[fpc-pascal] fpc-2.1.4.x86_64-win64.exe: -Mdelphi not working ?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Skybuck Flying wrote:

> Ok,
> 
> I just reinstalled fpc-2.1.4.x86_64-win64.exe:
> 
> And this time I used the -Mdelphi compiler switch but it still gives problems:
> 
> Y:\Free Pascal\Tests\Hello World>ppcrossx64 HelloWorld.pas -Mdelphi
> HelloWorld.pas(9,10) Error: Unknown identifier "EAX"
> HelloWorld.pas(9,12) Error: Unknown identifier "ECX"
> HelloWorld.pas(9,12) Error: Asm: [mov ???,???] invalid combination of opcode
> and
> operands
> HelloWorld.pas(16,4) Fatal: There were 3 errors compiling module, stopping
> Fatal: Compilation aborted
> 
> I also tried adding:
> 
> {$mode delphi}
> 
> Nothing is working  :((((((((( (Just like the transformers soundtrack song 
> ;) :) )

Obviously it does not work: the assembler you use is for 32-bit platforms,
and that will not work if you cross-compile to 64-bit ! 

The mode statement only applies to pascal syntax, never to assembler.

Michael.