[fpc-pascal] declaration of functions

[Jonas Maebe]

On 14 Oct 2010, at 14:50, Uffe Kousgaard wrote:

> While trying to make delphi code compatible with FPC, I have hit  
> this issue:
>
> Delphi allows:
>
> interface
> function somefunction(a: integer): integer;
>
> implementation
> function somefunction;
> begin
> result:= a*2;
> end;
>
> FPC requires the full declaration to be repeated. Can this be  
> avoided somehow? I have many functions/procedures without full  
> declaration in the implementation part.

Add {$mode delphi} at the top of your units, or use the command line  
parameter -Mdelphi


Jonas