DEC 6.x issue

[TurboMagic 92]

Somebody found out, that DEC only compiled in XE7 or newer due to the use of new array syntax.

 

Development branch contains a version now which should be fixed.

I have no old Delphi installed, so this is not testest yet.

[TurboMagic 92]

The compilation incompatibility issue was fixed with a new release 6.1.1 now:

 

https://github.com/MHumm/DelphiEncryptionCompendium/releases/tag/V6.1.1

 

So users of older compilers may enjoy this library as well, but I'd still suggest to them to upgrade
their Delphi version where possible to enjoy the benefits of newer Delphi versions... 😉

[Stefan Glienke 2019]

tbh you pretty much butchered the entire code for older versions.

I just gave XE a try and it fails on numerous things - not supported $IF/$ENDIF (it was $IF/$IFEND back then) - scoped unit names, usage on intrinsic helpers, AtomicIncrement and more I guess (I stopped fixing the code at that point)

[Vincent Parrett 765]

Scoped Unit Names issues pretty much made me decide to make XE2 the minimum version I will support in my open source projects.

 

Even then, I still have issues every day so I typically run a build in every version to at least see if it compiles.. it's so easy to break things for different compiler versions without realising!  The next update to DUnitX and Delphi-Mocks will drop < XE2 support. 

 

TBH, I think we are doing the community a disservice by supporting very old (pre XE2) versions of delphi in libraries.. if we want delphi to continue we need people to upgrade occasionally! 

[TurboMagic 92]

23 hours ago, Stefan Glienke said:

tbh you pretty much butchered the entire code for older versions.

I just gave XE a try and it fails on numerous things - not supported $IF/$ENDIF (it was $IF/$IFEND back then) - scoped unit names, usage on intrinsic helpers, AtomicIncrement and more I guess (I stopped fixing the code at that point)

Somebody else found that out meanwhile as well and Development branch contains fixes for most known issues already. And yes I agreed: we shouldn't try to support every old Delphi version. I had rised this to D2009 with V6.0. I am not sure what the minimum version was before I took over. Maybe D5. I will raise it further in the future.