[fpc-devel] How about split core compiler and RTL/Packages?

[baldzhang]

At 2026-04-16 04:25:55, "Marco van de Voort via fpc-devel" <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
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>And function references, custom attributes. Though that might be a 
>matter of adding ifdefs:
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>C:\repo\fpc\packages\rtl-objpas\src\inc>fpc rtti.pp
>Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.2 [2021/05/15] for i386
>Copyright (c) 1993-2021 by Florian Klaempfl and others
>Target OS: Win32 for i386
>Compiling rtti.pp
>......
>Fatal: Compilation aborted
>Error: c:\fpc\3.2.2\bin\i386-win32\ppc386.exe returned an error exitcode
>

I try to compile rtl and packages in branch:release_3_2_4-branch with 3.2.2 i386-win32/win64, both compiling passed. 
branch:main not tested and failure is predictable...

forgot the rtl part is tightly binded with compiler, so my idea may change to:
"how about split to core compiler+rtl and packages?"

many years ago, linux kernel 2.6 taken too long to release, then they change devel modal looks like a *rolling mode*.
after all, the software world evolutions faster and faster, the *fixed mode* might not catch up in time.