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gpc-20040516 released
by Frank Heckenbach 16 May '04

16 May '04

I have uploaded a new beta version of GPC to <http://www.gnu-pascal.de/beta/>. This version contains mostly bugfixes and only few and smaller new features. Therefore, if no serious bugs will be found in the next fews days, it can be recommended for production work. Waldek Hebisch and I are currently working on some larger changes, including qualified identifiers, range checking and support for gcc-3.4.0. An alpha version with these changes, which might be less stable, will probably be released in a few weeks. BUILD NOTE: If you modify the GPC sources, you now need bison-1.875c and flex-2.5.27 (<http://lex.sourceforge.net>) to rebuild. These versions must be matched exactly. Newer flex versions, in particular 2.5.31, might work as well, but contain a known unportability, so I did not test them, and I recommend 2.5.27. (Other programs such as yacc and lex instead of bison and flex also will not do.) I have included the files generated by bison and flex in the distribution (also in the "minimal" distribution), so you should not need these tools when you only want to build GPC. NOTE: The `Pipe' unit was renamed to `Pipes' because of a name conflict. Unfortunately, this requires a small change to all programs that use this unit. New features: * arithmetic expressions now work as lower array/subrange bounds (fjf248.pas, fjf293.pas, fjf336.pas, fjf346a.pas, fjf622.pas) * records/objects with many fields are processed faster * parameters of procedural types now support Standard Pascal procedural parameters, conformant/open arrays and `type of' inquiries (fjf939*.pas) * empty parameter lists can be written as `()' (chief54*.pas, delphi6*.pas) (D) * GMP unit: `mpf_sin', `mpf_cos' * the test suite output is now by default stored in DejaGnu compatible files `gpc.log' and `gpc.sum' in the `p/test/' directory; other available test targets are `pascal.check-short' and `pascal.check-long' (@) * new options `-W[no-]dynamic-arrays' (fjf931*.pas) * new argument to `_p_initialize' (@) * new function `UMask' * new option `--no-debug-source' * new lexer (no directly user-visible difference, but should allow for better handling of lexer-based problems in the future) Fixed bugs: * `pow' and `**' are really EP conformant now (in particular `x pow y' and `x ** y' are an error if x = 0 and y <= 0) (emil27*.pas) * `protected var' parameters must only accept references (unlike `const' parameters) (gale5*.pas) * `pack' must not pack the component type of arrays (fjf940[b-e].pas) * in some circumstances packed fields were allowed as `var' parameters (fjf940a.pas) * bugs with nonlocal gotos out of routines declaring file variables (nonloc*.pas) (fix involved a change in the internal representation of file variables) * 'foo'#42 must not be rejected in `--borland-pascal' (chief53.pas) * `--implementation-only' didn't work correctly (bo4-19.pas) * messages referring to object methods now point to the method declaration rather than the end of the object type declaration * initializers for types containing nested schemata now work (fjf914*.pas) * various smaller bugs Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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Old mails in the archive
by Frank Heckenbach 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Hi, some old mails (from the time 1999-2001) that Anja Gerwinski found on an old server are now available in the online archives of gpc-doc and gpc-announce. (They are numbered 0 and below, to avoid shifting the numbers of current mails.) Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de http://fjf.gnu.de/ GnuPG and PGP keys: http://fjf.gnu.de/plan (7977168E)

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Mailing list problems (March 20-23)
by Frank Heckenbach 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

Hallo, due to a problem when installing spam and virus filters, the mailing lists were out of order from last Saturday till Tuesday. Incoming mails were probably dropped without notice. If you sent any mail to the lists in this time, please check in the archives to find out if it got through, and otherwise please resend it. Sorry for the inconvenience, Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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compiler
by Rob Goldblatt 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Hi There My name is rob goldblatt The problem is that I have been trying to find a hi level compiler for Atmel products and have not been able to download a single thing I need advice as to what products to use either Atmel or Microchip there seems to be pascal compilers for atmel. Itried to download the GNU c compiler we get the gnu page but no link to downloading any softwtare can u help regards Rob

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gpc-20030830 released
by Frank Heckenbach 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

