Peganza - History PAL

This is a list of major changes (error fixes and enhancements) for Pascal Analyzer.

Version 9.12.13 October 22, 2024

special diagnosis and debug version available in PAL.DEBUG.EXE, or PAL32.DEBUG.EXE (32-bits)
running analysis more than once in the same session could give syntax errors (error introduced in 9.12.11)
fixed error analyzing code paths
fixed error in WARN60-"Condition evaluates to constant value"
fixed multi-threading issues
fixed an issue with WARN46-"Local variables that are set but not later used"
WARN52-"Possible bad assignment", warnings could be duplicated
fixed errors with typecasts and WARN52-"Possible bad assignment"

Version 9.12.12 September 12, 2024

fixed issue with third-party code
improved performance for CONV19-"Local identifiers that 'shadow' outer scope identifiers"
improved performance for CONV20-"Local identifiers that 'shadow' class members"

Version 9.12.11 September 3, 2024

numerous low-level fixes and improvements
fixed some issues with exceptions
fixed issues with overloads
conditional define symbol LLVM is from Delphi 12 predefined for LLVM-based compilers (synonym to EXTERNALLINKER)
fixed issue with with-statements
improved handling of code paths
fixed issue with goto-labels and if-statements
fixed issue with non-standard formatted case-structures
identifiers containing "Dummy" (not case-sensitive) in the name are not reported, e.g. "vDummy", "dummyStr"
WARN55 now also warns for helpers that replace method in helped class/record, caption changed to "Replaces ancestor member, or method in helped class/record"
fixed issue with WARN5-"Variables that are set, but never referenced"
fixed issue with WARN46-"Local variables that are set but not later used"
fixed issue with OPTI5-"Virtual methods (procedures/functions) that are not overridden"
improved display of REDU20-"Common subexpression, consider elimination"
improved WARN18-"Function result not set"
improved MEMO1-"Local objects with unprotected calls to Free"
improved MEMO2-"Non-local objects with unprotected calls to Free"
fixed issue with WARN15-"Constructors/destructors without calls to inherited"
WARN38-"Ambiguous references in with-blocks" also displayed warnings from non-reported units
fixed issue with MEMO7-"Local objects that are referenced after being freed"
fixed issue with WARN57-"Enumerated constant missing in case-structure"
fixed issue with REDU19-"Redundant parentheses"
fixed issue with WARN9-"Var parameters that are used, but never set"
fixed issue with REDU15-"Unneeded boolean comparisons"
improved WARN47-"Duplicate lines", now only reports code statements that are duplicate, not declarations
fixed issue with WARN24-"Possible bad object creation"
fixed issue with WARN61-"Assigned to itself"
improved REDU16-"Boolean assignment can be shortened"
fixed issue with WARN46-"Local variables that are set but not later used"
WARN37-"Empty subprogram parameter list" also included results from non-reported units
fixed issue with OPTI8-"Parameter is 'var', can be changed to 'out'"
WARN5-"Variables that are set, but never referenced" now excludes identifiers passed as out parameters
WARN38-"Ambiguous references in with-blocks" also included results from non-reported units
fixed some issues with WARN54-"Set before passed as out parameter"
reports with default selected sections now is displayed with green font color in the project options dialog
subprograms that use "goto" are in most cases not examined by WARN18-"Function result not set"
fixed issue with WARN47-"Duplicate lines"
fixed issue with WARN59-"Explicit float comparison"
WARN20-"Dangerous Exit-statements" now does not report Exit immediately followed by a goto-label
fixed issue with WARN61-"Assigned to itself"
fixed issue with WARN63-"Mismatch parameter value (32/64-bits)"
Call Tree Report and Reverse Call Tree Report will cut the report contents if extremely many items

Version 9.12.10 April 23, 2024

numerous low-level fixes and improvements
fixed some issues with forward declarations
fixed error parsing "deprecated" directive
fixed error related to operators
fixed some issues with local subprogram
improved handling of records with variant part
fixed threading issue
fixed issue for with-statement
fixed issue with helpers
fixed issues with overloads
new option for Call Tree Report and Reverse Call Tree Report: "Extend". See help for more information
fixed issue with MEMO4-"Unbalanced Create/Free"
fixed issue with MEMO5-"Local objects that created more than once without being freed in-between"
fixed issue with MEMO6-"Local objects that are referenced before being created"
fixed issue with MEMO7-"Local objects that are referenced after being freed"
fixed issue with REDU16-"Boolean assignment can be shortened"
fixed issue with STWA3-"Subprogram calls itself unconditionally"
fixed issue with WARN18-"Function result not set"
fixed issue with WARN24-"Possible bad object creation"
fixed issue with WARN30-"Short-circuited if/case-statements"
fixed issue with WARN48-"Duplicate class types in exception block"
fixed issue with WARN52-"Possible bad assignment"
improved WARN59-"Explicit float comparison" to detect more cases
fixed issue with WARN61-"Assigned to itself"
fixed minor display error for the header of the Reverse Call Tree Report
menu appearing at right-click in the editor was displayed too far down
fixed some issues with printing of reports and code files

Version 9.12.9 March 8, 2024

fixed issues with multi-line strings
fixed issue with generics and forward declarations
fixed issue with overloads
CONV23-"Class fields that do not start with F", erronously also reported record fields
removed some false positives from REDU19-"Redundant parentheses"
fixed issue with STWA1-"Property access in read/write methods"
fixed issue with WARN18-"Function result not set"
fixed issues with WARN39-"Classes without overrides of abstract methods"

Version 9.12.8 February 21, 2024

improved handling of attributes
improved handling of overloads
suppress lines: PALOFF can now be wrapped in curly brackets also, like "{PALOFF}" or "{ PALOFF }", so not only "//PALOFF"
fixed low-level parser issue
fixed an issue concerning display of line numbers in reports
fixed issue with WARN18-"Function result not set"
fixed issue with WARN39-"Classes without overrides of abstract methods"
fixed issue with WARN55-"Redeclares ancestor member", causing duplicated results

Version 9.12.7 February 10, 2024

improved handling of class/record helpers
improved handling of if-statements formatted in a non-standard way
improved handling of records with variant fields
improved handling of type declarations inside class/record declarations
improved handling of overloads
fixed low-level code that could not handle very large string constants
fixed error parsing deprecated constants
fixed issue with OPTI8-"Parameter is "var", can be changed to "out""
fixed issues with REDU19-"Redundant parentheses"
fixed issue with STWA1-"Property access in read/write methods"
fixed issue with STWA3-"Subprogram calls itself unconditionally"
now does not examine variables with "absolute" directive in STWA5-"Possible bad pointer usage"
fixed issue with STWA10-"Interface lacks GUID"
fixed issue with WARN3-"Variables that are referenced but never set"
fixed issue with WARN39-"Classes without overrides of abstract methods"
fixed issue with WARN47-"Duplicate lines"
warning for WARN51-"Out parameter is read before set, or never set" was reported also for abstract methods
fixed issue with WARN61-"Assigned to itself"

