Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread blackdog
I am running under linux - but I'm not using initalization or finalization sections, so i think i'm ok. thanks for the info bd On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:07:44 +0200 Jonas Maebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 26 Aug 2007, at 15:00, Daniël Mantione wrote: > > > An FPC .so can be a perfect re

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread Marco van de Voort
> > with boehm directly by redirecting the memory manager calls, however now > > that you've mentioned it could be a solution, my question is should > > an fpc .so be a direct replacement for a C .so? > > An FPC .so can be a perfect replacement for a C .so. I'm not aware of > limitations. Note,

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread blackdog
Thanks , That removes some variables from my bug hunt. Cheers bd On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:00:11 +0200 (CEST) Daniël Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Op Sun, 26 Aug 2007, schreef blackdog: > > > > > Hi Daniël > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I don't necessarily want fpc to inter

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 26 Aug 2007, at 15:00, Daniël Mantione wrote: An FPC .so can be a perfect replacement for a C .so. I'm not aware of limitations. Except for a bug caused by the *prt*.as -> si_*prc*.inc transition which means that currently under Linux the initialization sections are not executed: http

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Sun, 26 Aug 2007, schreef blackdog: > > Hi Daniël > > Thanks for the quick reply. I don't necessarily want fpc to interact > with boehm directly by redirecting the memory manager calls, however now > that you've mentioned it could be a solution, my question is should > an fpc .so be a direc

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread blackdog
Hi Daniël Thanks for the quick reply. I don't necessarily want fpc to interact with boehm directly by redirecting the memory manager calls, however now that you've mentioned it could be a solution, my question is should an fpc .so be a direct replacement for a C .so? Can you think of any reason w

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 26 Aug 2007, at 13:53, Daniël Mantione wrote: Neko uses the boehm garbage collector, so my question is, does fpc play well with boehm? My assumption has been that fpc could be used as a straight replacement for C. I'm not aware of any uses in practice, but I expect it will work. Someone

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Sun, 26 Aug 2007, schreef blackdog: > > Hi List > > This is my first post to the list and I'm new to fpc too. > > I'm interested in using fpc to create .so/.dll for the Neko > virtual machine (http://www.nekovm.org), instead of using C for the same > task. So that means translating header

[fpc-pascal] fpc and boehm

2007-08-26 Thread blackdog
Hi List This is my first post to the list and I'm new to fpc too. I'm interested in using fpc to create .so/.dll for the Neko virtual machine (http://www.nekovm.org), instead of using C for the same task. So that means translating header files. I've done some of this and had some success but I'