Re: [fpc-pascal] Is Online Package Manager not a standard part of Lazarus?

2023-03-24 Thread Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:20:15 +0100, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote: >I thought Online Package Manager was standard since it appeared in all earlier >installs I have made both using Sourceforge Windows installers or via sources >downloaded with SVN or Git and building on Linux. > >Now I have tes

[fpc-pascal] Is Online Package Manager not a standard part of Lazarus?

2023-03-24 Thread Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal
I thought Online Package Manager was standard since it appeared in all earlier installs I have made both using Sourceforge Windows installers or via sources downloaded with SVN or Git and building on Linux. Now I have tested fpcupdeluxe on Windows and it looked at first to work OK, but when I want

Re: [fpc-pascal] pointer to char vs pchar

2023-03-24 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023, Peter B via fpc-pascal wrote: On 24/03/2023 14:29, Martin Frb via fpc-pascal wrote: On 24/03/2023 15:04, Benito van der Zander via fpc-pascal wrote: why is a pointer to a char not a pchar (for type helpers)? My guess: For the same reason that "p2" fails in the below.

Re: [fpc-pascal] pointer to char vs pchar

2023-03-24 Thread Peter B via fpc-pascal
On 24/03/2023 14:29, Martin Frb via fpc-pascal wrote: On 24/03/2023 15:04, Benito van der Zander via fpc-pascal wrote: why is a pointer to a char not a pchar (for type helpers)? My guess: For the same reason that "p2" fails in the below. Distinct type. May be assignment compatible, but a type

Re: [fpc-pascal] pointer to char vs pchar

2023-03-24 Thread Martin Frb via fpc-pascal
On 24/03/2023 15:04, Benito van der Zander via fpc-pascal wrote: why is a pointer to a char not a pchar (for type helpers)? My guess: For the same reason that "p2" fails in the below. Distinct type. May be assignment compatible, but a type of it's own. Imagine you had a different helper, with

[fpc-pascal] pointer to char vs pchar

2023-03-24 Thread Benito van der Zander via fpc-pascal
Hallo, why is a pointer to a char not a pchar (for type helpers)? program Project1; {$Mode objfpc}{$H+} {$ModeSwitch typehelpers} type TPcharHelper = type helper for pchar   function toString(length: integer): string; end; function TPcharHelper.toString(length: integer): string; begin   SetStr

Re: [fpc-pascal] Downloaded cross-compiler from Sourceforge - wiki incorrect?

2023-03-24 Thread Martin Frb via fpc-pascal
On 24/03/2023 07:38, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote: On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:47:36 +0100, Martin Frb via fpc-pascal wrote: You need to change the CPU to i386 too OK, I thought that the current processor could be used since it can run both types of programs... Well no, and probably for seve