Version 9.12.6 January 23, 2024

fixed a problem parsing literal strings

Version 9.12.5 January 20, 2024

fixed a problem with generics
fixed a problem with code paths

Version 9.12.4 January 15, 2024

fixed an issue with WARN24-"Possible bad object creation"
typo "nestled" changed to "nested" in reports and documentation
fixed an issue with WARN18-"Function result not set"
fixed an error handling Low() and High() function calls for expressions
fixed some issues with try-finally blocks and code paths
fixed some issues with generics
fixed problem with WARN51-"Out parameter is read before set, or never set"
fixed problem with WARN54-"Set before passed as out parameter"
fixed a problem with CONV30-"Private can be changed to strict private"
fixed a problem with WARN58-"Mixed operator precedence levels"
fixed some issues with overloads
fixed some issues with REDU19-"Redundant parentheses"
STWA7-"For-loop with possible bad condition" now displays the location of the for-loop
when jumping to the Delphi IDE, if several different IDEs are active, the one corresponding to the selected compiler target will be focused if possible
fixed some threading issues
fixed problem with WARN46-"Local variables that are set but not later used"
when changing the main file for a project, the dialog now opens in the same folder as where the existing file is

Version 9.12.3 November 20, 2023

removed unnecessary warning for WARN54-"Set before passed as out parameter"
custom attributes inheriting from TCustomAttribute are not reported in CONV1-"Ordinary types that do not start with T"
implemented some support for high-DPI environments
custom managed records are not examined for WARN7-"Local variables that are referenced before they are set" (and WARN8), they are considered always initialized
now supports also Delphi 12 Athens
WARN51, changed caption to "Out parameter is read before set, or never set", because now also reports when the out parameter is not set
fixed some issues with environment variables

Version 9.12.2 October 26, 2023

new STWA10-"Interface lacks GUID" report section
WARN27 now has caption "Short-circuited if/case-statements", because now also reports on "else" being short-circuited in a case-statement
fixed some issues with STWA4-"Index error"
fixed error: option to open file only in Delphi IDE, also opened it in the built-in editor (there is now another option for that behaviour)
improved WARN5-"Variables that are set but never referenced" to detect more cases
fixed some problems with generics
removed a false positive that could occur for WARN7-"Local variables that are referenced before they are set" (and WARN8)
fixed some issues with WARN60-"Condition evaluates to constant value"
fixed some issues with REDU19-"Redundant parentheses"
fixed problem with CONV13-"Multiple with-variables"
WARN9-"Var parameters that are used, but never set" now does not report variables that are managed
improved sorting in Searched Strings Report
for STWA2-"Ambiguous unit references" removed warnings that were formally correct, but harmless so no action needed
fixed a UI error when closing all other editor documents
improvements for WARN63-"Mismatch parameter value (32/64-bits)"
active tabsheet for reports and editor documents now drawn in slightly different color, so easier to see which one is active

Version 9.12.1 September 19, 2023

fixed some small errors in the project properties dialog, for report options
CONV23 now skips DFM-fields
fixed error parsing form files for FileMonkey
option "Form files format" on Parser tab page in project options is removed, not needed
"Loaded files" in Status Report now also includes form files (DFM etc)
avoided AV in editor window under some special circumstances
fixed an error with WARN46
fixed an error with CONV13
fixed an error with WARN61
AV could occur in some situations for STWA4 and other report sections involving expressions
when using /L with PALCMD, some of the warnings were output twice
option "Reselect report" did not work for Warnings Report
new options in the Preferences dialog, you can now select to open both the built-in editor and the Delphi IDE, when double-clicking in a report
WARN63 now also detects assignments 32/64-bits, so caption is now "Mismatch 32/64-bits"
improved STWA4 so it now works also for multi-dimensional arrays (up to 3 dimensions)
fixed some issues for WARN46
number of old warnings was not reported correctly for WARN44
fixed some issues with overloads

Version 9.12.0 August 14, 2023

lots of internal fixes and improvements, also with regard to memory consumption and speed
fixed an issue with nested class types and constants
removed false positives in WARN52-"Possible bad assignment"
fixed some issues with overloads
fixed an issue with STWA5-"Possible bad pointer usage"
WARN7 and WARN8 now skip variables that are "absolute" for other variables
fixed a formatting issue for the Status Report
fixed a false positive for WARN9-"Var parameters that are used but never set"
modified handling of expression to remove false positive for STWA4-"Index error"
improved MEMO4
improved MEMO5
improved MEMO6
improved MEMO7
improved WARN7
improved WARN18
improved WARN20
improved WARN21
improved WARN39, now also warns even if class not created
improved WARN59
fixed an error affecting WARN20
fixed problem with PALCMD and the limits file (/L switch)
removed the option to put PALOFF on a type declaration (e.g. class) and thus make PALOFF work on all members, caused lots of problems
removed STWA10-"Out parameter is read before set", its warnings were already in section WARN51
WARN21 now does not give warning for "raise" inside except-blocks
WARN14 listed the variable that was the target of "absolute", not the variable with the directive
the menu that appears on right-click in the report tree now contains also a help menu item (F1)
Ctrl+Alt+R in the editor window opens the reference menu for the underlying identifier (same as right-click)
the menu when right-clicking on a tab in the editor window has been extended with more of the already available functions
added illustrative glyphs to the popup reference menu in the editor
fixed error excluding identifiers for reports
slightly modified header text for STWA6
REDU8/REDU9 now exclude record fields

Version 9.11.0 March 27, 2023

fixed issues with compilation directives
new section in the Conventions Report, CONV23-"Class fields that do not start with 'F'"
PALCMD usage with /L for limit text file: now also reports report sections with less number of warnings than expected, and also writes results at end of status report file
new sections in the Conventions Report, CONV24-CONV27, reporting parameters that do not confirm to selected prefix
new section in the Conventions Report, CONV28-"Old-style function result"
new section in the Conventions Report, CONV29-"With statements"
improved interpretation of $IF-expressions
fixed some issues concerning generics
WARN63-"Mismatch parameter value (32/64-bits)" only reported the first location encountered. Now the list of warnings consists of two parts with a description for each item.
removed a potential AV for the Optimization Report
new section in the Identifiers Report, IDEN4-"Inlined variables and constants"
new section in the Conventions Report, CONV30-"Private can be changed to strict private"
new section in the Conventions Report, CONV31-"Protected can be changed to strict protected"
fixed an error parsing "inherited", caused false positive for STWA3-"Subprogram calls itself unconditionally"

Version 9.10.7 March 3, 2023

fixed issue resolving overloaded functions/procedures
improved UI for visually impaired users
adjusted for Delphi 11.3

Version 9.10.6 December 20, 2022

improved WARN52
STWA7 did not respect PALOFF when put on declaration of loop variable
fixed an issue with MEMO7
fixed an issue with WARN7
fixed an issue with WARN58
REDU1, now does not report members of interface type
Convention Report did not honor PALOFF
PALOFF did not work with REDU22 report section
improved error handling when source file contains invalid characters

Version 9.10.5 November 3, 2022

fixed a problem with MEMO4
fixed a problem with WARN63, parameters were not examined
fixed a problem with WARN7 for field variables
fixed a problem with CONV5
improved STWA5, now detects more situations
fixed a problem with inlined variables
for STWA5-"Bad pointer usage", if a variable is found with bad usage only the first occurence is reported
fixed a problem with WARN58

