[fpc-pascal] Re: Namespaces Support

2013-10-26 Thread leledumbo
> Furthermore, namespaces can be used to disambiguate identifiers with the same name, eliminating the need to prefix our identifiers How does that differ from existing . solution? -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/Namespaces-Support-tp5717153p571

[fpc-pascal] Re: Namespaces Support

2013-10-26 Thread leledumbo
> I know I'm a newbie in fpc, but I don't see backward compatibility a reason enough to leave to implement some improvements, like organize the base units of the fpc into proper namespaces. Backward compatibility is what the market is mostly about, most companies don't want to change their codebas

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Namespaces Support

2013-10-23 Thread Fabrício Srdic
Thanks a lot! 2013/10/23 leledumbo > > When the fpc 2.7.1 will be released? > > Since you ask this, obviously you don't understand fpc release engineering. > This will enlighten you: http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#versions > > And as an answer to your question: it will NEVER be released, not

[fpc-pascal] Re: Namespaces Support

2013-10-23 Thread leledumbo
> When the fpc 2.7.1 will be released? Since you ask this, obviously you don't understand fpc release engineering. This will enlighten you: http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#versions And as an answer to your question: it will NEVER be released, not as 2.7.1, but probably as 2.8.0 or 3.0.0. --