[fpc-pascal] the libc unit (again)

[Giuliano Colla]

ik ha scritto:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Giuliano Colla
> <giuliano.colla at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
>> Marco van de Voort ha scritto:
>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>  >>>
>>  >>> I find more and more units and components (for Lazarus) that are using
>>  >>> the libc unit. I find it really problematic, because it doesn't exists
>>  >>> for all platforms and architectures, so why not markring the unit as
>>  >>> obsolete for the next FPC release so other developers will have to
>>  >>> work with more flexible units ?
>>  >> Other users will start to submit bug reports that there is no Libc unit.
>>  >> We clearly state that libc is only for compatibility and not for portability. The same is with the
>>  >> old TP7 units.
>>  >
>>  > We could mark all functions in libc with deprecated. The questions keep
>>  > coming back. Harsh, but IMHO the only sane way.
>>
>>  What would be of great help is concise guide on how migrate of the libc
>>  functionalities (a wiki page?). I'm porting to fpc Kylix projects which
>>  used libc. Reading this mailing list I realized that libc wasn't the way
>>  to go, but I had a hell of a time to discover the equivalents, scattered
>>  in SysUtils, Unix, UnixUtils,BaseUnix, sometimes with different names,
>>  different parameters, etc.
>>
>>  Sort of:
>>  libc.getenv -> SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable
>>
>>  Someone with a good knowledge of fpc should be able to do it in a short
>>  time.
> 
> I usually use grep when I require to find things. I personally do not
> understand why the unix units contain function names with the prefix
> of Fp, but it does not matter, because the name remains, so I do
> something like
> 
> grep -in functionname ./location/* -R | grep -v "something I do not
> wish to be included"
> 
> And I find what/where what I wish to have is located... It's good btw
> for anything you do not remember/know where/how it is located ...
> 

Tanks for the hint, but grep (or Find in Files from IDE) has the big 
disadvantage that you don't find only the declaration, but also all the 
references. You search "FindFirst" and you find 200 entries...
Moreover if you search e.g. execvp, you'll never find TProcess, which is 
the recommended way to start an external application.
That's why some help from developers, or experienced users, would be 
more than welcome.

Giuliano


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Giuliano Colla

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