Version 9.10.4 September 9, 2022

adjusted for Delphi 11.2

Version 9.10.3 August 24, 2022

in PALCMD, if limit file is missing, now gives an error message instead of a stack trace
improved handling of custom managed records
fixed an edge case error for MEMO4
fixed error with relative path and DPROJ-file
fixed some memory issues

Version 9.10.2 August 8, 2022

fixed issues finding files
for a package main file (*.dpk) the corresponding *.dproj file was not read
fixed a problem with expressions and anonymous functions
increased the size of some internal fields to avoid range check errors
form files name format radio group was not updated properly in the project dialog
fixed some generics problems
improved handling of inlined variables
fixed issue with WARN7 for records
fixed issue with WARN9 if event handler was based on a control and not on a form

Version 9.10.1 July 6, 2022

fixed a problem parsing properties
a new project must now be saved before running
MINOR BREAKING CHANGE: relative paths can be set for main file, output folder, search folders, excluded reports folder and excluded search folders. They are relative to the folder for the project file (PAP-file), not relative to the main file folder as introduced in the previous update.
fixed a problem finding INC-files

Version 9.10.0 June 30, 2022

reworked handling of records and fields
improved resolution of calls to overloaded functions
new section WARN63-"Mismatch parameter value (32/64-bits)"
fixed an issue while jumping from report to built-in editor window
relative paths (relative to the folder of the main file) can now be specified for search folders, excluded report folders, and excluded search folders

Version 9.9.8 March 9, 2022

fixed a problem parsing properties

Version 9.9.7 March 1, 2022

fixed a problem with INCA2-"Inconsistent case for different identifiers with same name"
fixed some issues for WARN7-"Local variables that are referenced before they are set"
fixed some issues related to line suppression ("PALOFF")
fixed problem with STWA6-"Possible bad typecast"
fixed problem with STWA4-"Index error"
fixed some problems parsing expressions

Version 9.9.6 February 8, 2022

fixed a problem with STWA10-"Out parameter is read before set"
improved handling of interfaces
improved WARN52
improved OPTI8
new features for PALOFF handling
fixed parsing error for property declaration in some edge case

Version 9.9.5 January 21, 2022

fixed an issue with class/record helpers
fixed a cosmetic UI issue when double-clicking in report viewer
fixed some issues concerning overloaded subprograms
removed some false positives from REDU12-"Functions called only as procedures"
removed false positives from REDU16-"Boolean assignment can be shortened"
fixed a problem recognizing identifiers in some edge case
fixed an error while parsing variant records
fixed an error resolving property references
fixed an error related to properties and generic types
fixed a potential problem with STWA6-"Possible bad typecast"

Version 9.9.4 January 2, 2022

fixed an issue resolving function calls

Version 9.9.3 December 29, 2021

fixed an issue resolving overridden function calls

Version 9.9.2 December 15, 2021

removed an exception that could occur while parsing $IF-expressions
REDU1 now not reports value parameter "Sender"

Version 9.9.1 December 3, 2021

fixed some problems with WARN3, WARN4 report sections
fixed an issue with REDU1 and class helpers
fixed some issues with class helpers
fixed an issue with properties in DFM-files, that affected the "Uses Report"
fixed an issue with overloaded functions
MEMO1, MEMO2 now exclude objects that are freed directly on the code line just after where they are created

Version 9.9.0 September 21, 2021

when right-clicking on a report tab page, the tab is now selected
fixed broken find function in reports
new report section: "OPTI11-Managed local variable is inlined in loop"
fixed problems when double-clicking in an HTML report
removed some false positives from STWA2
activated hint for source code tabsheet, now shows the complete file path
disabled buttons showed incorrect glyphs
added support for Delphi 11
improved function that checks for new version

Version 9.8.0 August 4, 2021

WARN39: warnings are not issued for classes that do not implement an abstract method, if that class is never instantiated
STWA7: fixed error, also reported suppressed lines (PALOFF)
WARN62: events that override events in ancestor class, now do not generate a warning
new report section: OPTI10-"Managed variables can be declared inline"
improved performance for COWA1 report section
removed false positives from WARN62 in some cases
improved WARN3 report section
removed false positive for STWA3 when function address was referenced
removed false positive for STWA10 when variable was typecasted
WARN7/WARN8: now writes "Read+Set" when passed as a var-parameter
improved MEMO4, now also uses expressions

Version 9.7.7 July 7, 2021

fixed some formatting errors for XML reports
improved feedback while parsing expressions
calls to Writeln procedure were not always handled correctly
message pane in bottom center: output is now left-justified
various preformance improvements and fixes for expression

Version 9.7.6 February 4, 2021

new version of activation component

Version 9.7.5 September 22, 2020

if number of structures to analyze was less than 10, could cause exception and no reports were written
multireports could cause AVs

Version 9.7.4 September 18, 2020

if number of expressions to analyze was less than 10, could cause exception and no reports were written
WARN47-"Duplicate lines" did not work correctly

Version 9.7.3 September 11, 2020

performance improvements
fixed problem with WARN7 report section

Version 9.7.2 August 20, 2020

removed false positives in WARN53
WARN61 report section could cause AV
fixed error parsing nodefault directive
fixed false positive in WARN39 in some cases with class methods
fixed error with include-directive containing "/"

Version 9.7.1 July 29, 2020

lots of internal improvements
WARN52 report section lines were duplicated

Version 9.7.0 May 29, 2020

added support for Delphi 10.4 (Sydney)
new PALWIZ16.DLL for Delphi 10.4, for jumping from PAL to Delphi IDE
WARN56-"Parameter to FreeAndNil is not an object" always returns 0 warnings if compiler is Delphi 10.4 or later
fixed issues with expressions
focusing Delphi IDE did not work, after jumping to code
default compiler target is Delphi 10.4 Win64
fixed some issues with HTML reports
PALOFF (or the string choosen as suppression marker); enough now that the string exists somewhere in the comment after "//"

Version 9.6.4 May 19, 2020

various fixes related to expressions
WARN24: removed false positive for record in some cases
fixed parser error for with-statement, and inner class type
fixed problems with the report viewer
removed false warning for CONV12-"Identifiers that have unsuitable names"
fixed problem related to parsing "inherited"

Version 9.6.3 May 6, 2020

various fixes related to expressions

Version 9.6.2 April 15, 2020

changed to Tahoma 9pt in dialogs
double-clicking in a report caused selection to move one line up
fixed parser error for generics

Version 9.6.1 February 20, 2020

fixed error handling Unicode in viewer
now also supports source files in UCS-2
fixed problem parsing attributes in some cases
modified fonts used in UI

Version 9.6.0 December 6, 2019

removed false warning in STWA3, when method was assigned to event handler
fixed problem with Form Report
fixed error in WARN18 in some situations
fixed error in WARN3 for record fields
added support for Delphi 10.3.3, with new target Android64

Version 9.5.0 August 7, 2019

fixed error in Form Report, font names had bad values
fixed issue when jumping to the editor window
WARN3-"Variables that are referenced but never set" did not handle non-local variables correctly
new Clone Report

