December 2001 - Gpc

Re: GPC 2.1 RC 1 released
by CBFalconer 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

Maurice Lombardi wrote: > > CBFalconer wrote: > > > Maurice Lombardi wrote: > > > >>Frank Heckenbach wrote: > >> > >>>da Silva, Joe wrote: > >>> > >>>>Well AFAIK, there is no "later than 2.95.3", that is suitable. From > >>>>previous discussions, 3.XX is not currently supported by GPC and > >>>>2.96 is a broken version of GCC, so 2.95.3 is "it" (since this version > >>>>for DJGPP is not listed below, by implication there were no problems > >>>>with it, so I expect Maurice will have a build available shortly:-). > >>>> > >>>I haven't tested this particular configuration because I know that > >>>Maurice will do. :-) Though I don't expect problems here. > >>> > >>No problem indeed: 0 errors in the test suite. > >>It is uploaded as usual under the fixed link > >> > >>ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/maurice/gpc2953b.zip > > > > I assume that is the new version, even though it has the identical > > name to the older one? How are we to keep track :-) > > It is always the last alpha I have compiled with zero error in running the test suite. > The link points to the actual file in the same directory > ( gpc-20011202-gcc-2953.i586-pc-msdosdjgpp.zip presently ). > There is no reason not to download the last version successfully compiled and tested. > A fixed link is handy for people having http pages which points to gpc Woops - possible problem. I note the "i586" in that name. I am running on a 486. Does it have Pentium only opcodes embedded somewhere? -- Chuck F (cbfalconer(a)yahoo.com) (cbfalconer(a)XXXXworldnet.att.net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. (Remove "XXXX" from reply address. yahoo works unmodified) mailto:uce@ftc.gov (for spambots to harvest)

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Re: GPC 2.1 RC 1 released
by da Silva, Joe 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

Well AFAIK, there is no "later than 2.95.3", that is suitable. From previous discussions, 3.XX is not currently supported by GPC and 2.96 is a broken version of GCC, so 2.95.3 is "it" (since this version for DJGPP is not listed below, by implication there were no problems with it, so I expect Maurice will have a build available shortly:-). BTW, I did notice at "http://www.distrowatch.com/debian.htm", that there exists also a GCC 2.95.4, but I have not heard anything about this version ... Joe. PS. I've just noticed - the "Reply To" stuff has stopped working! :-( > -----Original Message----- > From: CBFalconer [SMTP:cbfalconer@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:18 AM > To: gpc(a)gnu.de > Subject: Re: GPC 2.1 RC 1 released > > Frank Heckenbach wrote: > > > > GPC version 20011202 has been uploaded to the usual places, CVS and > > FTP: > > > > > ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/gnu-pascal/current/gpc-20011202.tar.g > z > > > > We consider this version the Release Candidate #1 for the upcoming > > GPC 2.1 release. > > > > Many things have changed since the last announced version. (Please > > see the `Done' section of the To-Do list and the `News' chapter in > > the manual or on the homepage for details.) > > > > Though many bugs have been fixed since the last version, there is > > still a number of known bugs left, some of which are longstanding > > issues that will take some time to be fixed. Therefore, according to > > a discussion in gpc(a)gnu.de, we have decided to make a 2.1 release > > now, anyway. > > > > This version has been tested successfully (i.e., the test suite ran > > without failures -- except martin2a.pas and fjf434c.pas on some > > platforms which should have been moved to knownbugs, and will be > > further investigated before the final release) on the following > > systems: > > > > i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (gcc-2.8.1) > > i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (gcc-2.95.3) > > i386-pc-msdosdjgpp (gcc-2.8.1) > > sparc-sun-solaris2.6 (gcc-2.95.2) > > mips-sgi-irix6.5 (gcc-2.95.2) > > alpha-dec-osf4.0b (gcc-2.95.3) > > > > Test reports from other systems are welcome. > > > > If you find new or especially important bugs, or very important > > missing features, let us know so we can perhaps fix them before 2.1. > > > > Any major changes, however, will not be done in the 2.1 source tree, > > but rather in the next alpha versions leading to 2.2. > > How about djgpp with gcc 2.95.3 (or later) ? > > -- > Chuck F (cbfalconer(a)yahoo.com) (cbfalconer(a)XXXXworldnet.att.net) > Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. > (Remove "XXXX" from reply address. yahoo works unmodified) > mailto:uce@ftc.gov (for spambots to harvest) > >

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Will GPC ever be an integrated part of GCC?
by Preben Mikael Bohn 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

This question has probably been asked before, but anyway... Will GPC ever be an integrated part of GCC? Wouldn't this automatically increase it's use? Best regards Preben Bohn ===== This message has been made up using recycled ideas and language constructs. No plant or animal has been injured in process of making this message. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: Units o libraries to create 2D graphics
by da Silva, Joe 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

