"Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief)" wrote:
On 4 Dec 2002 at 4:10, CBFalconer wrote:
I guess this also signals doom for my "Delphi compatibility" units, which can perhaps quietly disappear. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because I have long been dubious as to whether anyone other than me is using them. I still intend of course to continue to develop them for my own purposes, so those who are interested in them will be able to get updates.
Compatibility units are a much different thing than building compatibility into the compiler system. They are basically an interface between the non-standardized and variable Delphi 'standard', and a controlled standard. If they interfaced to ISO 10206 they would be the most useful.
Sorry - they are all written with "{$gnu-pascal}" turned on.
If needed, that's the way it is :-). However it reduces the usefulness on non-gpc systems. I suspect some could be used to other standards, which is why I always try to develop things to the most restrictive standard, and only move on if I can't make it work reasonably well.