[fpc-pascal] dot within unit file name

[Damien Gerard]

On Jan 18, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Bee wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Why cant FPC use unit that has (some) dot(s) within the file name?  
> Can FPC support it in the next release (2.2.2)?
>

I think the dot is used in the grammar.
for example :


unit foo;
interface
procedure Print;
implementation
[...]
end.


You want to be able to call foo.Print;  and you can not make the  
difference between a dot for the filename and a dot as a separator.


> Sometimes I need to have some units for example: unit1.ori.pas and  
> unit1.modif.pas, which I need to switch to one of them but never use  
> them both.
>
> TIA.



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