As I recall, there is a Pascal translation of the Independent JPEG Group's graphics library, available at Simtel.Net (haven't tried it, so I don't know if it's any good, nor if it does what you want). There are also some graphics libraries for Pascal listed at "http://www.thefreecountry.com/developercity/graphicslibraries.shtml" that support the JPEG format, some may include source. Again, haven't tried any, so the same comments apply. Of course, the JPEG format is fairly sophisticated (ie. complicated), with variable compression ratio (depending on image quality), so for a small number of images (ie. small storage requirements), it might be simpler to use another format, such as GIF or PCX? Beware that GIF compression uses the LZW algorithm and is patented, although it's use is optional (BTW, AFAIK, the LZW patent should expire in mid-2003). Joe. PS. Hmmm ... "Reply To" is working again! :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: pascal(a)gargal.com [SMTP:pascal@gargal.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 4:02 AM > To: gpc(a)gnu.de > Subject: Units o libraries to create 2D graphics > > Hello, I just installed gpc in a HP-UX 11.00. I programmed in Pascal a > long time ago. > I'd like to know if you know which unit or library I can use to create jpg > files with > 2D graphics like number of users vs. memory usage to make them viewable in > a Web page? > > Thanks for your help! > Hermenegildo > >

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test result
by Russell Whitaker 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

Hi Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/specs gpc version 20011202, based on 2.95.3 20010315 (release) # of GPC tests 2177 # of GPC tests passed 2176 # of GPC tests skipped 1 # of GPC tests failed 0 Good. Thanks, Russ

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ptags utility
by Loris Caren 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Does anyone know of a ctags compatiable utility which was been extended to swallow pascal as well as c - I've found some hints that such a beast might exist, but the one that ships with Linux systems doesn't seem to.

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Problems with iso-8859-2 charset and nroff source manpage X-lation
by Mirsad Todorovac 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Hi, everybody, Anybody help me? I'm puzzled with this - I don't know how to display non-ASCII letters on a man page, and this seriously affects my efforts to translate docs to Croatian (considers everybody from non-US locales, I guess). So, the original looks like: ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH DESCRIPTION This man page does not contain much information about GNU Pascal because the unstructured man page format is not well suited for documenting a large program such a GNU Pascal. You can find the relevant information in the GNU Pascal Manual which is avilable in ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- My translation is: ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH OPIS Ova man stranica ne sadr¾i previ¹e informacija o GNU Pascalu jer nestrukturiran format man stranice nije prikladan za dokumentiranje tako velikog programa kao ¹to je GNU Pascal. Relevantne informacije mo¾ete pronaæi u GNU Pascal priruèniku koji je raspolo¾iv u Texinfo formatu i formatima proivedenima iz njega, ... ------------------------------------------------------------------ But it gets printed like (messy): ------------------------------------------------------------------ OPIS Ova man stranica ne sadrM->i previM-9e informacija o GNU Pascalu jer nestruktu - riran format man stranice nije prikladan za dokumentiranje tako velikog programa kao M-9to je GNU Pascal. Relevantne informacije moM->ete pronaM-fi u GNU Pascal priruM-hniku koji je raspoloM->iv u Texinfo formatu i formatima ... ------------------------------------------------------------------ In other words, '¾' ('z' with caret above) becomes M->, '¹' ('s' with caret above) becomes M-9, 'æ' ('c' with apostrophe above) becomes M-f ... and so on. It doesn't look pretty. Notice that I have iso-8859-2 (latin 2) font installed in terminal, and Pine displays so-called diacritic signs correctly. The problem is in ``more'' and it could be in ``info'' too, but I haven't translated all .texi files yet so I don't know. It's easy for me to write ``sed -e 's/¾/z/g' -e 's/¹/s/g' -e 's/æ/c/g' ...'' (on your terminal it may not look that way, but it's actually striping each character of it's 'apostrophe above' and 'caret above' marks) but I hope that somebody reading this has a better idea. Thanks for listening, Mirsad -- This message has been made up using recycled ideas and language constructs. No plant or animal has been injured in process of making this message.

