Pointer arithmetics, automatic `uses'_(re)

Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:53:33 +0100

Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> 
> According to The African Chief:
> >
> > This is getting very interesting :-) We now have many different
> > versions of FillChar! Which should I use?
> 
> One that works, and among those the fastest one.

Hmmm ....

> > PS: - another point entirely; is there a switch that will enable
> > a particular unit (in this case SYSTEM.PAS) to be used
> > automatically, without putting it manually in the USES clause of
> > every source file? I am looking for something like
> >
> > "--auto-use=xxx.pas,yyy.pas,f:\gpc\zzz.pas",
> >
> > which I can then use from the command line, or put into to
> > GPCC.CFG file.
> 
> This is planned, and `--auto-use=...' is a good suggestion for the name.
> Okay with everybody?  (Or perhaps `--auto-uses=...'?  Or just `--uses=...'?)

I would go with "--uses=..." (or even "--U=...") simply because
it is shorter ...

Best regards, The Chief
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