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Developers · Updated 19 Oct, 12:18 am IST

Free Pascal and Lazarus gain full dynamic package support

Why it matters for readers: It lets desktop Pascal programs load and share code at runtime like modern plugin systems, improving flexibility.

  • Dynamic packages let users install components, controls and IDE extensions without rebuilding the entire Lazarus IDE.1
  • Packages are implemented as standard shared libraries for Linux, Windows and macOS with extra metadata generated by the compiler.1
  • The runtime provides mechanisms to preserve thread variables and manage dynamic types like strings and dynamic arrays across packages and programs.1
  • Developers can still bundle everything into a single executable or split an app into replaceable dynamic packages to provide a plugin system.1
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