[fpc-pascal] Writeable typed constants - what's the point?

[Florian Klaempfl]

Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb:
> Vincent Snijders wrote:
>> I disagree. It would be backwards incompatible with existing objfpc
>> programs. That decision should have been made 10 (?) years ago, when
>> mode objfpc was introduced.
> 
> Not everything was done correctly 10 years ago (or first time round).

Nevertheless, writable typed constants are simply an important part of
Borland style Object Pascal.

> There are many bug reports still being submitted to fix delphi
> compatibility issues in FPC. They are still being fixed today, so why
> must writeable typed constants be any different to those bug reports?
> 
> FPC often implements something that breaks existing code. 

Examples :)? Then I'll tell you what's the difference to writable typed
constants.