Version 9.4.6 May 27, 2019

fixed some problems for "with"-statements
fixed problem with "inherited" call
fixed problem with STWA2-"Ambiguous units" and constants

Version 9.4.5 March 6, 2019

some constants for Delphi 10.3 were missing, affected scope of analysis
speed improvements when analyzing structures
fixed parser errors for inline variables

Version 9.4.4 February 20, 2019

STWA3-"Subprogram calls itself unconditionally" - removed false positive in some cases
improved WARN52-"Possible bad assignment", now handles more situations
misc. memory optimizations

Version 9.4.3 January 29, 2019

fixed parser error for inline variables

Version 9.4.2 January 28, 2019

About-box can now display license information
WARN7-"Local variables that are referenced before they are set", now also checks Result variable in functions
WARN62-"Possible orphan event handler", tightened conditions, to avoid false positives
fixed error handling result variable for operator methods

Version 9.4.1 December 14, 2018

fixed some issues for WARN62-"Possible orphan event handler"
WARN7-"Local variables that are referenced before they are set", now also checks Result variable in functions
WARN62-"Possible orphan event handler", tightened conditions, to avoid false positives
fixed error handling result variable for operator methods

Version 9.4.0 December 4, 2018

support added for Delphi 10.3 Rio
fixed AV in WARN62

Version 9.3.1 November 25, 2018

WARN62 was analyzed even if DFM files were not loaded

Version 9.3.0 November 21, 2018

fixed problem resolving identifiers within "with"-statement
improved WARN52
renamed WARN52 to "Possible bad assignment"
new STWA10 report section: "Out parameter read before set"
removed false positive for STWA9-"Generic interface has GUID"
fixed problem resolving calls to overloaded function
new WARN62 report section: "Possible orphan event handler"

Version 9.2.11 October 27, 2018

dialog to select folders is now much wider, so more of the path is visible
fixed problem with code that could be stuck in infinite recursion
fixed error with false positive for OPTI8-"Var param can be changed to out"
"Processing expression" message now not shown for command-line program
removed a false positive for WARN5-"Possible bad pointer", for an edge case

Version 9.2.10 September 26, 2018

removed false warning in WARN55 (Redeclares ancestor member)
removed false warning in MEMO4 (Unbalanced create/free)
removed false warning in WARN61 (Variable assigned to itself)
much improved handling of generics
improved WARN7 (Local variable read before written), removed some false positives in edge cases
fixed error in REDU22 (Inconsistent conditions), case sensitivity was not handled correctly
fixed parser error when property had name "Result"
fixed error in WARN47 (Duplicate lines)
fixed false positives for WARN18 (Function result not set)
fixed problems related to analysis of expressions

Version 9.2.9 August 25, 2018

reference for used unit was not updated correctly in some cases
reference for class and record helpers were not correctly set
fixed error resolving expressions

Version 9.2.8 August 18, 2018

removed false warning for WARN56 in some cases
WARN47-"Duplicate lines" also included lines in comments
fixed error parsing unit name reference

Version 9.2.7 July 31, 2018

fixed problem parsing typed constant
fixed problem in STWA4 report section
wizard did not work under pre-Vista versions
fixed error in WARN61 report section
fixed some problems resolving unit names
number of hits in report tree miscalculated when suppressed locations existed
fixed some small issues with status bar for editor window
fixed parser, removed false syntax error
handling of unknown references in WARN7 and WARN8 was improved
improved code that identified a unit as a Windows API unit
fixed error resolving class members
improved WARN7 report section
fixed errors resolving overloads
fixed error parsing typed enumerated constant
fixed error parsing attribute in a variant record type declaration

Version 9.2.6 June 6, 2018

fixed open/save dialogs, so running under XP is possible
fixed some problems evaluating expressions
class constants were erronously reported in WARN1
fixed some problems with WARN58 report section
fixed some problems with WARN59 report section
fixed some problems with WARN60 report section
fixed some problems with STWA1 report section

Version 9.2.5 May 28, 2018

fixed an issue regarding activation and license handling

Version 9.2.4 May 24, 2018

fixed an error parsing variant record fields
CPU32BITS was not defined for some targets
fixed error resolving typecasts with "as"
fixed error for WARN3 for records with methods

Version 9.2.3 May 10, 2018

new switch /P in PALCMD.EXE
fixed issue with invalid typecast

Version 9.2.2 March 26, 2018

fixed AV in STWA8 in some edge cases

Version 9.2.1 March 20, 2018

fixed some problems with validation of licences
improved MEMO4 report

Version 9.2.0 March 14, 2018

new report section (OPTI9) in Optimization Report: "Inlined subprogs not inlined because not yet implemented"
new report section (WARN61) in Warnings Report: "Assigned to itself"
new report section (STWA7) in Strong Warnings Report: "For-loop with possible bad condition"
new report section (STWA8) in Strong Warnings Report: "Bad parameter usage"
new report section (STWA9) in Strong Warnings Report: "Generic interfaces with GUID"
new report section (REDU24) in Reduction Report: "Local identifiers never used"
fixed routine that autoselects new report sections if project from an older version
fixed issue with expressions, were not processed correctly
fixed some problems with REDU21-"Default parameter values that can be omitted"

Version 9.1.0 February 9, 2018

new report section (WARN60) in Warnings Report: "Condition evalutates to constant value"
new report section (CONV22) in Convention Report: "Class fields that are not declared in the private/protected sections"
removed false positive for duplicate lines (WARN47) when anonymous function used
added a couple of predefined identifiers in System.pas introduced in Delphi 10.2 Upgrade 2, for Windows targets
fixed parser problem with type declaration
CONV5 also handled field instances, should not
fixed parser problem with class const declaration
fixed parser error when semicolon was omitted before "end"
fixed parser error for "implements"

Version 9.0.11 December 5, 2017

fixed error resolving generics
platform identifier in Delphi project file was not correct for iOSDevice64 targets

Version 9.0.10 November 25, 2017

fixed error with resolution of type alias declaration

Version 9.0.9 October 27, 2017

fixed error that caused AV when starting parsing

Version 9.0.8 October 25, 2017

STWA2 (Ambiguous unit references), removed some false positives
WARN18 (Function result not set), removed false positives
WARN52 (Bigger to smaller) now not considered for variants
MEMO4, (Unbalanced Create/Free), removed false positives in some situations
REDU1 (Identifiers not used), now does not check identifiers in assembler code
fixed problem resolving calls to overloaded functions/procedures
fixed problem involving types declared as aliases to other types
fixed problem resolving members of interfaces
initial scope for record type fields was not set to "public"
fixed error resolving calls to overloaded subprogs

Version 9.0.7 September 20, 2017

all EXE and DLL files are now code signed
error in MEMO4, did not report correctly

Version 9.0.6 August 27, 2017

removed false positive from STWA1 (Strong Warnings Report)
removed potential AV in Control Warnings Report
fixed error parsing expressions
fixed some problems with the Searched Strings Report
fixed some problems resolving methods based on an interface
fixed some issues with multireports
speedied up CONV19 considerably
fixed error resolving object created through a class reference
fixed problems resolving overload functions

