[fpc-pascal] {$include %dateyear%}

[Ched]

Helolo James,

Thank you for your comment and proposal. As there is no type associated with non-string results, would it 
be better to say number instead of integer ? Or integer number ?

Season's greetings !

Cheers, Ched'



Le 24.12.2021 à 22:32, James Richters via fpc-pascal a écrit :
> I would agree that the documentation actually states quite clearly that they are ALL strings except %linenum% and the documentation should be improved to be accurate.
> 
> Perhaps
> 
> {$INCLUDE %XXX%}
> the {$INCLUDE} directive inserts a string or integer constant in the source code.
> Here XXX can be one of the following:
> 
> CURRENTROUTINE
> Inserts a string containing the name of the current routine. Useful for debug logging.
> DATE
> Inserts a string containing the current date. It will be formatted as YYYY/MM/DD.
> DATEYEAR
> Inserts an integer containing the year part of the current date.
> DATEMONTH
> Inserts an integer containing the month part of the current date.
> DATEDAY
> Inserts an integer containing the day part of the current date.
> FPCTARGET
> Inserts a string containing the target CPU name. (deprecated, use FPCTARGETCPU)
> FPCTARGETCPU
> Inserts a string containing the target CPU name.
> FPCTARGETOS
> Inserts a string containing the target OS name.
> FPCVERSION
> Inserts a string containing the current compiler version number.
> FILE
> Inserts a string containing the filename in which the directive is found.
> LINE
> Inserts a string containing the line number on which the directive is found.
> LINENUM
> Inserts an integer containing the line number on which the directive is found.
> TIME
> Inserts a string containing the current time, formatted as HH:MM:SS
> TIMEHOUR
> Inserts an integer containing the hour part of the current time.
> TIMEMINUTE
> Inserts an integer containing the minutes part of the current time.
> TIMESECOND
> Inserts an integer containing the seconds part of the current time.
> 
> If XXX is none of the above, then it is assumed to be the name of an environment variable. Its value will be fetched as a string from the environment when compiled, if it exists, otherwise an empty string is inserted.
> (we don't need to mention the integer exceptions here  because we are only talking about environment variables now)
> 
> I didn't know these directives existed, so thanks for the Christmas present, these will be very useful!
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: [fpc-pascal] {$include %dateyear%}
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm reading https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/prog/progsu41.html
> 
> It seems to me that {$include %dateyear%} , {$include %datemonthr%}  and {$include %dateday%}  are treated as numbers in the source code, not a string as expected  from the description (only linenum is supposed to be a number).
> 
> I'm really happy with numbers, but I think that the description could be improved , isn't it ?
> 
> Best wishes and season's greetings to all Freepascalists.
> 
> Cheers, Ched'
> 
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