[fpc-pascal] Extended type under Win64

[Sven Barth]

denisgolovan <denisgolovan at yandex.ru> schrieb am Mi., 26. Feb. 2020, 11:38:

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>
> > The Extended type is not available for x86_64-win64. You either need to
> use Double or the software floating point support in unit sfpux80 (though
> that is only available in 3.2 and newer).
>
> So, Linux x64 having hardware Extended support is just an exception?
>

No, Win64 is the exception. All other x86_64 targets support it, but
Microsoft decided to deprecate it.

Or maybe it's possible to build a custom x86_64-win64 compiler with that
> define enabled?
>

In theory yes, but it's not recommended, because Microsoft does not
recommend it (not to mention that it isn't even remotely tested as much as
the normal Win64 target).

Regards,
Sven

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