FreeBASIC 0.14.0 to 0.21.1, deprecated dialect Feature Comparison

fbc multiple version comparison

Feature0.14.0
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0.15.0
dep.
0.16.0
dep.
0.16.1
dep.
0.17.0
dep.
0.18.1
dep.
0.18.2
dep.
0.18.3
dep.
0.18.4
dep.
0.18.5
dep.
0.18.6
dep.
0.20.0
dep.
0.21.1
dep.
' CommentsXXXXXXXXXXXXX
!"literal" prefix----XXXXXXXXX
"." in Symbol NamesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"_" in Symbol NamesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
$ suffix optional on built-in string functionsXXXXXXXXXXXXX
$"literal" prefix--XXXXXXXXXXX
: Statement SeparatorXXXXXXXXXXXXX
_ Line ContinuationXXXXXXXXXXXXX
16-bit INTEGER, 32-bit LONG-------------
32-bit INTEGER, 32/64-bit LONGXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Anonymous Inner TypesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BYREF default for passing argumentsXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BYREF default for passing UDT'sXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BYVAL default for passing scalars-------------
Can access keywords with "__" prefix-------------
Classes-------------
DATA (Module Level)XXXXXXXXXXXXX
DATA (Procedure Level)-XXX---------
DATA Inside Module Level Compound StatementsXX-----------
Explicit Scope Blocks-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Function return type can be declared AS TYPEXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Function return type can be declared with suffixXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Function return type can be UDTXXXXXXXXXXXXX
GOSUB (Module Level)XXXX---------
GOSUB (Procedure Level)XX-----------
Implicit Scope Blocks--XXXXXXXXXXX
Implicit VariablesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Initialize array bounds with ...------------X
Initializer using a function--XXXXXXXXXXX
InitializersXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Labels (floating point)----XXXXXXXXX
Labels (Integer)XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Labels (Named)XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Multiline Comments /' '/--XXXXXXXXXXX
Namespaces--XXXXXXXXXXX
Overloaded Operators----XXXXXXXXX
Overloaded ProceduresXXXXXXXXXXXXX
PointersXXXXXXXXXXXXX
PreprocessorXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Scoped #define's---XXXXXXXXXX
Suffixes (! # $ % &)XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Symbols with same name as keywords-------------
ThreadingXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Unicode-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Unsigned Integer TypesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Up to 64-bit Integer TypesXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Use of CALL before definition-------------
Variadic functionsXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Variadic macrosXX-----------


Table generated on August 6, 2022