[fpc-pascal] fpc 2.2.2 failed to compile extpascal

[Florian Klaempfl]

Bee schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm experimenting with ExtPascal (extpascal.googlecode.com). I used to 
> get it work using FPC 2.3.1 from SVN. Before today, my FPC SVN latest 
> update is about a month ago. Today, I update it.
> 
> Today FPC SVN is able to compile ExtPascal but the output is unusable. 
> It raises an access violation. I didn't yet found where the AV is raised 
> from. I thought it's about socket problems, but I'm not sure. I can send 
> the strace (I'm using dstruss) output if it's required.
> 
> Then I thought I should use latest FPC stable release, v.2.2.2. 
> Unfortunately, this version even failed to compile ExtPascal units. To 
> be precise, FPC v.2.2.2 refuses an array of integer become data type for 
> a published property.
> 
> I'm on MacOS X 10.5.2 Intel. I got FPC 2.3.1 (SVN) and 2.2.2 installed. 
> I'd like to revert my local SVN to the working revision, but I forget 
> which revision I should refer.
> 
> Hints? TIA.

Find the last working revision using a binary search. Start e.g. with 
rev. 11000: if works, try 11322 etc. With this scheme a handfull tests 
give you the last working revision and we know which revision broke 
things and needs to be fixed :) A small script could even automate this.