30.09.2011 23:06, Jonas Maebe wrote:
old code working with 2.5.1 from June writes:

TYPE TByteSet = set of Byte(0)..Byte(7);

Fatal: Syntax error, ";" expected but "(" found

What has changed on syntax for this definition?

PS: I use {$MODE Delphi} switch.
I have updated my FPC to SVN from today and when I try to compile my

It's the byte() typecasts that trigger the error message, but that's definitely quite a serious bug. Please file a bug report at http://bugs.freepascal.org so it doesn't get forgotten.

This is probably my fault although:
  1. delphi does not support such declarations
  2. we don't have a test for this kind of syntax

So maybe we had a feature by accident? Should I restore that behavior?

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.
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