[fpc-devel] Build failure in FPC Build repository

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2023, Maxim Ganetsky via fpc-devel wrote:

>>>> For the moment, simply disable the building of the PDF docs.
>>> The problem is, in our CI we rely on precompiled FPC snapshot TAR 
>>> installers in order to save time when updating an image. So no new 
>>> installer, no new FPC.
>>
>> Well, all I can say is that I am looking into it.
>>
>> Till a solution is found, you'll need to be patient...
>
> I understand, thanks. It is amazing to see how big FPC project has 
> become so it triggers limitations in well established external tools. :)

Indeed.

I recently added TPlatforms in SysUtils for Delphi compatibility.

In Delphi, this set has max 4 elements and can be used as a published property.
(and it is used as such in e.g. FMX)

In Free Pascal, this set has max 40+ elements (yes, we support that many
platforms), and cannot be used as a published property !
(Max 31 elements allowed)

Such things you only find out the hard way...


Michael.