Scoped unit names in FPC

Question

Is it possible to port Delphi unit with a scoped name like MyLib.Classes.pas to FPC (ver 2.6.0) without renaming it to remove the scope prefix MyLib.?

Not that I'm aware of. That (and other incompatibilities) were the reason for separate FMX units targeting iOS. — Uwe Raabe, Aug 30 '12 at 16:45
@TLama unfortunately not: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=14439 — kludg, Aug 30 '12 at 16:55
@Serg, like David pointed, the link from my (now deleted) comment was to the proposals and ideas page... — TLama, Aug 30 '12 at 16:58
If they want to have unit names as valid identifiers they probably could use dotless unit name aliases instead - just a guess. — kludg, Aug 30 '12 at 17:31

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '12 at 18:11

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FPC's Development version (2.7.1) does support dotted unit name. Please see http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_Trunk#Delphi-like_namespaces_units

answered Aug 30 '12 at 18:11

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Interesting. Closed as Won't Fix, and now they're implementing it? – Mason Wheeler Aug 30 '12 at 18:37
`FPC 2.7.1` has A LOOOOOONG way for it to be actually released. Try summer of 2014/2015. – user3060326 Feb 26 '14 at 23:34

RRUZ · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-30T18:30:02.517

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For the moment the current FPC (2.6.0) doesn't support dotted unit names , exist a proposal about this feature and even a report, but appears closed and marked as won't fix

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answered Aug 30 '12 at 16:58

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Looks like one -1 for FPC for me. – Uwe Raabe Aug 30 '12 at 17:47

Scoped unit names in FPC

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