Difference between revisions of "Porting from FPC/Delphi to pas2js"
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* '''Integers overflows''' at runtime differ from Delphi/FPC. For example adding ''var i: byte = 200; ... i:=i+100;''' will result in ''i=300'' instead of ''i=44'' as in Delphi/FPC. When range checking ''{$R+}'' is enabled ''i:=300'' will raise an ''ERangeError''. | * '''Integers overflows''' at runtime differ from Delphi/FPC. For example adding ''var i: byte = 200; ... i:=i+100;''' will result in ''i=300'' instead of ''i=44'' as in Delphi/FPC. When range checking ''{$R+}'' is enabled ''i:=300'' will raise an ''ERangeError''. | ||
* '''Division by zero''' does not raise ''EDivByZero'', instead it results in ''NaN''. | * '''Division by zero''' does not raise ''EDivByZero'', instead it results in ''NaN''. | ||
+ | * '''Currency''' has only 53 bits. Currency is internally a double, multiplied by 10000 and truncated. The below values are the safe limits, within every step exists. Since currency is a double it can take much larger values, but the result may differ from Delphi/FPC: | ||
+ | ** MaxCurrency = 900719925474.0991; // fpc: 922337203685477.5807; | ||
+ | ** MinCurrency = -900719925474.0991; // fpc: -922337203685477.5808; | ||
=Strings= | =Strings= |
Revision as of 15:04, 21 February 2019
This page contains useful tips for Delphians and FPC users on how to port code to pas2js.
Numbers
- Internally all numbers are double
- There is no Int64 and no QWord
- All bitwise operators are limited to 32bit, including the mod operator, which is limited to signed 32bit.
- Integers overflows' at runtime differ from Delphi/FPC. For example adding var i: byte = 200; ... i:=i+100; will result in i=300 instead of i=44 as in Delphi/FPC. When range checking {$R+} is enabled i:=300 will raise an ERangeError.
- Division by zero does not raise EDivByZero, instead it results in NaN.
- Currency has only 53 bits. Currency is internally a double, multiplied by 10000 and truncated. The below values are the safe limits, within every step exists. Since currency is a double it can take much larger values, but the result may differ from Delphi/FPC:
- MaxCurrency = 900719925474.0991; // fpc: 922337203685477.5807;
- MinCurrency = -900719925474.0991; // fpc: -922337203685477.5808;
Strings
- String is UnicodeString and there are no other string types.
- Strings are immutable in JS. That means changing a single character creates a new string. That's why some fast Delphi/FPC string functions are much slower in pas2js.
Asynchronous vs Waiting
JavaScript enforces an absolute async manner of programming:
- Many calls are asynchronous and return immediately. For example loading a resource.
- There is no Application.ProcessMessages. You cannot wait till some event occurs. You must set an event. That's why anonymous functions are so frequently used in JS - they keep the local variables accessible.
- There is no multithreading, no shared memory. Many browsers/JS engines allow to start workers, but that is more like processes than threads.
Details
A more detailed list can be found in the translation.html.file in the sources.