On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:35:10 +0100 "Peter J. Haas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Most ppl want compatibility with Delphi. When we add a warning for > > uninitialized var parameters then there will be a lot of bug reports > > that Delphi doesn't warn in those cases and we will have to reject > > the bug report and explain it everytime. > > Why do you annoy me? This is very rude, you know. > In the last weeks we have had four discussions about hints. You only mention 3 here ? > The first problem was a bug and is solved. So .... ? > Second: 'Type size mismatch, possible loss of data / range check error' > if I assign a double value to a single variable (resp. extended to > single or double). Your answer: > > : Hints should not be enabled by default. They are only provided to > : help finding errors. > > and later > > : You are welcome to provide a clean solution (and patch) to hide > : hints. For us it has low priority. Isn't that both consistent and reasonable? > But why anybody should have any interest to develop a > solution, if he read statements like: "Sending a patch to implement > the missing feature that you want will increase the chance that it'll > be added to FPC." If you want the solution, implement it and donate back to the community. That's what open source is about. Micha _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
