Re[2]: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread JoshyFun
Hello FPC-Pascal, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 8:47:03 PM, you wrote: c> Can the Fill... functions be changed to have the first parameter "out" c> instead of "var" ? Surely they don't use it as an input parameter. Write your own "fillchar" like function and inline it, something like: procedure M

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Nov 2009, at 20:47, cobines wrote: > Can the Fill... functions be changed to have the first parameter "out" > instead of "var" No: http://lists.freepascal.org/lists/fpc-devel/2009-November/018532.html Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pasc

Re[2]: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Fantomas
>> In my humble opinion, there are no problems with the FillChar declaration. >> But the way you wrote your _absolutely correct_ code produced a hint. You >> shold use $HINTS OFF, for amendment to the FillChar declaration seems to be >> done unlikely. > But there is a reason for the hints. It shou

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread cobines
Can the Fill... functions be changed to have the first parameter "out" instead of "var" ? Surely they don't use it as an input parameter. -- cobines ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [fpc-pascal] question about FpTimes in BaseUnix package

2009-11-17 Thread Rainer Stratmann
Am Tuesday 17 November 2009 19:34:19 schrieb Bruce Bauman: > I am using the FpTimes function from the BaseUnix package. The > documentation says it returns -1 on an error, otherwise the number of > clock ticks since boot time. What does clock ticks exactly mean? I am searching for an equivalent to

Re: [fpc-pascal] question about FpTimes in BaseUnix package

2009-11-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Nov 2009, at 19:34, Bruce Bauman wrote: > I am using the FpTimes function from the BaseUnix package. The > documentation says it returns -1 on an error, otherwise the number of > clock ticks since boot time. However, the return type of this function > is TClock, which is unsigned. From "ma

[fpc-pascal] question about FpTimes in BaseUnix package

2009-11-17 Thread Bruce Bauman
I am using the FpTimes function from the BaseUnix package. The documentation says it returns -1 on an error, otherwise the number of clock ticks since boot time. However, the return type of this function is TClock, which is unsigned. This, if I say: X := BaseUnix.FpTimes(T); if (X <> -1) then ..

[fpc-pascal] Web interface for public.mseide-msegui.talk

2009-11-17 Thread Martin Schreiber
Hi, Wahono activated a web interface with search function for public.mseide-msegui.talk: http://msegui.org/fudforum/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=2&S=a0f13320c71aa14a269ca8b4d05f4631 Martin ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Jürgen Hestermann
In my humble opinion, there are no problems with the FillChar declaration. But the way you wrote your _absolutely correct_ code produced a hint. You shold use $HINTS OFF, for amendment to the FillChar declaration seems to be done unlikely. But there is a reason for the hints. It should point you

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: [fpc-devel] Installing "fpc-2.4.0-0.rc1.src.rpm" to OpenSuse 11.2

2009-11-17 Thread Joost van der Sluis
On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 06:48 +0700, Paul Ishenin wrote: > Juha Manninen wrote: > > I am planning to use this svn version for Lazarus experiments. > > Is it a good idea? > > > not bad. use also lazarus trunk for experiments. > > I selected the compiler and executable there but Lazarus complained a

Re[2]: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Fantomas
Hello, Graeme! Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 2:20:18 PM, you wrote: > That you. I agree with JoshyFun though. It seems like it is actually a > problem in the FillChar() definition and that should be fixed, instead of > simply ignoring the hint. > I raised this issue in the fpc-devel mailing list.

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Fantomas wrote: > > That compiler hint appears because you have not assigned a value to the > variable > Temp before passing it to a function as a parameter. You can pay no attention > to > that hint or switch off hints in your code where the hint is produced, if it > really bothers you. That y

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Fantomas
Hello, Graeme! Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 1:03:22 PM, you wrote: > And how do I solve this compiler hint? Normally I use FillChar(), but here it > made no difference. The hint no simply moved to the line containing FillChar() > call. :-( > /home/graemeg/programming/3rdParty/DCPcrypt/dcpblockc

Re[2]: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread JoshyFun
Hello Graeme, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:15:09 AM, you wrote: GG> [...not that I fully understand the DCPCrypt code...] GG> Looking at your code and the rest of DCPCrypt code, it seems it already GG> optimized the calls to xorblock(), instead of inside xorblock() [...] That's not an "op

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread JoshyFun
Hello Graeme, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:03:22 AM, you wrote: GG> /home/graemeg/programming/3rdParty/DCPcrypt/dcpblockciphers.pas(229,16) GG> Hint: Local variable "Temp" does not seem to be initialized [...] GG> raise EDCP_blockcipher.Create('Cipher not initialized'); GG> p1:= @Indata;

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
dmitry boyarintsev wrote: > Seems like {$mode delphi} is used. Indeed it is. :) > here's faster version of xorblock [...not that I fully understand the DCPCrypt code...] Looking at your code and the rest of DCPCrypt code, it seems it already optimized the calls to xorblock(), instead of insid

[fpc-pascal] How to solve "variable does not seem to be initialized" compiler hint.

