[fpc-devel] duplicate internal error numbers

Sven Barth pascaldragon at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 8 18:39:23 CEST 2020


Marģers . via fpc-devel <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Do., 8.
Okt. 2020, 12:39:

> > I would advise against an automated change in case it changes too many
> > internal error numbers and when a third party raises an issue where the
> > compiler has triggered one, we can no longer identify where in the code
> > base that the state has gone bad because none of the numbers match any
> more.
>
> It is not that much problem. Most of internal errors would not be
> triggered by end users.
> Opened new ticket in bug tracer
> https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=37888


That is kinda the point. They *should* not be triggered, but when they are
triggered they should be found. This is especially important as most users
are using release versions while we are working on trunk.

Regards,
Sven
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