Version 9.0.5 July 25, 2017

fixed parser error for attribute in interface section
open project dialog did not allow to open multiprojects
sets default extension for file save dialog
as default "Excluded identifiers from these folders in reports" is set to "$(BDS)<+>" to avoid reporting on RTL/VCL source
Duplicate Identifiers Report is now a lot quicker; also speedied up the Inconsistent Case Report, and Events Report
fixed issue with "with"-statements

Version 9.0.4 June 29, 2017

fixed some problems with expressions

Version 9.0.3 June 28, 2017

fixed some problems with report section STWA4 (Index Error)
added feedback on status bar during expression processing

Version 9.0.2 June 18, 2017

fixed problems resolving typecasts
fixed error, did not find .dpr file when loading .dproj file
fixed problems with Third-party Report

Version 9.0.1 June 9, 2017

fixed minor errors in help texts
fixed error, did not automatically add new report sections in 9.x for old projects
tables for HTML Complexity Report did not show right content
fixed problem parsing $IF-directive
fixed some issues resolving generics

Version 9.0.0 April 8, 2017

support added for the new Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, all compiler targers
new section in Strong Warnings Report: "Index error" (STWA4)
new section in Strong Warnings Report: "Possible bad pointer usage" (STWA5)
new section in Strong Warnings Report: "Possible bad typecast (consider using "as" for objects)" (STWA6)
new section in Warnings Report: "Mixing interface variables and objects" (WARN53)
new section in Warnings Report: "Set before passed as out parameter" (WARN54)
new section in Warnings Report: "Redeclares ancestor member" (WARN55)
new section in Warnings Report: "Parameter to FreeAndNil is not an object" (WARN56)
new section in Warnings Report: "Enumerated constant missing in case structure" (WARN57)
new section in Warnings Report: "Mixed operator precedence levels" (WARN58)
new section in Warnings Report: "Explicit float comparison" (WARN59)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Consider using interface type" (REDU18)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Redundant parentheses" (REDU19)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Common subexpression, consider elimination" (REDU20)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Default parameter values that can be omitted" (REDU21)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Inconsistent conditions" (REDU22)
new section in Code Reduction Report: "Typecasts that possibly can be omitted" (REDU23)

.. and more

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Version 8.3.15 March 6, 2017

fixed error in Literal Strings Report, could cause AV
fixed error parsing declaration with generics
Similarity Report is now 80% faster (for example from 100 secs to 20 secs)
fixed error parsing "final" directive
fixed problem parsing class declaration with unitscoped identifier names
fixed some issues with references to field in objects
fixed some issues with dereferencing variables

Version 8.3.14 February 25, 2017

fixed file masks when selecting files, did not show all choices properly
fixed some problems with object in DFM-file missing type
dialog to select report sections: now shows how many sections are selected
improved handling of references to class helper methods
STWA3 (Subprogram calls itself unconditionally) currently does not examine overloaded subprograms
fixed exception in some cases while watching changed files in the editor
WARN9 (Var parameters that are used, but never set) and WARN10 (Var parameters that are used, but possibly never set) now exclude parameters to methods for classes that implement an interface
OPTI8 (Parameter is "var", can be changed to "out"') now exclude parameters to methods for classes that implement an interface
fixed error resolving generics declaration
improved handling of record fields passed as parameters
fixed parser error related to anonymous functions
STWA2 (Ambiguous unit reference) now excludes warnings if one identifier is from System and the other one from an Embarcadero unit if it is not clear that it is indeed an ambiguous reference
fixed problem resolving read/write for properties
fixed problem resolving overloaded calls in some cases
fixed error affecting WARN18 (Function result not set)

Version 8.3.13 January 29, 2017

fixed some problems with file dialogs (could get range error when selecting files for HTML output)
fixed problem that could cause errors for CWARN3 (conflicting accelerators) and CWARN4 (focused control not set)
fixed list index error when resolving unit names
removed false positives for references to System identifiers in some cases
fixed error in low-level function handling references, caused missing warnings for WARN19 (recursive subprograms)
fixed error affecting REDU2 and REDU3 (identifiers only used in lower scope)

Version 8.3.12 January 21, 2017

removed some duplicate references added to identifiers
uses Vista-style dialog to select folder for report root folder

Version 8.3.11 January 14, 2017

fixed problem resolving unit names
STWA2 (Ambiguous unit references) is not reported when units involved are System and Windows
WARN47 (Duplicate lines) now excludes some common assembler statements
COWA2, checks that object is of correct type, could cause AV
REDU8 (Zero-initialized fields), now also handles variants
OPTI8 (Var parameter can be changed to out) removed some false positives
fixed problem resolving generic types
fixed handling of references to record variables and field instances

Version 8.3.10 January 6, 2017

REDU1 (Identifiers not used) now does not report a parameter used with a subprog that implements assembler code
STWA2 (Ambiguous unit references) now also displays line number for reported units
WARN18 (Function result not set) is not reported when the result type is unknown (source not found)
now uses TurboActivate 4.0.8
fixed error with /I parameter for PALCMD.EXE, did not work
fixed parser problem with constant declared as an anonymous record type
fixed parser problem resolving unit names

Version 8.3.9 December 15, 2016

WARN37 (Empty subprogram parameter list) is now not selected as default
new parameter /I for PALCMD, gives path to PAL.INI
fixed problem with WARN46 (Local variables that are set but not later used) causing false positives under some conditions
printing did not function properly
fixed problem resolving unit names
WARN9, WARN10 (Var parameters that are used but never set) do not list parameters for methods that are overridden
now uses Vista-style dialogs for selection of files
fixed error for units with many overloads
fixed error in WARN52 (Bigger assigned to smaller), caused AV
skips warning for MEMO7 (Local objects that are referenced after beging freed), if Free is in a condition
removed some needless warnings in STWA2 (Ambiguous unit refs)
MEMO1 (Local objects with unprotected calls to Free) now skip objects that are not created (probably assigned to existing object)
WARN50 (Identifier with same name as keyword/directive) now does not report overriding methods
false warning in STWA3 (Subprogram calls itself unconditionally), when parameters given as "()"

Version 8.3.8 November 27, 2016

end line of structures (for-loop, if-block etc) was not correctly registered
removed false warning in WARN15 when constructor calls another constructor
WARN7, WARN8 now also include local variables that are just read (never set)
removed some false warnings for arrays passed as parameters of pointer types

Version 8.3.7 November 22, 2016

enumerated type could be marked as unused even though its enumerated constants were used in a typed constant declaration
counter for WARN52 warnings was not correctly set
improved handling of "strict" class members
fixed problem for identifiers starting with '&&'
misc. parser fixes and improvements

Version 8.3.6 September 24, 2016

"WARN15-Constructors/destructors without call to inherited" was reported also for abstract members
"WARN26-Instance created of class with abstract methods" was triggered erronously in some cases
fixed problem resolving record type declared unnamed directly in variable declaration
WARN40 and WARN42 did not update their hit counters

