[fpc-pascal] Info about the -Mdelphi mode

[Warren Postma]

Failure to track valuable delphi capabilities and compatibilotu reads as
people being stuck in the mud of “we never dun it this way before”.




On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 4:41 AM Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal <
fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

> 25. dubna 2026 21:09:55 SELČ, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal <
> fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> napsal:
> > On Saturday, 25 April 2026 18:38:09 BST Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal wrote:
> > > it should be strongly discouraged because it is not compliant to
> Pascal.
> >
> > Ummm... Let's use examples:
>  .
>  .
> > It's called language evolution.
>
> Your examples are (mostly) new features rather than changes to the syntax
> rules of the language. While weakening previously existing rules may be
> considered "evolution", others may consider them degradation.
>
> Tomas
>
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