I would agree that the documentation actually states quite clearly that they are ALL strings except %linenum% and the documentation should be improved to be accurate.
Perhaps {$INCLUDE %XXX%} the {$INCLUDE} directive inserts a string or integer constant in the source code. Here XXX can be one of the following: CURRENTROUTINE Inserts a string containing the name of the current routine. Useful for debug logging. DATE Inserts a string containing the current date. It will be formatted as YYYY/MM/DD. DATEYEAR Inserts an integer containing the year part of the current date. DATEMONTH Inserts an integer containing the month part of the current date. DATEDAY Inserts an integer containing the day part of the current date. FPCTARGET Inserts a string containing the target CPU name. (deprecated, use FPCTARGETCPU) FPCTARGETCPU Inserts a string containing the target CPU name. FPCTARGETOS Inserts a string containing the target OS name. FPCVERSION Inserts a string containing the current compiler version number. FILE Inserts a string containing the filename in which the directive is found. LINE Inserts a string containing the line number on which the directive is found. LINENUM Inserts an integer containing the line number on which the directive is found. TIME Inserts a string containing the current time, formatted as HH:MM:SS TIMEHOUR Inserts an integer containing the hour part of the current time. TIMEMINUTE Inserts an integer containing the minutes part of the current time. TIMESECOND Inserts an integer containing the seconds part of the current time. If XXX is none of the above, then it is assumed to be the name of an environment variable. Its value will be fetched as a string from the environment when compiled, if it exists, otherwise an empty string is inserted. (we don't need to mention the integer exceptions here because we are only talking about environment variables now) I didn't know these directives existed, so thanks for the Christmas present, these will be very useful! James -----Original Message----- From: fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org> On Behalf Of Il Grande Beppe via fpc-pascal Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 7:12 PM To: FPC-Pascal users discussions <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Cc: Il Grande Beppe <ilgrandebe...@gmail.com> Subject: [fpc-pascal] {$include %dateyear%} Hello All, I'm reading https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/prog/progsu41.html It seems to me that {$include %dateyear%} , {$include %datemonthr%} and {$include %dateday%} are treated as numbers in the source code, not a string as expected from the description (only linenum is supposed to be a number). I'm really happy with numbers, but I think that the description could be improved , isn't it ? Best wishes and season's greetings to all Freepascalists. Cheers, Ched' _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal