[fpc-pascal] units order (was using oldlinux )

[Jonas Maebe]

On 14 jun 2005, at 09:52, Alain Vitry wrote:

>> You must switch the order of the units, because you get the  
>> 'oldlinux' types which
>> you try to use in 'baseunix' functions.
>
> This unit order trick is a bit of a wizardery to me.

It's simply: the last included unit overrides all previously included  
units.

> It quickly get very messy in a large enough program to swap units  
> order until you get the one which doesn't break.

The proper solution is to not use old compatibility units (such as  
aldlinux) and the replacements (baseunix, unix) in the same program.


Jonas