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Free Pascal Compiler
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- Version 1.0.4
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+ Version 1.9.0 aka 2.0.0-Beta1
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******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 1.0.4
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+ Whats New in 1.9.0 aka 2.0.0-Beta1
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******************************************************************************
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Compiler:
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- + Fpc executable
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- + Rangechecking for int64
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- + Better cardinal rangechecking
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- + Debugging support for classes
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- + FreeBSD and Linux define both UNIX
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- * XMM registers in assembler fixed
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- * Optimizer fixes
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- * Fixed some reported bugs
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+ + dyn. arrays
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+ + interfaces
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+ + variants
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+ + full widestring support
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+ + default parameters
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+ + cross name scope overloading
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+ + support for the PowerPC, Sparc and ARM processor, installation packages will follow within the
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+ next weeks
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+ + new and more sophisticated register allocator
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+ + inlining across units
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+ + register calling conventions
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+ + SSE and SSE2 support for inline assembler
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+ + PIC code generation
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+ + new language mode: "Mac Pascal"
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+ + full boolean evaluation is now also available
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+ * support of int64 integer constants
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+ * improved delphi compatibility in -Sd mode
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+ * a lot of bug fixes
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+ * large parts of the compiler are rewritten to create a more stable,
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+ portable and maintainable compiler
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RTL:
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- + keyboard, mouse and video units added (originally in API)
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- + Lot of FreeBSD updates
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- * FindFirst/FindClose fixes
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- * Termios updates for FreeBSD and Linux
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- * FExpand fixes
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- * TypInfo fixes
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- * Val(qword) works
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+ + multithreading support
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+ * completely rewritten unix runtime library
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+ * improved delphi compatiblity
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+ * significantly improved speed of exception related code
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+ * prepared for big endian and 64 Bit CPUs
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+ * a lot of bug fixes
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FCL:
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- * sstream example added
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- * fixed some missing .o and .a files
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-
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-Utils:
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- * fpcmake updates for freebsd
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- * ppufiles fix to allow / in filenames under go32v2/win32
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+ + tdataset support
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+ + html generator
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+ + 64 Bit file handling
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+ * a lot of bug fixes
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Docs:
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- + IDE documentation
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-
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-API:
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- - standalone API removed from distribution, units added to RTL
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-
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-
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 1.0.2
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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-Compiler:
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- + memory requirements reduced a lot when creating smartlink libraries
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- + identical procedures or functions are now already found in the interface instead
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- of after parsing the implementation also
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- + overload directive parsing is now D5 compatible
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- + stop compiling if -S2 or -Sd is required and give a nicer error message
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- + don't allow wrong assemblers for targets (i.e. refuse as.exe for win32)
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- * fixed smartlinking for win32 imports
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- * some -Or and other optimizer fixes
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- * fixed some crashes with undeclared identifiers and inlined functions
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- * packenum fixes
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- * internal binary writer is now a lot faster when creating smartlink libraries
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- with a lot of files (like the windows unit)
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- * better targetdir support
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- * don't allow word = word like type definitions
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- * integer(char) typecast works now
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- * some other small reported bugs
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-
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-RTL:
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- + bsd port files
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- + sysutils more delphi compatible
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- + sysutils.syserrormessage added for platforms supporting it
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- * some graph fixes
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- * linux crt handles ctrl-c better
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- * win32 crt returns alt-<key> correct
