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Entry No.
574
IDE
Delphi won't take into account more than 255 characters typed in the "Unit aliases" edit box
1.02 2.01 3.0 3.01 3.02 4.0 4.01 4.02 4.03 5.0 5.01 6.0 6.01 6.02 Kylix 1.0
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Description
Reported by Pedro Agulló
However, the command-line compiler, while limited to 255 char-length lines, can receive more than one /A line via a .CFG file, so it can compile things the IDE compiler can't.

How to reproduce the problem:
Enter more than 255 char length unit aliases in the "Unit aliases" edit box, and then compile: you'll find that the compiler ignores all characters past beyond 255.

Why is this a bug.
There is no reason why more than 255 characters could be used, and this limitation has broken my own code.

Solution / workaround
Use DCC32, with more than one /A line: they should be less than 255 chars length.
Latest update of this entry: 2002-04-09

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