Problem with functions in EP modules

7 Oct 2003

      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.

                                      -- Dave

Problem with functions in EP modules

J. David Bryan