Sven, can you please have a 
look?