Changelog
fpc (2.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
* Changed build dependencies on gs-common to ghostscript as the first no more
exists. (Closes: Bug#649703)
* Configuration file is now built on the fly by the post installation script.
* New upstream major release with many features and new targets
- List of changes which may affect the behaviour of previously working
code, and how to cope with these changes is available online on
http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0 for a list
- List of reported bugs which have been fixed in this release is available
online on http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php
- List of new features which have been added to this release is available
online on http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_2.6.0
* New Platforms:
- iPhoneSimulator target
* Compiler changes:
- Many new language features:
+ Objective-Pascal dialect, supported on all Mac OS X and iOS targets
+ constref parameter modifier for "const by reference"
+ Pascal boolean types with multiple sizes (boolean16/32/64)
+ ISO 7185 language mode (except for I/O). Features amongst others:
. Nested procedure variables
. Non-local goto's
+ Mac Pascal mode improvements
. Nested procedure variables
. Univ modifier
+ Intrinsics
. sar (shift arithmetic right)
. bsf/bsr (bitscan forward/reverse)
+ Delphi compatibility mode improvements
. Nested types, class variables and class local constants
. Advanced records syntax (no constructors yet)
. (for..in) Enumerators in records
. Class and record helpers
. Generic records, arrays and procedural types
. Delphi-compatibility of generics improved
. Scoped enumerations
. Custom messages for "deprecated" directive
. Ability to use "&" for escaping keywords
- New ARM code generator features
+ ARM VFPv2 and VFPv3 floating point unit support
+ Thumb-2 support
* Packages changes:
- Many improvements to the rtl
- Many improvements to the database units (fcl-db)
- Objective-Pascal interfaces to Foundation, AppKit, CoreData and WebCore
- OpenGL headers updated to OpenGL 4.0
- Added bindings for libzorba
-- Abou Al Montacir <email address hidden> Mon, 27 Dec 2011 11:30:00 +0100
