[fpc-pascal] Speed question for strings

2005-11-18 Thread L
Why is the first and third example *so* much faster than the second example? Significantly faster. There's really not that much difference between the string concatenation. //Example 1: (seems fast) function StrLoadFile_test1(FileName: string): string; var F: text; c: char; str1,Line: stri

Re: [fpc-pascal] Download file

2005-11-18 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 18 Nov 2005, at 21:48, L wrote: It does not work as is on Mac, but then, most people don't care. *cry* I would consider a Mac if they didn't weld them shut like those iMacs. Talk about closed source hardware. Please post such drivel on fpc-other in the future, that's what that li

[fpc-pascal] RE: for..in loops?

2005-11-18 Thread Jeff Pohlmeyer
> the new for..in loops in Delphi caught my eye > fpc 2.0.0 doesn't compile this... are "for..in" loops > in a newer version or will they be sometime soon? I believe this was discussed at great length back in February, but I'm not sure what the final verdict was: http://lists.freepascal.o

Re: [fpc-pascal] for..in loops?

2005-11-18 Thread Micha Nelissen
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:40:20 +0100 Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:18:40 -0800 (PST) > Alan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > fpc 2.0.0 doesn't compile this... are "for..in" loops in a newer > > version or will they be sometime soon? Here is a little blurb

Re: [fpc-pascal] for..in loops?

2005-11-18 Thread Micha Nelissen
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:18:40 -0800 (PST) Alan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fpc 2.0.0 doesn't compile this... are "for..in" loops in a newer > version or will they be sometime soon? Here is a little blurb about FPC will never support this, AFAIK. It doesn't really add anything new, it just s

[fpc-pascal] for..in loops?

2005-11-18 Thread Alan Mead
I use Perl a lot so the new for..in loops in Delphi caught my eye: program ForIn; type TStringArray = array of String; procedure Demo1(const List: TStringArray); var S: String; begin for S in List do writeln(S); end; var sa: TStringArray; begin Demo1(sa); end. fpc 2.0.0 doesn't compile this..

Re: [fpc-pascal] Download file

2005-11-18 Thread Paul Davidson
Nice rant :) On Nov 18, 2005, at 15:48, L wrote: It does not work as is on Mac, but then, most people don't care. *cry* I would consider a Mac if they didn't weld them shut like those iMacs. Talk about closed source hardware. Of course for every complaint I make someone will come b

Re: [fpc-pascal] Download file

2005-11-18 Thread L
> It does not work as is on Mac, but then, most people don't care. *cry* > I would consider a Mac if they didn't weld them shut like those iMacs. Talk about closed source hardware. Of course for every complaint I make someone will come back with "but you can buy Macs with a tower case and

Re: [fpc-pascal] RE: Download file

2005-11-18 Thread Tony Pelton
On 11/18/05, Jeff Pohlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you don't mind using an external DLL, CurlPas is quite simple, and presumably, if you are crafty, and licensing supports it, you could link the curlpas runtime statically such that you don't need the lib. Tony _

[fpc-pascal] RE: Download file

2005-11-18 Thread Jeff Pohlmeyer
> I would like to download a file via HTTP, how can I achieve that in a > platform independent way? What components to use and is there > some code suited for dummy's available. If you don't mind using an external DLL, CurlPas is quite simple, and works on Linux, Windows, and possibly even Mac..

[fpc-pascal] Re: Pointer (Jonas Maebe)

2005-11-18 Thread Luis Del Aguila
Thank you, Jonas Maebe and Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho Gracias   Att. Luis Del Aguila. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal