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

[Marco van de Voort]

Jonas wrote:
> >> The magic word would be "scope" here. It's the same as with using two
> >> different units including the same identifier twice.
> >
> > Yes and no, of course it will work, but might be counterintuitive.
> >
> > uses x, a.b.c;
> >
> > a.b.c.d.
> >
> > if x also contains an identifier "a".
> >
> > error : a.b.c.d identifier not found. (but a.b.c.d exists).
> 
> We already print fully qualified identifiers in some error messages  
> in case confusion is possible (e.g. unit1.type1 expected, but got  
> unit2.type1).

True, but this is different. To know the cause you have to search further
than the first hit, not just detect a mismatch.

> PS: could you configure your mail client so it inserts an attribution  
> line at the top? (it's hard to follow who wrote what)

Phew. elmrc is not my favorite, but I'll try to look into it tomorrow