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, And how do I solve this compiler hint? Normally I use FillChar(), but here it made no difference. The hint no simply moved to the line containing FillChar() call. :-( /home/graemeg/programming/3rdParty/DCPcrypt/dcpblockciphers.pas(229,16) Hint: Local variable "Temp" does not seem to be init

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread dmitry boyarintsev
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > Changing those declarations to PByteArray type solves the compiler error > in FPC. Seems like {$mode delphi} is used. here's faster version of xorblock procedure XorBlockEx(var InData1, InData2; Size: longword); var l1 : PIntegerArra

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
dmitry boyarintsev wrote: > > But, since we're using 32-bit processors it's more effective to use > 32-bit xor (where possible)! Out of interest... Could you explain "use 32-bit xor"? How does that differ to the code I posted? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI to

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
dmitry boyarintsev wrote: > > procedure XorBlock(var InData1, InData2; Size: longword); > var > b1 : PByte; > b2 ; PByte; Changing those declarations to PByteArray type solves the compiler error in FPC. var b1: PByteArray; b2: PByteArray; Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Jonas Maebe wrote: > > Indeed. In general, I'd recommend to always add a pointer typecast > though, to avoid problems in case the declared type should ever > change. Rather safe than sorry. I'll amend the code as such. Thanks for your help. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-p

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
dmitry boyarintsev wrote: > Graeme, why don't you use power of the FPC (and it's pointer maths)? > Pascal is language of readable code :) The original code is not mine, I'm simply making it 64-bit friendly and removing some compiler warnings where possible. > > procedure XorBlock(var InData1, In

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Nov 2009, at 10:38, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > So in that case because a untyped parameters are treated like generic > Pointer types whereby arithmetic increments in byte size, I don't > actually need any type casts the parameters at all? Indeed. In general, I'd recommend to always add a p

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Jonas Maebe wrote: >> How to I solve this compiler hint? > > Don't cast ordinals to pointers. :-) > Replace the PtrUInt types casts with PByte (or Pointer) type casts. So in that case because a untyped parameters are treated like generic Pointer types whereby arithmetic increments in byte siz

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Aleksa Todorovic wrote: > > Does that mean that (PByte(p) + N) = (Pointer(p) + N) for > pointer-castable p and integer N? I believe it does. I read in the ref.pdf document that when you increment a generic Pointer type, it increments by 1 (equal to 1 byte). Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Too

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Nov 2009, at 10:17, Aleksa Todorovic wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:05, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> >> Replace the PtrUInt types casts with PByte (or Pointer) type casts. >> > > Does that mean that (PByte(p) + N) = (Pointer(p) + N) for > pointer-castable p and integer N? Yes. The genera

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread dmitry boyarintsev
Graeme, why don't you use power of the FPC (and it's pointer maths)? Pascal is language of readable code :) procedure XorBlock(var InData1, InData2; Size: longword); var b1 : PByte; // in Delphi i'd use PByteArray b2 ; PByte; i: longword; begin b1:=...@indata1; b2:=...@indata2; for i:=

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Aleksa Todorovic
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:05, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > Replace the PtrUInt types casts with PByte (or Pointer) type casts. > Does that mean that (PByte(p) + N) = (Pointer(p) + N) for pointer-castable p and integer N? ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pasca

Re: [fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Nov 2009, at 10:02, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > How to I solve this compiler hint? Don't cast ordinals to pointers. > - > procedure XorBlock(var InData1, InData2; Size: longword); > var > i: longword; > begin > for i:= 1 to Size do >Pbyte(PtrUInt(@InDa

[fpc-pascal] How to solve "Conversion between ordinals and pointers is not portable"

2009-11-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, How to I solve this compiler hint? I've managed to get DCPCrypt compiled and running successfully (with my current tests) under 64-bit FPC & Linux. But I still have many compiler hints as listed below. Can I simply ignore them, or is there a way I can fix the code to remove the compiler warn