Hello, We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.0 on our ftp-servers.
You can help improve the upcoming 2.6.0 release by downloading and testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done here: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Testers_2.6.0 Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at: http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0 Downloads are available at the FTP server at: ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/fpc/beta/2.6.0-rc1/ Enjoy! The Free Pascal Compiler Team Free Pascal Compiler Version 2.6.0rc1 ****************************************************************************** What's New in 2.6.0rc1 ****************************************************************************** Free Pascal 2.6.0 is a new major version of the Free Pascal compiler. Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0 for a list of changes that may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and how to cope with these changes. Some highlights are: Platforms: * iPhoneSimulator target Compiler: * Many new language features: * Objective-Pascal dialect, supported on all Mac OS X and iOS targets * constref parameter modifier for "const by reference" * Pascal boolean types with multiple sizes (boolean16/32/64) * ISO 7185 language mode (except for I/O). Features amongst others: * nested procedure variables * non-local goto's * Mac Pascal mode improvements * nested procedure variables * univ modifier * Intrinsics * sar (shift arithmetic right) * bsf/bsr (bitscan forward/reverse) * Delphi compatibility mode improvements * Nested types, class variables and class local constants * Advanced records syntax (no constructors yet) * (for..in) Enumerators in records * Class and record helpers * Generic records, arrays and procedural types * Delphi-compatibility of generics improved * Scoped enumerations * Custom messages for "deprecated" directive * Ability to use "&" for escaping keywords * New ARM code generator features * ARM VFPv2 and VFPv3 floating point unit support * Thumb-2 support Packages: * Many improvements to the rtl * Many improvements to the database units (fcl-db) * Objective-Pascal interfaces to Foundation, AppKit, CoreData and WebCore * OpenGL headers updated to OpenGL 4.0 Details about these new features can be found at http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_2.6.0 See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported bugs that have been fixed in this release. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
