> Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: > >> >>You need to use FPC 1.9.4 or later; 1.9.6 should work, as Jonas pointed, >>because I'm using some features not available in older releases. >> >> >> > Here's a really curious thing! > > I've been working to compile smf.pas. I've loaded fpc 1.9.6 on Windows > XP and, indeed, it compiles perfectly - later I get errors finding Libc, > but that's understandable as it isn't Unix, besides I really want it wo > work on the Mac. > > So, I've loaded fpc 1.9.6 on my Mac (powerpc, Mac/OS 10.x.x - the > latest). When I try to compile it, I get the same error about the byte > array, using Xcode. So I tried it with a command line compile: > > ppcppc -Sd smf.pas > > I get the same problem! This was very peculiar, so I tried:
Without output we can't say anything. > ppcppc -iV > 1.9.6 > > So I haven't loaded the wrong compiler by mistake. > > It looks very much as if the code for the 1.9.6 compiler on Windows/XP > and Mac/OS is different - in fact it looks as if the Mac version is an > earlier release. 80% of the compiler is platform independent. Only the codegenerator and assembler parser and writers are CPU dependent. > How could this have happened? Should I download the compiler and compile > it from scratch, or is it likely that somebody will fix the problem? > > Could I have something else wrong? > > Have you actually managed to compile this on a Macintosh running the > Panther OS? > > While on the subject, of compiling the compiler. I have a dual 64-bit > CPU on my Mac. Would it be possible to compile the compiler to run in > 64bit mode and be multi-threaded - and produce code that is 64bit and > multi-threaded? I know that Tiger will provide full 64bit operation (at > least that is promised), but, in theory, the compiler should be able to > produce 64bit code now. If not, how long before this will be possible? > Is it difficult to do? A 64-bit PowerPC codegenerator needs to be written first. The compiler itself is already 64-bit ready. Multithreaded compiler is not usefull. It'll the compiler very complex and less maintainable. Also the benefit is very small because of all the dependencies. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
