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<H1>Knowledge base</H1>
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<P>This document gives last minute information regarding the compiler. Furthermore,
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it answers frequently asked questions and gives solutions to common problems
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@@ -536,7 +497,7 @@ when some things are left allocated or opened.</LI>
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therefore it is important to limit subroutine nesting, and the amount of
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local variables. Limiting total stack space usage at a given moment to
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at most 256 KBytes while make porting easier.</LI>
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-<LI> Do not hard code path to files, try to use relative paths
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+<LI> Do not hard code paths to files, try to use relative paths
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instead </LI>
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<LI> Use the following constants (defined in the system unit)
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to get information on files, line endings, and to build paths:
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@@ -977,7 +938,7 @@ seem to be problems with the DOS emulation layers (emulated
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DPMI services). These problems may not occur with all software
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generated by FPC. Either applications should be tested on these systems
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before being released, or Windows versions should be generated instead.
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-The FPC development team is currently investigating the problem. </P>
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