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- * small int64 fixes
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- * paramstr(0) fix for linux 2.0 kernels
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- * go32v2 getenv made case insensitive
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- * lot of os2 updates
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-
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-
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 1.00
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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-Compiler:
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- + -gl switch to automaticly load the lineinfo unit
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- + Lot of Delphi compatibility additions, especially when using -Sd
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- * Optimizer fixes, mainly register allocations needed for -Or
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- * int64/qword fixes
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- * RTTI fixes
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- * Smartlinking fixes for classes
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- * inline fixes (but still Beta)
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- * Exceptions generate more usefull backtraces which also support the
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- new lineinfo unit
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- * {$Packrecords C} fixes to be better C compatible
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- * operator should now work correctly when defined in other units
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- and locally and other fixes
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- * Better glibc 2.1.x support under linux
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- * Lot of other small bugfixes for the reported bugs
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-
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-RTL:
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- + lineinfo unit to display the file and line when a backtrace is
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- generated, this works for runtime errors, unhandled exceptions and
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- heaptrc unit (hint: use -ghl to easily detect and fix memory leaks)
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- * better precision when converting float to string
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- * Better exception support for Go32v2 without the need to load dpmiexcp
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- * Better Signal handling under linux for exception reporting
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- * Windows unit for win32 has now more delphi compatible declarations
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- * disksize/diskfree return now int64 so drives > 2GB work correctly
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- * lot of graph unit fixes, with generic mode support
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- * paramstr(0) under linux now returns the full executable instead of
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- the commandline
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- * heaptrc fixes for reallocmem
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- * other fixes reported by users
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+ * adapted to reflect new language features
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IDE:
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- + don't allow wrong assemblers with specific targets
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- + default mode for which assembler to use
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- + Recompiling a program does now also use unsaved files still in the editor
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- * the support files are now placed in the same dir as fp.exe where they were expected
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-Utils:
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- + postw32 to postprocess win32 executables to patch the stacksize
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- * h2pas is now better and also has a compact output mode with less
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- spaces and blank lines.
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- * fpcmake supports .so library creation and example installation
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-Packages:
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- + opengl for win32
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- * fixed win32 gtk interface
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-FCL:
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- + db support (TDataSet,TDatabase) for mysql
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- * idea fixes
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 0.99.14
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-******************************************************************************
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- + DLL creation fixed, it needs dlltool now
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- + .so creation for linux works also with classes
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- + Library writing works better, also linux library support
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- + better FPU code generation
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- + only one PPU is used per unit also when static, shared and smart linked
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- + assembler understands KNI instructions
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- + fail in class constructors works
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- + resourcestrings support
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- + gettext support for resourcestrings (localization)
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- + > < >= <= support for boolean
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- + checking for unused but assigned variables and private fields
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- * lot of RTTI fixes
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- * lot of property fixes
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- * pointer addition/substraction works like inc()/dec() (with the size
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- of the pointed type)
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- * assembler reader fixes so it works more like BASM
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- * exit in try...finally/except block works
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- * don't allow goto/label with exception blocks
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- * stabs debugging fixed for classes and result variable
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- * array constructor support
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- * initialization/finalization work also in default FPC mode
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- * assert works now also within $H+ mode
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- * lot of other fixes
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-RTL:
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- + New graph unit for GO32v2, Win32, Linux
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- + Delphi style GetMem/Freemem/ReAllocMem which knows the size of
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- the allocated block itself. Specifying wrong size for freemem gives
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- now also a Runtime Error
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- + ports unit for both GO32v2 and OS/2, which contains the port[] support.
