[fpc-pascal] Unexpected warning messages...

[Mattias Gaertner]

On 10/17/26 19:16, Gene Buckle via fpc-pascal wrote:
> [...]
> I don't understand why they're being compiled all the time - is this a 
> Lazarus thing?  AFAIK, the only time an RTL unit should *ever* be 
> recompiled is if the source changes.

The rtl unit is not recompiled. The generic code is compiled to a 
specialize.

Of course it would be nice if the specialization can be compiled without 
hints and warnings.


> The filters  (Lazarus 4.8) don't work well as filtering for "...never 
> used" in generics.collections.pas never works; they're always displayed.

Hmm, I wonder what would be a good filter to hide such hints/warnings.


>> There isn't really something you can do and in this case they aren't 
>> problematic either. In the development version these messages have 
>> been reduced.
>>
> They're problematic for *me* by spamming the Messages window with junk I 
> don't need to see which makes the things I NEED to see difficult to find.
+1

Mattias