Compiler under X4 got [dcc32 Error] Debug.pas(66): E1012 Constant expression violates subrange bounds

[edwinyzh]

Created an empty project, added SimpleQueue to the uses clause, and the following code:

const
...
  ANSICOLORS: array of cardinal = [
    $000000,//0
    $800000,//1
    $008000,//2
    $808000,//3
    $000080,//4
    $800080,//5
    $008080,//6
    $D0D0D0,//7
    $3F3F3F,//8
    $FF0000,//9
    $00FF00,//A
    $FFFF00,//B
    $0000FF,//C
    $FF00FF,//D
    $00FFFF,//E
    $FFFFFF];//F

will produce the following error:
[dcc32 Error] Debug.pas(66): E1012 Constant expression violates subrange bounds

Any hints?

[edwinyzh]

Solution is to use non-dynamic array constructs, as provided by SO users Jeroen Wiert Pluimers and LU RD:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54839330/constant-array-of-cardinal-produces-error-constant-expression-violates-subran

But after fixing this compilation error I get new ones... So I guess version (XE4) is too low for this library.

[zivixJnelson]

Sorry for the delayed response guys... I'm currently transitioning to a new job. In my new position, I'll have opportunity to continue to make commonx better and more widely supported. The commonx library is a very new addition to github, although I've been working on it for many years. The primary reason I added it to github is that the company I am leaving basically wanted me to abandon it and all the hard work that I've dumped into over the years, which hurts me personally, considering I spent my evenings and weekends for many years creating awesome things that the company could be taking advantage of. My new company sees the value in it. So yay for us!

I have not tried to compile with Xe4 in a good while. I try to take advantage of the latest language features immediately when they become available, therefore mileage may vary on the older compilers. Getting things to work with older compilers SHOULD be straight forward, and I appreciate any pull requests you submit that fix issues with older compilers. I currently do not have an XE4 install base (this could change). My currently target is 10.3

[edwinyzh]

@zivixJnelson , Great to hear that, it's a good news to CommoX and the Delphi community! I assume you are the original developer @adaloveless?