[fpc-pascal] Info about the -Mdelphi mode

[Warren Postma]

Every modern language has inline variabler declarations because it was
always a thing in the one most of us care about.

Not having inline variables means that our strongly typed language Pascal
doesn't have as precise a scoping of variables as possible, preventing read
access before initialization, which is a major smell in the pascal language
and compiler designs.

Warren

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 1:53 AM Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal <
fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

>
> Op 24-4-2026 om 10:12 schreef Martin Frb via fpc-pascal:
> > CC'ed to fpc-other at lists.freepascal.org => for follow ups
> >
> > On 23/04/2026 15:23, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal wrote:
> >> On Thursday, 23 April 2026 10:53:02 BST michael via fpc-pascal wrote:
> >>> Other than that I have no knowledge of missing delphi things except
> >>> inline variables.
> >> I just just reading a article from a few years ago, explaining the pros
> and
> >> cons of inline variables. It actually made a really good case for that.
> There
> >> is a open MR for inline variables already - just not review/merged.
> >>
> >>
> https://blogs.embarcadero.com/introducing-inline-variables-in-the-delphi-language/
> > Apart from the general yes/no question....
> > (and I haven't looked deep into language design..., still...)
> >
> (also, many people want to read in that stack layout follows the nesting
> of inline variables. I however think that there is no direct relation
> between declaring and where the stackframe is created. (probably once at
> the beginning only) But I don't have a new enough Delphi, and the thread
> died before anybody answered)
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