[fpc-pascal] TObjectList in Contnrs in FCL (doc, usage)?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Tom Verhoeff wrote:

> I would like to use TObjectList from Contnrs (because it occurs in
> some Delphi application that I wish to compile with FreePascal).
>
> There are two problems:
>
>  (1)  The compiler does not find the unit Contnrs.  It turns out
>       that this unit resides in
>
> 	/usr/lib/fpc/2.0.1/units/i386-linux/fcl/contnrs.*
>
>       which the compiler does not find by itself (it does find Classes in
>       .../rtl/classes.*).
>       Of course, I can change my fpc.cfg, but shouldn't this just work?
>       Or should I do something else to use FCL units?
>
>  (2)  The FCL (RTL?) documentation does not mention Contnrs (it does mention
>       Classes).
>
> It would be useful to include a link on "FCL - Free Component Library"
> (fcl/fcl.html) to the online documentation
>
> 	<http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/index.html>
>
> However, it is not completely clear to me where the boundary is between
> RTL and FCL.  Classes is listed under FCL, and is documented under RTL.

Classes is RTL. I will update the web page.

All non-visual VCL components (or their equivalents) will end up in the
FCL. The classes unit is an exception, since it is tightly integrated
with the Compiler/RTL. The division is compatible to Kylix/Delphi 7 or
higher.

Michael.