[fpc-pascal] Please someone explain this to me

[Vojtěch Čihák]

There exists IDE directive
{%MainUnit ***.pas}
and include files should contain it. But I don't know if there are more units containing the same include file.
 
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> Od: Anthony Walter <sysrpl at gmail.com>
> Komu: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
> Datum: 10.02.2016 00:06
> Předmět: [fpc-pascal] Please someone explain this to me
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I really don't like the include files with Lazarus and Free Pascal for the following reason:How the **** am I supposed to know which file is including an include file?Often times I am trying to find a function or class or some other identifier and I search files on disk for the name. Then it turns out the identifier is in some include file. Often the include file doesn't have any information to which unit it belongs and I am then forced to search further for other files which reference the include file. It's a mess.In this issue http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=29599 <http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=29599> Juha is asking how I was able to compile my patch without using the dynlibs unit. Sure enough I am not using the dynlibs unit, but on my system it compiles. When I control click the LoadLibrary identifier in my Unity patch, Lazarus brings up an include file with LoadLibtary declared, but I have no idea which unit is including it (remember I'm not using uni
 t dynlibs).So my question is, how do the rest of you deal with include files and locating the unit including them? And also can this system for including files be better implemented, for example by some IDE feature to figure this out for you and displaying the "owning" units.

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