[fpc-pascal] different windows/linux behavior with enumerated types and write/writeln

[Seth Grover]

If I have a program like this:

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program Project1;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

type
  whatever = (seth, paul, ken);
var
  haha : whatever;
begin
  haha := seth;
  writeln(haha);
end.
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I can compile it in linux with FPC and run it and get the following output:

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$ ./project1
seth
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In other words, it actually prints out the name of the enumerated value.

In windows the program does not compile with an error of "Error: Can't
read or write variables of this type".

Why the difference in behavior?

-SG

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