Re: [fpc-pascal] from fpc 2.6 to 3.x

2019-06-05 Thread Marc Santhoff
On Sat, 2019-06-01 at 22:26 +0200, Bart wrote: > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 8:41 PM Marc Santhoff wrote: > > > which are the main changes when upgrading fpc from 2.6.4 to the current > > 3.x > > release? > > Codepage aware strings come to mind... > > New features are listed at > http://wiki.freepascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] from fpc 2.6 to 3.x

2019-06-01 Thread Bart
On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 8:41 PM Marc Santhoff wrote: > which are the main changes when upgrading fpc from 2.6.4 to the current 3.x > release? Codepage aware strings come to mind... New features are listed at http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_3.0 Changes that may break backwards compat

[fpc-pascal] from fpc 2.6 to 3.x

2019-06-01 Thread Marc Santhoff
Hi, which are the main changes when upgrading fpc from 2.6.4 to the current 3.x release? I remember having tried once for building ppcrossarm. That worked. When compiling my old stuff in lazarus on x64 native it left me with a really big mess. So big I switched back to 2.6.4 without taking any no