[fpc-pascal] Info about the -Mdelphi mode

[Tomas Hajny]

26. dubna 2026 1:46:17 SELČ, Warren Postma via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> napsal:
> 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.

I sincerely hope, that _if_ it ever gets supported, the implementation is strictly restricted to $MODE DELPHI and its documentation is accompanied with a bold warning like "Although this option became supported in FPC due to improved Delphi compatibility, it should be strongly discouraged because it is not compliant to Pascal."

Tomas