[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.


Why doesn't Delphi compiler complain about it?  A quick search
revealed that Delphi's Windows.pas unit doesn't contain a
TCriticalSection type definition, so why does FPC's Windows.pas unit?
Why must FPC have two TCriticalSection type definitions?


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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