[fpc-devel] Just need to double check the size of Integer

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022, Marco van de Voort via fpc-devel wrote:

>
> On 24-11-2022 14:25, Ondrej Pokorny via fpc-devel wrote:
>> Am 24.11.2022 um 14:15 schrieb Marco van de Voort via fpc-devel:
>>> On 24-11-2022 14:13, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just need to double-check something.  Under CPU16, SizeInt and 
>>>> SizeUInt are declared as follows:
>>>>
>>>>   SizeInt = Integer;
>>>>   SizeUInt = Word;
>>>>
>>>> Is Integer 16-bit in this case? 
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>
>> Are you sure? systemh.inc is compiled with {$mode objfpc} (see line 
>> 22), so Integer within the system unit is 32-bit.
>
> 1. Then why does the posted code print 2?
>
> 2. using {$mode objfpc in the system unit can't load objpas that 
> overrides the integer, even if the mode is set.

Indeed, it seems to me that this directive should be removed from the system
unit.

OTOH, it's probably needed to enable classes for the TObject definition ?

Maybe the compiler contains some code to detect this special case.

Michael.