FPC New Features 3.2.2

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FPC 3.2.2 has been released on May 20th, 2021.

Below you can find a list of new features introduced since the previous release, along with some background information and examples.

A list of changes that may break existing code can be found at User Changes 3.2.2.

New compiler targets

Support for macOS/AArch64

• Overview: The compiler can now target macOS running on AArch64
• Notes: The Darwin/AArch64 target corresponds to macOS/AArch64. Generating code for iOS/AArch64 requires a different command line parameter compared to previous versions.
• More information: Build instructions
• svn: 45762

Language

Record methods assigned to method variables

• Overview: ?
• Notes:
  • Delphi-compatibility
• Example: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/blob/main/tests/tbs/tb0681.pp
• svn: 47794

Units

SQLdb

MySQL 8.0 support

• Overview: Support for MySQL 8.0 has been implemented.
• svn: 48692

Classes

Naming of Threads

• Overview: TThread.NameThreadForDebugging has been implemented.
• Notes: Delphi compatible, currently implemented for Windows, Linux and Android. Read documentation as every platform has its own restrictions.
• svn: 45160, 45206, 45233