Re: Problem with functions in EP modules

On 7 Oct 2003 at 14:36, J. David Bryan wrote:

Using:

gpc version 20030507, based on gcc-3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)

configured as "i486-pc-mingw32" and running under Windows NT 4.0, the "widget_module" example from section 6.4.2.5 of the EP manual fails to compile, as follows:

D:\test>gpc --extended-pascal -c widget.pas widget.pas:37: result types in forward declared functions are an extension widget.pas:37: of UCSD Pascal, Borland Pascal, traditional Macintosh widget.pas:37: Pascal

The following simplified example exhibits the same behavior:

module modbug;

export i = (e);

function e (v : integer) : integer;

end;

function e;

begin
  e := 1
end;

end.

Compiling produces:

D:\test>gpc --extended-pascal -c modbug.pas modbug.pas:12: result types in forward declared functions are an extension modbug.pas:12: of UCSD Pascal, Borland Pascal, traditional Macintosh modbug.pas:12: Pascal

I do not have a gpc-20030930 implementation to check this against.

You mean gpc-20030830? If so, then there are Mingw binaries on the GPC server (updated today).

I just tested your modbug.pas with my gpc-20030830, and I get the same result as described above.

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