[fpc-pascal] Windows unit and SyncObjs unit clash

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 26/03/2008, Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, use fully qualified names.
>
>  windows.tcriticalsection.
>  syncobjs.tcriticalsection.


That should work....


>  For lower level stuff, you should use TRTLCriticalSection, never TCriticalSection.
>
>  It has the advantage of being portable.
>
>  I'm surprised you actually use the windows unit. That is Evil(tm).

The code in question is the tiOPF project which is shared with Delphi
& FPC users. They (Delphi users) are all out of luck with the
cross-platform abilities of FPC, so we have to use what both compilers
support. For Delphi, that would be the 'Windows' unit.


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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