Version 8.3.5 September 4, 2016

fixed problem in WARN8

Version 8.3.4 September 1, 2016

fixed problem with Uses Report, writing file to wrong location

Version 8.3.3 August 31, 2016

fixed problems with generics
fixed problem: when double-clicking in viewer, the opened editor window concealed the selected line in the viewer, and another line was selected
improved WARN7 report section (Local variables that are referenced before they are set)
fixed a problem with report section OPTI8 (Parameter is "var", can be changed to "out")
fixed tab redraw issue for editor tab pages
editor tab page closed without confirmation of saving when using the "x"
improved WARN18 (Function result not set)
fixed problem with "with" header, affecting WARN24 (Possible bad object creation)
improved WARN26, better handling of generic types (Instance created of clkass with abstract methods)
WARN49, now excludes identifiers with name "Name" or "Index" (Redeclared identifiers from System unit)

Version 8.3.2 June 13, 2016

fixed problem with type declaration in class

Version 8.3.1 June 5, 2016

fixed problem with sorting of references
fixed parsing problems with generics
internal structure could overflow in some cases

Version 8.3.0 May 8, 2016

"WARN48" was written as "WARN47" in report list
fixed generics parser error
added support for Delphi 10.1 Berlin, with all targets
fixed parser error for conditional directive
fixed parser error for anonymous function
PALCMD now also writes error log to AppData folder

Version 8.2.8 April 14, 2016

error log will be created in "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Peganza\Pascal Analyzer" for unhandled exceptions

Version 8.2.7 February 1, 2016

fixed problem resolving overloaded subprograms

Version 8.2.6 January 21, 2016

lines starting with "(*" or "{" are not considered when reporting duplicate lines
fixed error with pointer dereference
Status Report now also displays selected configuration in DPROJ file (if any found)
improved resolving of generics declarations
fixed error for some COWA report sections, that could result in exceptions
fixed problems with "with"-statements, resolving identifiers
fixed problem resolving overloaded subprograms
PALOFF can now be used to suppress warnings for units in uses lists in Uses Report

Version 8.2.5 December 1, 2015

REDU1 now also reports unused identifiers declared in subprogs that are not used
fixed issue parsing generics
fixed issue with unit scope
fixed issue with calls to Inc, Dec

Version 8.2.4 November 16, 2015

fixed issue with kind of type set erroneously in some rare cases
"class var" now not reported by CONV5 if in public section
fixed parser problems with generics and anonymous functions
WARN50 (bad identifier names) is not default now, it is covered by CONV12 which does the same and more
WARN50 and CONV12 (bad names), now exclude "Name" and "Index"
fixed error with identier names

Version 8.2.3 October 18, 2015

Convention Report CONV12 now checks all types of identifiers
improved parser code for handling anonymous functions
improved handling of references when passed as var-parameters
section masks for texts in tree did not always display properly
removed some sections in Reduction Report from those selected as default

Version 8.2.2 October 5, 2015

dialogs did not scale well for some resolutions
internal list of OSX compiler versions was wrong

Version 8.2.1 September 28, 2015

fixed some issues writing PAL.INI settings file

Version 8.2.0 September 22, 2015

fixed edge case error parsing property declaration
section WARN49, now excludes Create from System unit, and overriding methods
removed some unnecessary warnings in WARN47, duplicate lines
fixed problem parsing attributes
special handling of parameters with pointer types, with name "Dest", or "Target", considered var-params, because underlying memory buffer is set (e.g. StrCopy)
wizard now uses combobox instead of radiogroup to select compiler
fixed bug in wizard code, checkbox to include DFM-files was not working as expected
fixed problems with "ampersanded" identifiers
duplicate lines (WARN47) now excludes also multiple "repeat" lines (lines with only the keyword "repeat")
added support for Delphi 10 Seattle

Version 8.1.6 August 5, 2015

Reduction Report, "fields used in single method" was not selected as default
Optimization Report, "local subprogs" was not selected as default
Reduction Report, "functions/procedures only called once" now excludes exported and external subprogs
fixed error causing AV when investigating class structures

Version 8.1.5 July 27, 2015

fixed error in StrongWarnings Report, local variable was uninitialized, could cause AV
fixed error in Warnings Report, "Var params not set"
fixed some minor issues in the help system
fixed issue resolving local forward declarations
Similarity Report now includes identifiers in the same unit (earlier those in overlapping scope)
timings for reports were incorrect if midnight had been passed during parsing and report generations
fixed Warnings Report, "abstract methods not overridden", supports double-clicking
improved Strong Warnings Report, "property access in read/write" (STWA1)
improved Warnings Report, "bigger to smaller" (WARN52)
improved Warnings Report, "local set not later used" (WARN46)
improved Warnings Report, "recursive subprogs" (WARN19)
improved Strong Warnings Report, "subprog calls itself unconditionally" (STWA3)
improved Control Warnings Report, "missing OnClick" (COWA6)
when selecting report sections in the dialog, now displays also prefix like "WARN1" etc.
fixed error evaluating RTLVersion
improved Reduction Report, "fields only used in single method" (REDU17)
more detailed description of field, "Class Field" or "Record Field" in reports
improved Convention Report "bad name method pointer" (CONV7)
fixed some issues resolving local variables/class members
improved Warnings Report, "func called as proc" (WARN44)
fixed error when checking if result set in function
fixed error resolving variable of procedural type
fixed issues resolving property overrides
environment variables can now also be used for the setting "Report root folder" on the General tab page for the project settings. For example, "$(PALREPORTROOT)" which can resolve to different directories on different computers.
option "All files" on the General tab page of project settings, now displays as "All files (recommended)"

Version 8.1.4 June 22, 2015

fixed problem resolving calls to overloaded subprograms
report tree font was forced to "fixed", now any font can be used
removed unnecessary spaces in XML format
more complete location string in cross-reference reports
fixed error with overloaded virtual method, when overload directive was not repeated for the overloading method

Version 8.1.3 June 7, 2015

fixed problems parsing generics

Version 8.1.2 June 2, 2015

fixed problems parsing generics
fixed problem for operator with name "In"
improved handling of "scoped enums"

Version 8.1.1 May 25, 2015

fixed error with "&End" identifier
XML reports now also write BOM to start of file
fixed some issues with predefined identifiers from System unit

Version 8.1.0 May 19, 2015

fixed error with "&End" identifier
fixed an issue with unit scopes
cross-ref reports now do not list identifiers that are just declared/implemented but do not have references
lots of improvements in the parser, drastically impreoved performance and accuracy
fixed edge case error parsing DFM files
fixed false warnings for bad object creation in Warnings Report, after "raise"
when selecting folder, last selected folder is remembered
when selecting folder, automatically added to list when selecting excluded folders for reporting
fixed bad performance for "Bigger to smaller" section in Warnings Report
removed some false warnings for unused identifiers and fields only used in single method (Code Reduction Report)
fixed error resolving environment variables for XE7
added support for all targets in Delphi XE8
ned PALWIZ11.DLL for IDE interaction with Delphi XE8
removee false positives for "Constructors/destructors without call to inherited" in Warnings Report
subprogs only called once (Code Reduction Report), now excludes event handlers
WEAKINTFREF was not defined for relevant targets
"Funcs only called once", now skips functions that are passed as parameters
Case Report, "Mismatch unit Filenames", now is not case-sensitive
now considers rsvars.bat
improved handling of ambiguous unit references (Strong Warnings Report)
Warnings Report, "Constructors/destructors without call to inherited" does not report constructors that do not call inherited, if they descend directly from TObject
Warnings Report, "Var params that are read, but not set" now skips subprogs that probably are event handlers
Code Reduction Report, variables that are set twice without reading in-between now excludes locations where passed as var parameters

