On 6/05/20 11:40 pm, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) wrote:
As much as we use the compiler and associated libraries ourselves, we can't cover every use case, or find every bug. A lot of packages are there for completeness, or because someone submitted it, or for compatibility with Delphi, not because we necessarily use it ourselves. So if you find weak spots like this where you feel you can do better, do it and submit it!
Sure, I do understand this, but it can be difficult sometimes to tell whether a unit is actively used or whether it's a relic of some long abandoned idea, like the libc unit for instance. Added to that, I am aware that rewriting functions in old units risks breaking things, even if the fix is correct, and so I feel it's prudent (and, hopefully, polite) to ask before writing the code.
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