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- It's now compatible with Linux ports unit
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- + timezone support for linux
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- + primitive routines Compare[Byte,Word,Dword], Index[Byte,Word,Dword]
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- * better ioresult setting for GO32v2
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- * some pchar fixes in sysutils unit
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- * lot of RTTI fixes for typinfo
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- * ansistrings speedups
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- * some other small fixes
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-Utils:
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- + fpcmake util to create a Makefile from Makefile.fpc
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- + delp util to delete all created files after compiling (exe, o, ppu)
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- + fprcp util for preprocessing win32 resource files
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- + data2inc util to convert data into .inc files
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- + binobj for binary to .o/.inc files, also with crypt, compression support
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- + ppufiles show all created files needed by a unit
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- + rstconv util to convert .rst files to gettext files
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- + plex,pyacc Pascal Lex/Yacc
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- * ppudump, ppufiles updated for new ppu version
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 0.99.12
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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- + lot of ansistring fixes
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- + coff writer for go32v2,win32 with instant .a creation (BETA)
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- + working global browser
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- + new compiler directives (path and other cmdline switches)
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- + val,readln support range checking
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- + initialization/finalization support
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- + methodpointer support
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- + message support
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- * better intel,at&t parsers with mmx,3dnow support
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- * better unit dependency handling and recompiling
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- * static var fixes
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- * better addr() support
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- * lot of other fixes, too many to list here
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-RTL:
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- + Internationalization suport in sysutils
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- + FileNameCaseSensitive boolean for go32v2,win32
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- * more precise str/val
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- * better val(),readln()
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- * io error handling much more like tp7
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- * small other fixes
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-Utils:
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- + ptop to pretty print your sources
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- * beter ppudump
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 0.99.10
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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-Compiler:
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- + better optimizer
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- + ansistring support
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- + array of const support for FormatStr
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- + automatic heaptrc unit including with the -gh option
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- + open strings ($P+) support
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- + DLL generation for Win32
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- + printf support for cdecl using array of const
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- * exceptions are finally working
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- * fixed some ppu problems
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- * fixed unit interdependency problems
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- * better range checking, also for enums
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- * size of objects without virtuals is now the same as tp7
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- * lot of fixes for the assembler readers
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- * more constant expression evalutations
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- * removed all memoryleaks
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- * almost all reported bugs are fixed
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-RTL:
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- + heaptrc unit to detect memoryleaks and other problems with the heap
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- + graph unit works and some missing functions are added
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- * objects unit fully works
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- * more functions for the classes,sysutils unit
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-Utils:
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- * ppudump updated for new ppu entries
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- * h2pas updated to write new cdecl declaration
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 0.99.8
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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-Compiler:
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- + smartlinking support (-Cx)
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- + new ppu format which much more portable en extendible
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- + new scanner with better file position info
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- + constant evaluation like tp7 (trunc,round,hi,swap)
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- + rtti support
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- + exception support
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- + longbool,wordbool support
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- + enumerated packing support like delphi
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- + c variable support (-Sv)
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- + Win32 support (no export and resource support yet)
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- * optimizer switches changed to be easier to use
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- * lot of fixes for sets, also supporting dynamic creation
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- * working open array (sizeof,high)
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- * better filename handling for all platforms
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- * ability to list source lines in the assembler file
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- * some error messages changed to for better understanding
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- * better calling convention support, delphi compatible
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- * glibc2 (linux) support
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- * too many other small bugfixes and internal enhancements
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-RTL:
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- + sysutils unit for objpas
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- + port[] array for go32v2
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- + graph unit for linux
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- + uniform objects unit for all platforms
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- + rtti support
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- + automatic Longfilename (LFN) support for go32v2
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- * go32 crt startup delay has been removed
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- * missing pchar support for some file functions (assign,rename)
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- * heapblocks support, which is much faster when allocating a lot
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- of small blocks (like objects)
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- * filerec/textrec is now uniform for all platforms (but not tp7 compatible)
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- * extended is the default floating point type
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- * lot of other fixes and small enhancements
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-
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-Utils:
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- + h2pas util to convert .h files to .pas file
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- + ppudump util replaces the old dumpppu
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- * mkdep is now much less strict and (* *) support
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-******************************************************************************
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- Whats New in 0.99.5
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-******************************************************************************
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-
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-Mainly, bugs are fixed and some improvements are
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-made in that release, besides that the following stuff is
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-added:
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- * compiler
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- - mem[] and absolute works now as expected (go32v2 target only)
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- - basic MMX support by the compiler (see docs for more infos)
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- * runtime library
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- - better support of floating point types
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+ * a lot of bug fixes
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+Misc:
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+ * improved cross compilation
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florian