[fpc-pascal] [libtar.pas]:Error: Illegal type conversion: "ShortString" to "^Char" without compilator options

[TOUZEAU DAVID]

Many thanks Vincent

the {$mode delphi} is a good way...

Vincent Snijders a écrit :
> TOUZEAU DAVID schreef:
>> Dear
>>
>> I would like to use some units developped from delphi/klyx with 
>> Lazarus IDE On Linux.
>>
>> It seems that there is some differences between delphi/freepascal 
>> especially for longstring conversion.
>>
>> Many times, i received this compilator error :
>>
>> For example by using the LibTar.pas 
>> (http://www.destructor.de/libtar/index.htm)
>>
>> libtar.pas(355,8) Error: Illegal type conversion: "ShortString" to 
>> "^Char"
>>
>> i fixed this error with  {$H+}{$LongString On} tokens
>>
>> But is it this good way ??? is there an another solution ??
>
> An alternative is to add {$mode delphi} to the source file or compile 
> with -Sd compiler option.
>
> Vincent
>

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