Version 8.0.2 Mar 6, 2015

fixed some problems with XML and UsesReport
fixed issues with parsing when "Main file and referenced" selected
fixed a problem parsing generics declaration
fixed a problem related to variable name prefixed with ampersand
fixed wrong shortcut for PAL32.EXE in Start Menu, when only 32-bit installed
fixed coloring of tree items
Ctrl+Alt+U in editor did not work correctly

Version 8.0.1 Feb 25, 2015

fixed error related to resourcestring declaration
fixed error due to forward class declaration
improved back/forward actions for browser pages
fixed error parsing old object type
fixed some issues with XML format in reports
fixed wrong shortcut for PAL32.EXE in Start Menu, when only 32-bit installed

Version 8.0.0 Feb 23, 2015

new 64-bits version, 32-bits versions still available
improved Unicode support
built-in advanced editor, opens source file when double-clicking in reports
optionally backup editor files to hidden history folder (like in Delphi IDE)
search directories in Status Report are now sorted
commandline for PALCMD: parameter for analyzed file does not need to be a complete path, if just a file name, PALCMD will use the current working directory. If the current directory is not specified, uses the same directory as where the PALCMD.EXE is located
new column in Modules Report, displays encoding name for source code file
CompilerVersion, RTLVersion conditional directives are now handled
much improved ability to find code location when double-clicking in reports
new section in Code Reduction Report, "Fields only used in single method"
new section in Optimization Report, "Local subprogs"
new section in Warnings Report, "Bigger to smaller"
new options for editor added to Preferences dialog, new tab page
reports now available for viewing as soon as they are ready, node in the tree is enabled and clickable
new option for enabling reports for viewing as soon as they are ready
new option to show reports in tab pages
new setting for projects: "Description"
new columns in Modules Report, for encoding, and if initialization/finalization sections exist
fields in records are now tracked as individual variables
Status Report now also lists files that were searched for, but not found
much improved parser speed
improved internal data structures, better memory handling
improved speed a lot for Conventions Report
double-click in Status Report opens file in editor window, or opens Explorer for the clicked folder name
new option on Parser tab page "Parse implementations for non-reported units", if checked uses pre-PAL8.x behaviour to also parse implementation sections for units that are not reported. In PAL8 those implementations are as default skipped, unless this checkbox is selected. Results for reports should be the same, except for the Uses Report, which will be more complete when this option is selected.
non-reported locations are not included as referenced locations in the cross-reference reports
to get more accurate results, Inc(X) and Dec(X) now render both a "read" and a "set" (compare "X := X+1")
improved resolving of overloaded methods for nested calls
fixed problem resolving unit references when unit scopes were used
added navigation features to editor
added file watcher for editor, if file changed outside PAL, optionally asks to reload
mouse wheel changes font size in editor (and also in report viewer as before)
mouse wheel changes font size in tree
special start page (optional) points to blog page at Peganza web site
the Similarity Report now uses the RTL Soundex function in StrUtils unit
report text files are saved as UTF-8
PAL.INI configuration file is now saved in UTF-8, if needed. When saved in UTF-8 is not compatible with PAL 7.x or earlier

Read more about the new features in PAL8!

Version 7.3.0 Sep 29, 2014

added support for Delphi XE7

Version 7.2.1 Sep 5, 2014

fixed namespace issue

Version 7.2.0 Sep 1, 2014

Status Report now shows unit scopes used by the project, previously only those set in project options
new section in Uses Report, "All modules"

Version 7.1.3 Aug 18, 2014

registry key for Delphi XE6 were not read

Version 7.1.2 Aug 12, 2014

Warnings Report, identifiers with same name as predefined, now does not include predefined parameters or fields
removed a false warning in Warnings Report, section "Variables set but not read"
removed some unnecessary warnings in Code Reduction Report, section "Local indentifiers that are set and ref once"
removed an unnecessary warning in Reduction Report, section "Identifiers not used"
fixed multi-threading problem in PALCMD

Version 7.1.1 July 9, 2014

fixed error parsing code for Delphi XE2 Win32

Version 7.1.0 July 7, 2014

added support for Delphi XE6
fixed some problems resolving type identifiers
fixed some issues with conditional defines

Version 7.0.2 June 3, 2014

last section for Strong Warnings Report was not displayed in tree
fixed error resolving generics usage
improved resolving of calls to overloaded functions
fixed error suppressing lines with "PALOFF"
Searched Strings Report now displays file names instead of unit names
fixed problem resolving call to overloaded procedure with nil parameter
fixed parser problem resolving call to procedure in if-bransch
fixed error in Memory Report for rare cases
fixed problem with comments after "end." in source file
fixed problem with "library" directive
fixed display error for Duplicate Lines section in Warnings Report

Version 7.0.1 February 14, 2014

wizard dialog did not update text fields with selected search directories
default compiler in PALCMD was set to Delphi XE4 Win32, changed to Delphi XE5 Win32
fixed error in PALCMD, compiler target in project settings was not used
fixed problems reading Delphi project files in some cases
fixed problems resolving expressions with "as" keyword
selected search directories are now used in the order they are entered, and also shown in that order in Status Report
improvements when searching for source files
fixed error parsing conditional directive spanning several lines
old-style object did not recognize "var", "const" or "type" in declaration
fixed error when reading global project todo-file
speed improvements in the parser

Version 7.0.0 November 27, 2013

support for Delphi XE5
CHM help files can be created, together with HTML output, adding full-text search
Ctrl+MouseWheel increases/decreases font size in source viewer and in text reports
level of indentation (1-4 spaces), new option for Call Tree, Reverse Call Tree, and Exception reports
ExcludedFiles settings is now as default for new projects just System.pas (not Windows.pas any more)
Status Report also lists all loaded files
Todo Report now sorted after module, priority, category (in that order)
Call Tree Report, Reverse Call Tree Report, now sorts branches by function or unit depending on sort mode setting
much improved handling of identifiers from System.pas, and built-in declarations
new section in Third Party Report: "Third-party class and interface types directly referenced"
improved handling of calls to functions that are safe to call without parameter being initialized, like SizeOf()
new NextGen Readiness Report, measures how well prepared your code is for the new NextGen compiler
new status pane in main window displays current compiler target
Totals Report and Modules Total Report now also displays UnicodeString and WideString metrics
Status Report now also displays the number of different items
new section in Warnings Report: "Redeclared identifiers from System unit"
more accurate type determination for numeric constants
improved parser speed
new section in Warnings Report: "Identifier with same name as keyword/directive"
new section in Strong Warnings Report: "Subprogram calls itself unconditionally"
new section in Literal Strings and Numbers Report: Literal numbers in code

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Version 6.3.6 November 26, 2013

fixed memory leak in parser code
improved handling of multiple monitors
improved Warnings Report, "Variables that are set but not read" did not detect all situations
improved handling of exceptions during report build

