[fpc-pascal] {$DEFINE DEVEL}

[Tony Whyman]

Try adding a space between the { and $ e.g.

{ $DEFINE DEVEL}

FPC then ignores the define


On 11/10/17 10:00, pascalX at piments.com wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I had a little trick that I used on BP and Delphi code that does not 
> work on Lazarus.
>
> I define compiler variable which I could toggle on and off by adding a 
> second opening curly bracket, since the define only works if the line 
> starts {$
>
>
> {$DEFINE DEVEL}
>
>
> If I start the line {{$  Delphi ignores it but Lazarus then highlights 
> the rest of the code as a comment and it fails to compile.
>
> main.pas(172,1) Warning: Comment level 2 found
>
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?
>
> Can anyone suggest a similar one key trick ?
>
> thx
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