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20011123 good news - bad news
by Miklos Cserzo 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Hi Folks, the good news about the 20011123 version under IRIX 6.5 is that it compiles without problems and no test fails with the 20011123 test kit. The writeln works properly thanks to the --big-endian trick of Frank. The bad news are: - the kit won't compile with the native sed/grep but with the GNU versions only. - the produced binary still leaks memory on string operations unless they are in the procedures. - the -static switch is broken. Here is the log with the -v switch: Reading specs from /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/specs gpc version 20011123, based on 2.95.2 19991024 (release) /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/gpcpp -lang-pascal -v -I/home/pugh/miklos/src -famtmpfile=/var/tmp/cca00jWd -fbig-endian -fdelphi-comments -D__GNU_PASCAL__ -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D__GPC__=2 -D__GPC_MINOR__=0 -D__GPC_VERSION__=2.0 -D__GPC_RELEASE__=20011123 -D__BITS_BIG_ENDIAN__=1 -D__BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN__=1 -D__WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN__=1 -D__NEED_ALIGNMENT__=1 -Dunix -Dmips -Dsgi -Dhost_mips -DMIPSEB -D_MIPSEB -DSYSTYPE_SVR4 -D_LONGLONG -D_SVR4_SOURCE -D_MODERN_C -D__DSO__ -D__unix__ -D__mips__ -D__sgi__ -D__host_mips__ -D__MIPSEB__ -D_MIPSEB -D__SYSTYPE_SVR4__ -D_LONGLONG -D_SVR4_SOURCE -D_MODERN_C -D__DSO__ -D__unix -D__mips -D__sgi -D__host_mips -D__MIPSEB -D__SYSTYPE_SVR4 -Asystem(unix) -Asystem(svr4) -Acpu(mips) -Amachine(sgi) -D__CHAR_UNSIGNED__ -D__OPTIMIZE__ -D__LANGUAGE_C -D_LANGUAGE_C -DLANGUAGE_C -D__SIZE_TYPE__=unsigned int -D__PTRDIFF_TYPE__=int -D__EXTENSIONS__ -D_SGI_SOURCE -D_MIPS_FPSET=32 -D_MIPS_ISA=_MIPS_ISA_MIPS3 -D_ABIN32=2 -D_MIPS_SIM=_ABIN32 -D_MIPS_SZINT=32 -D_MIPS_SZLONG=32 -D_MIPS_SZPTR=32 -D_COMPILER_VERSION=601 -U__mips -D__mips=3 -D__mips64 das.p /var/tmp/cca00jWd.i GNU Pascal Compiler PreProcessor version 20011123, based on gcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release) [AL 1.1, MM 40] SGI running IRIX 6.x #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /home/pugh/miklos/src /var/tmp/gpc/include /var/tmp/gpc/mips-sgi-irix6.5/include /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/include /usr/include End of search list. /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/gpc1 /var/tmp/cca00jWd.i -mno-abicalls -quiet -dumpbase das.pas -O -version -famtmpfile=/var/tmp/cca00jWd -fbig-endian -o /var/tmp/cca00jWd.s GNU Pascal version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (mips-sgi-irix6.5) compiled by GNU C version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release). GNU Pascal version is actually 20011123, based on gcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release) /usr/bin/as -O2 -g0 -nocpp -show -G 0 -w -n32 -o /var/tmp/cca00jWd1.o /var/tmp/cca00jWd.s /usr/bin/../../usr/lib32/cmplrs/as -DEFAULT:abi=n32:isa=mips4:proc=r10k -O2 -g0 -nocpp -show -G 0 -w -n32 -o /var/tmp/cca00jWd1.o /var/tmp/cca00jWd.s /usr/lib32/cmplrs/asm -t5_ll_sc_bug -EB -pic2 -elf -O2 -g0 -G0 -w -mips4 -n32 /var/tmp/cca00jWd.s -o /var/tmp/cca00jWd1.o /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/collect2 -non_shared -init __do_global_ctors -fini __do_global_dtors -_SYSTYPE_SVR4 -woff 131 -n32 -o das.sgi /usr/lib32/mips3/nonshared/crt1.o /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2 -L/usr/bin -L/var/tmp/gpc/lib /var/tmp/cca00jWd1.o -lgpc -lm -dont_warn_unused -lgcc -warn_unused -L/usr/lib32/mips3 -L/usr/lib32 -dont_warn_unused -lc -warn_unused -dont_warn_unused -lgcc -warn_unused /var/tmp/gpc/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.5/2.95.2/crtend.o /usr/lib32/mips3/crtn.o ld32: FATAL 9 : I/O error (/usr/lib32/mips3/nonshared/crt1.o): No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 32 exit status The crt1.o is actually in /usr/lib32/mips3. The /usr/lib32/mips3/nonshared is not exist. What is the civilized way to tell the compiler where to look for the proper objects? (Other than set up a symlink and fool the compiler.) Nice work otherwise, cheers, miklos

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Logical Shift Right
by Gloria, Jing 09 Dec '01

09 Dec '01

Has anybody implemented a function to do Logical Shift Right operations on an integer in GNU PASCAL? SHR operator will do an arithmetic shift right. Or any suggestions on how to do this? I am using gpc version 20010623, based on 2.95.2 19991024 (release) on Solaris 7 in an Intel box.. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Jing Gloria Texas Instruments

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How to build info from .texi???
by Mirsad Todorovac 09 Dec '01

09 Dec '01

Hi everybody! I tried to build info files from @texinfo .texi sources. What i've got is: > pwd /home/mtodorov/pascal/gcc-2.95.3/gcc/p/doc/en > makeinfo -I .. -I ../.. -I ../generated gpc.texi ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. . . . ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. ./keywords.texi:15: Node `Kljuène rijeèi' previously defined at line 15. Too many errors! Gave up. > I tried putting back `Keywords' instead of `Kljuène rijeèi', but I've got the same. Heeeeelp!!!!!!!!!! Marvin -- This message has been made up using recycled ideas and language constructs. No plant or animal has been injured in process of making this message.

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