On Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:50:53 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:

File Rand.Pas:

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IMPORTANT NOTES:

• This unit is only intended for BP compatibility. While it should be portable (if not, please report)

Okay...

{$IFDEF __DJGPP__}{$DEFINE DOS}{$ENDIF} {$IFDEF __EMX__}{$DEFINE DOS}{$ENDIF}

IMHO, this isn't a good way to do things in a portable unit. Remember that the EMX version of GCC also works under OS/2. Trying to DOS-ish things won't go over well if you only check for __EMX__. Unfortunately, I know of no easy way to test for what operating system EMX is currently using.

{$W-} FUNCTION __DPMI_Simulate_Real_Mode_Interrupt(Vector:Integer;VAR Regs:TDPMIRegs):Integer; C; {$W+}

Does this even work with the DOS version of EMX? It looks like some type of DPMI call but EMX doesn't DPMI without the RSX extender.

Possible bug report: For the heck of it I tried compiling this Unit in OS/2 [gpc 970714]and got:

[C:\kevin\pascal]gpc -c rand.pas gpc: Internal compiler error: program gpc1 got fatal signal 11 (I also get an OS/2 popup with a generic 3171 error -- this "program... can not continue.")

I take it the compiler should reply with some error and not a fatal signal? Or this one of the things that has been fixed in the later betas? I get the error whether or not the $IFDEF __EMX__ line is in the code.

-Kevin -- Kevin A. Foss --- kfoss@mint.net --