[fpc-pascal] Free Pascal 2.6.0rc1 released

[Tommi Prami]

On 6.11.2011 1:27, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler
> version 2.6.0 on our ftp-servers.
>
> You can help improve the upcoming 2.6.0 release by downloading and
> testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done here:
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Testers_2.6.0
>
> Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at:
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0
>
> Downloads are available at the FTP server at:
>
> ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/fpc/beta/2.6.0-rc1/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> The Free Pascal Compiler Team
>
>
>                              Free Pascal Compiler
>
>                                  Version 2.6.0rc1
>
> ******************************************************************************
>                                What's New in 2.6.0rc1
> ******************************************************************************
>
> Free Pascal 2.6.0 is a new major version of the Free Pascal compiler.
>
> Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0 for a list
> of changes that may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and
> how to cope with these changes.
>
> Some highlights are:
>
> Platforms:
>    * iPhoneSimulator target
>
> Compiler:
>    * Many new language features:
>       * Objective-Pascal dialect, supported on all Mac OS X and iOS targets
>       * constref parameter modifier for "const by reference"
>       * Pascal boolean types with multiple sizes (boolean16/32/64)
>       * ISO 7185 language mode (except for I/O). Features amongst others:
>          * nested procedure variables
>          * non-local goto's
>       * Mac Pascal mode improvements
>          * nested procedure variables
>          * univ modifier
>       * Intrinsics
>          * sar (shift arithmetic right)
>          * bsf/bsr (bitscan forward/reverse)
>       * Delphi compatibility mode improvements
>          * Nested types, class variables and class local constants
>          * Advanced records syntax (no constructors yet)
>          * (for..in) Enumerators in records
>          * Class and record helpers
>          * Generic records, arrays and procedural types
>          * Delphi-compatibility of generics improved
>          * Scoped enumerations
>          * Custom messages for "deprecated" directive
>          * Ability to use "&" for escaping keywords
>    * New ARM code generator features
>       * ARM VFPv2 and VFPv3 floating point unit support
>       * Thumb-2 support
>
> Packages:
>    * Many improvements to the rtl
>    * Many improvements to the database units (fcl-db)
>    * Objective-Pascal interfaces to Foundation, AppKit, CoreData and WebCore
>    * OpenGL headers updated to OpenGL 4.0
>
> Details about these new features can be found at
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_2.6.0
>
> See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported
> bugs that have been fixed in this release.
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Seems that Freepascal Wiki is not available. If someone can access it 
post the information on changes into here please...

-Tee-