New version of FPC
lazarus / 64-FPC development

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BSaidus · 2019-06-11 07:35

Hello,
Can we hope see a new version of FPC  ?
The last version (3.0.4 ) is dated November 28th, 2017.

Thanks.

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Thaddy · 2019-06-11 08:38

3.2.0 is in the release candidate phase, functionality complete and
very stable. But preparing a release includes things like
documentation, release notes, platform builds, tests and maybe some
minor bug fixes only related to the frozen functionality.
The latter parts are *a lot of work* that most people seriously
underestimate.....Be patient.

IOW: you should/can use 3.2.0 right now.

btw: the documentation for 3.2.0 is of course also in RC phase.

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BSaidus · 2019-06-11 09:38

@Thaddy.
Thank you !!
I never underestimate work of the FPC team  .
Thanks to you all.

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Thaddy · 2019-06-11 09:58

Maybe Marco (release management) can add something to it.

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nanobit · 2019-06-11 13:17

I have switched already to fpc 3.2 (beta). This has only benefits.
If new compiler features are not needed,
the RTL (for example, TStrings) is extended too, see unit changes at:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_Trunk
http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_Trunk
And many bug fixes in RTL compared to fpc 3.0.4.
See branch fixes_3_2.

For Windows users, convenient Lazarus installers (beta) exist:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus-snapshots/files/