[fpc-pascal] Re: ISO Standard Pascal I/O

[Roger Bailey]

Me: 

> ... nextcharacter := input^ ... Does FPC not support this standard Pascal feature?

Jonas:

> No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant.

I can live with that, but it would save newcomers a lot of trouble if the documentation were a bit more upfront about what FPC is not. Just saying it implements "some", or "most" of the features of dialect X is a recipe for frustration.

> PS: please use a descriptive mail subject in the future.


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