Re: [fpc-devel] Build error, main branch, compiler/options.pas 889:33

2023-11-12 Thread dave--- via fpc-devel
I changed to the compiler directory and typed make all. From: fpc-devel On Behalf Of Sven Barth via fpc-devel Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2023 12:17 AM To: FPC developers' list Cc: Sven Barth ; dricha...@students.ccu.edu Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Build error, main branch, compiler/options.pa

Re: [fpc-devel] Build error, main branch, compiler/options.pas 889:33

2023-11-12 Thread dave--- via fpc-devel
I just re-tested. Make all fails in the same way whether I invoke it from the top directory or the compiler directory. From: fpc-devel On Behalf Of Sven Barth via fpc-devel Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2023 12:17 AM To: FPC developers' list Cc: Sven Barth ; dricha...@students.ccu.edu Subjec

[fpc-devel] Apologies, newbie question. How to make fpc use a different backend?

2023-11-12 Thread dave--- via fpc-devel
Hello, I have successfully built a new compiler. I installed it via make install INSTALL_PREFIX=... When I execute the new fpc command, however, it uses the system ppca64, not the built one. "Which fpc" confirms that I am using the proper fpc command. "fpc -PB" confirms that it is using the

Re: [fpc-devel] Apologies, newbie question. How to make fpc use a different backend?

2023-11-12 Thread dave--- via fpc-devel
Never mind. I read the code and added the lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION directory to my path. -Original Message- From: fpc-devel On Behalf Of dave--- via fpc-devel Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2023 2:44 PM To: 'FPC developers' list' Cc: d...@synergy.org Subject: [fpc-devel] Ap

[fpc-devel] Record representation clauses

2023-11-12 Thread dave--- via fpc-devel
Hello, I am currently working on defining records to describe memory-mapped registers on the Raspberry Pi's arm/aarch64 processor. It is painful and brittle to do this in Pascal. Recent versions of Ada/GNAT allow one to define both field location and byte-order in a record representation cl