[fpc-pascal] New feature: IfThen() intrinsic

[Serguei TARASSOV]

On 02/02/2016 13:41, fpc-pascal-request at lists.freepascal.org wrote:
> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:22:01 +0100
> From: Jonas Maebe<jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>
>
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote on Tue, 02 Feb 2016:
>
> [evaluating all arguments to a function/intrinsic]
>> >I'm just trying to to put any foaming-at-the-mouth argumentation
>> >using this particular argument in perspective.
> I think this is rather disingenuous after your own
> foaming-at-the-mouth hyperbole (?) of reverting all changes and
> temporarily shutting down the svn server if someone else did something
> that you considered to be fundamentally wrong.
>
>> >For a correct understanding: The compiler must behave predictable at all
>> >times, no arguing there. But I don't think that iif() having different
>> >semantics than all other functions, is a problem.
> Including all other functions called iif().
>
>> >It just needs to be
>> >documented properly. It is a non-issue for me.
> It is a deal breaker for me.
Completely agreed with Jonas.
I'm afraid to stay with FPC 2.6 for the near future and support Delphi 
compatibility.
Seems, the guys from GNU C are more responsible because of many 
mission-critical code compiled with.

Regards,
Serguei