I've uploaded a new alpha to <http://www.gnu-pascal.de/alpha/>. IMPORTANT LICENSING NOTE: Due to the recent disputes over the GNU Free Documentation License by some parties, we made a detailed investigation of the license status of GPC's documentation. Thereby it turned out that the change to the FDL last November might not have been done absolutely correctly, since neither permission of some earlier authors nor of the FSF as the copyright holder was obtained for that change. To avoid any possible problems resulting from that, we decided to rewind the complete documentation to the state of 2002-11-27, the last version licensed under the GPL, and redo all later changes with explicit permission of the respective authors under the GPL. As the result, the whole documentation is now licensed under the GPL (again), and the license status of GPC versions 20021128, 20030209, 20030323 and 20030507 remains dubious. (Note: This affects only the documentation. The compiler itself has not changed its license and is therefore safe. Neither are programs compiled by such a GPC version affected.) I am not a lawyer, so I can't give you any advice what to do if you have used such a version, but my personal suggestion (also for technical reasons) is to change to the current release as soon as possible. Therefore, we have removed the problematic distributions from our server. Those who have made available binaries of one of the problematic versions are suggested to do the same (which, I suppose, they will do anyway, replacing them by the new release). For the same reason, we do not offer a patch against gpc-20030507, so you will have to download the whole GPC distribution to upgrade. (A patch against gpc-20021111 would be safe, but probably rather large and not worth the effort, since many users might not have gpc-20021111 handy anymore.) To avoid similar problems, we do not plan another attempt to change the license in the nearer future. It may be required for GCC integration someday, but not until the disputes over the FDL are finally settled. If you have any suggestions regarding these matters, please contact Peter Gerwinski or me by private mail. BUILD NOTE: This GPC version requires quite a recent version of Bison. (And building CVS Bison again requires bleeding edge versions of some other utilities.) Therefore, I have included the Bison generated files in the distribution (also in the "minimal" distribution), so you won't need Bison at all unless you remove them or change parse.y. New features: * `CompilerAssert' (fjf904*.pas) * options `--[no]-assert' renamed to `--[no]-assertions' (necessary to avoid a conflict with GCC) (@) * new options `--[no-]range-checking', also as short compiler directives `{$R+}'/`{$R-}' (default is on) (C, E, B, @) * new options `--[no-]methods-always-virtual' (fjf903*.pas) (M) * new options `--[no-]pointer-arithmetic', `--[no-]cstrings-as-strings', `-W[no-]absolute' (all of which `--[no-]extended-syntax' implies) * `Integer2StringBase', `Integer2StringBaseExt' * new constants `NumericBaseDigits', `NumericBaseDigitsUpper' * allow assigning, passing by value and returning objects, with assignments of an object of derived type to one of a base type (chief35[ab].pas, fjf451*.pas, fjf696[ef].pas, fjf884*.pas), BP compatible except for a bug in the BP feature itself (see the comment in `p/test/fjf451h.pas') (B) * new options `-W[no-]object-assignment' * warn (except in `--borland-pascal') if a virtual method overrides a non-virtual one (chief52*.pas) * warn when an non-abstract object type has virtual methods, but no constructor (chief51*.pas) * `--maximum-field-alignment' does not apply to `packed' records * `ArcSin', `ArcCos' Note: Range checking options are recognized, but range checking in general is *not* yet implemented. Only some special cases are checked, such as sets and dynamic subranges (subranges in local declarations and array slice access). Fixed bugs: * open internal files with `O_EXCL' on `Rewrite' (as a protection against symlink attacks) * `pow' and `**' are EP conformant now (in particular `x pow y = (1 div x) pow (y)' if `y' is negative and `x <> 0') (fjf908.pas) * `--enable-keyword'/`--disable-keyword' on the command-line makes GPC crash (david5.pas) * GPC accepts, but ignores, options with invalid suffixes (e.g. `--delphi-pascal') * wrong type-error when applying `Inc' to a type-casted pointer (peter3.pas) * with range checking enabled, check dynamic subrange/array size (fjf222*.pas, fjf813*.pas, fjf900*.pas) * GPC allows modification of conformant array bounds, result of `High'/`Low' etc. (fjf897*.pas) * don't allow linker names starting with a digit (fjf894.pas) * `SubStr' with constant arguments doesn't work in constants (gale1.pas) * handle `BitSizeOf' correctly for packed array fields, don't allow `SizeOf' on them (fjf891*.pas) * System: `BPReal' must be a packed record <3EE8A26D.C919BE7D(a)flexim.de> * schema types with initializers (drf1.pas, fjf886*.pas) * `Return' doesn't work for sets (fjf885.pas) * bug with arrays as fields of `packed' records (waldek6.pas) * don't allow duplicate imports in a module interface and implementation (nick1b.pas) * compensate for parser read-ahead in the lexer, so compiler directives don't become effective too early and error messages refer more closely to the correct source position (still not quite correct due to issues with Bison) * bug when dividing two integers with `/' (fjf481.pas) * don't allow `absolute' in type definitions * subranges with variable limits (couper[23].pas) Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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Re: Wicked screensaver
by bruno.ferron＠ifremer.fr 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

See the attached file for details

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(no subject)
by Daniel Rudy 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

subscribe gpc-announce dcrudy(a)pacbell.net -- Daniel Rudy

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Archives working again
by Frank Heckenbach 29 Jun '03

29 Jun '03

The archives of this mailing list and the (experimental) search function on the GPC site <http://www.gnu-pascal.de/search.html> should now be working again. Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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Re: Server upgrade, bad news
by Frank Heckenbach 22 Jun '03

22 Jun '03

The problems on the server seem to be bigger than thought before. Don't expect anything to work until further notice. Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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Server upgrade
by Frank Heckenbach 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

Due to a hardware upgrade, the GPC server will be out of service tomorrow (Friday) probably for an hour. Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: 51FF C1F0 1A77 C6C2 4482 4DDC 117A 9773 7F88 1707

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