DWScript September 2012 news: FreePascal, RTTI and lambda syntax
Here is the news summary for September 2012, top new items are initial FreePascal support and introduction of lambdas syntax.
Here is the news summary for September 2012, top new items are initial FreePascal support and introduction of lambdas syntax.
Serg recent wrote an introduction to unit testing under Lazarus, showing how everything is there, but just that little bit “off” because of different unit names between FPCUnit and DUnit.
Not being a fan of ifdef, the prospect of having unit tests “uses” sections littered with ifdef did not attract me, so I made a little adapter unit to keep the “uses” sections clean.
Unofficial information from David Champion
https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=76231
“In fact we do listen to our customers and make representations to our developer group in the USA. Subsequently the EULA changes you were worried about have been dropped altogether.”
From an Embarcadero employee in Europe.
Let’s see if it gets officially confirmed by an Embarcadero representative or a final version of the EULA…
Edit: confirmed and the clause is no longer present in the release XE3 EULA.
Tim Anderson wrote about what Embarcadero are planning for Delphi and Windows 8 after meeting with Embarcadero’s John Ray Thomas and Jason Vokes, I encourage you to go over and read his article about what they’re planning, and his reservations.
In short, since Delphi XE3 can’t pass validation as a WinRT app and be fully accepted on the Windows Store, they aim for a combination of having only a shortcut to the app vendor’s site in the Windows Store (like other vendors will do), and using a PowerShell script to sign the app. As Tim outlines, this isn’t exactly what you would call a smooth ride, and will require the Windows 8 Entreprise SKU apparently (thus ruling out consumer apps, i.e. would it even be possible to write the next Skype in Delphi?).
Allen Bauer spilled the beans in reply to a question by Brandon Staggs, and speaks about “Window’s 8 dirty little secret”.
I’ve quoted his reply in full below (highlights are mine):