Hello, we have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal Compiler, version 2.4.2 on our ftp-servers.
Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 Downloads are available at: the main FTP server at ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ and mirrors like ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/ and sourceforge. Enjoy! The Free Pascal Compiler Team Free Pascal Compiler Version 2.4.2 ****************************************************************************** What's New in 2.4.2 ****************************************************************************** Free Pascal 2.4.2 contains many fixes and a few new features. Most bugfixes in the RTL and packages before june 2010 have been merged. Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.2 for a list of changes which may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and how to cope with these changes. Some highlights are: Compiler: * Support D2006+ FOR..IN, with some FPC specific enhancements. Refer to http://wiki.freepascal.org/for-in_loop for more information * Support for sealed and abstract classes. Packages: * Many improvements to the XML units * Many improvements to the database units * Many improvemnets to the chm units Platforms: * Long term bug in OS/2 implementation of unit Video finally fixed which among others allows inclusion of the text-mode IDE (without debugger) for this platform as part of the distribution again. See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported bugs which have been fixed in this release. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
