RES: [fpc-pascal] dot within unit file name

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Cesar Liws Gmail wrote:

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> 
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org
> [mailto:fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org] Em nome de Marco van de
> Voort
> Enviada em: sexta-feira, 18 de janeiro de 2008 06:05
> Para: FPC-Pascal users discussions
> Assunto: Re: [fpc-pascal] dot within unit file name
> 
> > - Can someone provide the grammar how an identifier looks like in Delphi?
> > - How shall the compiler detect that "a.b" is an unit if a is also defined
> as a record that
> > doesn't contain a field b?
> > - How shall the compiler handle if "a.b.c" is an unit and a.b.c is class?
> > 
> > So please come with a design instead of just asking give me this feature
> in one line. Because if
> > the feature was really important and simple it was for sure already
> implemented. The left over
> > features are therefor not in the category simple anymore. Also important
> is debatable because
> > we've already lived without them for years.
> 
> > More over it should map one to one to what Delphi does, since it is a
> > compability item.
> 
> > Also have a look at http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#extensionselect for
> > how to do file a proper proposal.
> 
> 
> I saw this week a CodeGear Guy in a cg ng talking about that.
> In Win32 its is Just dots in the name, nothing else.

If he said that, he is totally braindead and doesn't have a clue about
what he is talking.

And also, ECO doesn't work on win32, it requires .NET :)

Michael.