Free Pascal Compiler

This release contains most library fixes from early June 2010 through March 2011. There are also some compiler fixes, most relating to 64-bit.

Many fixes and a few new features were added. Most library fixes since June 2010 are included.

This is a bugfix release with some minor enhancements.
An experimental packages-installation tool has been added. Support has been added for TIFF reading/writing in fcl-image. There are improvements and fixes in CHM support. Linking the gtk2-package with GTK versions above 2.13.4 has been fixed. The text mode IDE has support for CHM help files.

This version contains mostly bugfixes, selected
backported features, and a cleanroom
implementation of some routines that were
suspected of copyright infringement. You are urged
to upgrade to this new version to avoid possible
copyright issues.

The compiler can now generate code for the PowerPC64 processor. New target platforms were added: Win64, WinCE, GBA, DS, and Mac OS X on Intel. The compiler has now an internal linker for the Windows targets that can do smartlinking and is faster and uses less memory. New language features include generics, bit packed arrays, and interface delegation. Support for DWARF debug info was added. The optimizer was improved.