Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-18 Thread Ryan Joseph
> On Jul 18, 2018, at 5:08 AM, Giuliano Colla > wrote: > > I have not yet seen the proposal to get rid of begin/end and replace it with > indentation level, but it appears to be just a matter of time! I’ve never heard of a single proposal to change the fundamentals of Pascal, only to extend

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-18 Thread Giuliano Colla
Il 17/07/2018 23:40, Tomas Hajny ha scritto: Indeed - please, everybody make sure to keep the discussion on this list on topic, this thread doesn't belong to this list. You are perfectly right that the discussions on this list should be kept on topic

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Tue, July 17, 2018 19:49, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: > Please, fpc-other please Indeed - please, everybody make sure to keep the discussion on this list on topic, this thread doesn't belong to this list. Tomas (one of FPC mailing list moderators) __

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Dmitry Boyarintsev
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Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Jim Lee
On 07/17/18 04:56, Giuliano Colla wrote: As everybody is suggesting new fpc features, I feel it right to add my own proposal, to make the language more useful and user friendly. I propose the support for the keyword "please". The syntax is quite simple: "please:", followed by the explanation

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread wkitty42
On 07/17/2018 11:56 AM, Giuliano Colla wrote: A problem would be to determine the appropriate amount of politeness accepted. > Maybe a compiler option, such as -P0 (almost rude) to -P3 (extremely polite)? Or up to -P7 for an increased granularity? go the other way... a P9 is a weapon... to carr

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Giuliano Colla
Il 17/07/2018 14:12, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) ha scritto: I also propose that if you do not write "please" often enough, the compiler would error out, claiming the user being too rude. But if it's used too often, the source can be rejected for being excessively polite. A problem would be t

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Giuliano Colla
Il 17/07/2018 16:06, Reimar Grabowski ha scritto: I DO NOT beg the compiler for something, I command. Then I would not be astonished if it turned out that you experience more troubles than the average, such as unexpected sigsev, libraries not found, unexpected shutdowns, and disk errors. I

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Reimar Grabowski
On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:56:39 +0200 Giuliano Colla wrote: > The syntax is quite simple: "please:", followed by the explanation in > plain English (or whatever locale is selected) of what you want the > compiler to do, makes the compiler generate the appropriate code. Not against you but that's

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

2018-07-17 Thread Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR)
Hi, On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, Giuliano Colla wrote: > As everybody is suggesting new fpc features, I feel it right to add my > own proposal, to make the language more useful and user friendly. > > I propose the support for the keyword "please". > > The syntax is quite simple: "please:", followed by th