From: robert@prino.org   
      
   On 2025-11-01 08:06, eb wrote:   
   > In article <10dsqve$2r3q1$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > robert@prino.org says...   
   >>   
   >> Not really interested in DOS, big issue is,   
   >> even in TP-mode, that FPC does not   
   >> honour the old TP construction where all variables in a single var/const   
   >> declaration are kept in the final executable, i.e. I use   
   >>   
   >> const   
   >>     xxx_ptr : xxxptr  = nil;   
   >>     xxx_top : xxxptr  = nil;   
   >>     xxx_end : xxxptr  = nil; {or, occasionally @xxx_top}   
   >>   
   >> and update them after an insert in the linked list with a small assembler   
   >> routine that never explicitly uses xxx_end, nor do I ever explicitly use   
   xxx_end   
   >> myself and that results in FPC eliminating it. VP sticks to the Borland   
   >> implementation!   
   >   
   > Since the source code of TP is available on the   
   > internet (https://archive.org/details/tpascal),   
   > it should be straightforward to integrate such   
   > features into FP   
   > (https://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/).   
      
   ROFL! Have you ever seen the source code of FPC? Straightforward? My, well you   
   know what part of my body... ;)   
      
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