Version 6.3.5 October 29, 2013

fixed error parsing asm statement in some cases
fixed error when conditional expression spanned over more than one line
line numbers shown for syntax error are now absolute (not adjusted for included files)
better error message when file in uses statement has unsupported format (USC2 and others)
improved handling of environment variables
fixed error parsing helper class
fixed error parsing "unsafe" directive
wrong value for when unicode identifiers were first allowed, was set to D2007, but is D2005
improved resolving references to identifiers with same name
fixed error parsing property declaration
unit scopes were not reported in Status Report for targets higher than XE2
improved handling of function results
conditional directive "EXTERNALLINKER" was not registered
when reading older Delphi project files, each setting was truncated if having more than 2048 characters
call to "Release" was registered for class object, even if field with the same name existed
created misformed XML for Uses Report in some situations
predefined identifiers for XE4 were not loaded properly

Version 6.3.4 September 21, 2013

fixed error in Memory Report, section about freed objects being referenced later

Version 6.3.3 September 16, 2013

library path registry keys for iOS targets were wrong
removed some unnecessary warnings for parameters to event handlers
fixed errors resolving identifiers
fixed errors with predefined conditionals
closing the source viewer window did not unlock the file
fixed error resolving identifiers in string concatenation expressions
improved handling of local variables
fixed problem resolving class helper property
Modules Report, section "Missing files" was shown in tree, when it should be hidden
fixed error with event handlers being reported as not used

Version 6.3.2 July 9, 2013

Warnings Report, "Function result not set" could cause exception

Version 6.3.1 June 19, 2013

Warnings Report, "Local variables that are referenced before they are set", did not consider "out" parameters in a correct way
Warnings Report, "Duplicate lines", did not report lines with different case within string literals, so for example WriteLn('ä')," and WriteLn('Ä');" are now correctly considered different lines
Warnings Report, "Non-public constructor/destructor", now does not include class constructors/destructors (in fact these should be private, as they should never be directly called)
Warnings Report, "Constructors/destructors without calls to inherited", now does not include class constructors/destructors
Warnings Report, "Function result not set", fixed problem with "raise" giving false warnings
directive "winapi" was not recognized
creating a new project could lose settings from current project if "Cancel" selected
fixed problem resolving nested types
fixed problem resolving generic type declaration
when property is set, the associated "write"-object is also registered as referenced
when property has "write"-object, that object is considered "ref" at that location, was "set"
references to Low(), High() also considered "safe", like SizeOf()

Version 6.3.0 June 4, 2013

fixed issue in Code Reduction Report, "Identifiers never used" for recursive functions
fixed error parsing property with "default" directive
NATIVECODE was not predefined for some compiler targets
support of Delphi XE4 added

Version 6.2.7 April 16, 2013

Warnings Report, "Interfaces passed..", also included interfaced with out/var parameters
Warnings Report, "Var params read not set", also included parameters from event handlers
implementation line numbers did not work for parameters
SizeOf() was not correctly handled
WarningsReport, "Function not set", could give false warnings in some special case
improved handling of pointers passed as parameters
Code Reduction Report, "Methods only called once from other method of the same class", now does not report methods that call themselves recursively
if record field set, the record variable is also marked as set (earlier just referenced)
Warnings Report, "Function Result not set", now does not report functions that return long strings
fixed problem identifying property in some cases

Version 6.2.6 March 26, 2013

fixed error resolving identifier in expression
fixed error with fields in variant part of packed record
fixed error resolving typed constant

Version 6.2.5 March 4, 2013

fixed error with namespaces

Version 6.2.4 February 21, 2013

fixed error with class helper code

Version 6.2.3 February 19, 2013

fixed problems resolving calls to overloaded functions
dangerous Exit now not reported if in try-structure
fixed error resolving reference to recordfield
fixed error resolving identifier after typecast
message for syntax error now has more information

Version 6.2.2 December 6, 2012

fixed error with "read" directive for properties
procedure "Register" is excluded for report with warnings for bad identifier names
improved Events Report, event handlers starting with "After" or "Before" are now also examined
fixed problems with "class property" declarations

Version 6.2.1 October 31, 2012

new XE3 compiler targets were not available in wizard dialog
fixed parser error handling record types
fixed parser error resolving overloaded methods with generics

Version 6.2.0 October 18, 2012

added support for Delphi XE3

Version 6.1.6 August 15, 2012

fixed error in Warnings Report, "Local identifiers set but not later read", gave false positives
fixed parser problem for pointer types
fixed problem with multireport that could cause AV

Version 6.1.5 July 23, 2012

fixed parser problem with constant declaration
fixed problems in Warnings Report, section "Local variables set but not later read"
removed some unnecessary warnings for duplicate lines

Version 6.1.4 June 18, 2012

fixed issue with HTML format
fixed problem in Code Reduction Report, local variables set many times without referencing in-between
fixed cosmetic error in Status Report
fixed problems with predefined identifiers
fixed error in Warnings Report, "Function result not set", gave false positives when "else" followed by statement on the same line, in some cases

Version 6.1.3 April 19, 2012

removed false positives for buttons with missing OnClick-event handlers, but where ModalResult was set in some cases
fixed some code parsing issues
fixed error reporting loop-variables read after loop

Version 6.1.2 January 18, 2012

removed false positives for section "Function Result not set" in some cases
removed false positives for section "Property Access" in some cases
fixed error resolving implementation of overloaded methods
fixed error resolving identifiers in some cases

Version 6.1.1 December 1, 2011

fixed error parsing attributes with nestled "["
fixed error resolving identifiers in some rare cases
Warnings Report, Duplicate Lines, now skips lines starting with "//"
Warnings Report, Duplicate Lines, jump to location in source did not work
if "PALOFF" used for parent type like record or class, also child elements will be suppressed
fixed problem resolving pointer type declarations in some cases
fixed error resolving assignment of identifiers om some cases
fixed error parsing case-structures in some cases
new PALWiZ5.DLL for Delphi XE2 (needed for users that do not have Delphi XE)
fixed error parsing set type in record fields

Version 6.1.0 October 17, 2011

added support for Delphi XE2, all compiler targets
fixed error with Namespaces setting
fixed error with the "align" directive in Delphi XE2
improved message for parser errors in some situations
fixed error with ToDo report setting in project template
fixed error parsing property read declaration in some situations
fixed error recognizing function pointers in typed constants
fixed error parsing UTF-8 source files starting with blank line
fixed error recognizing array elements
fixed error parsing type declarations containing constants
fixed error parsing type declarations with arithmetic expressions
fixed error parsing var declaration with generic type
fixed error parsing property declaration with generic type
fixed error parsing $IF-expressions in some cases

Version 6.0.0 August 29, 2011

new Help Report
new Searched Strings Report
new Map File Report
improvements in the Third-Party Report
new sections and improvements in the Memory Report
new sections and improvements in the Warnings Report
improvements in the Complexity Report
improvements in the Literal Strings Report
improvements for multi-projects
improvements for PALCMD.EXE
.. and more ...

Read more about the new features in PAL6!

Version 5.1.9 August 22, 2011

fixed error when displaying results for multi-reports

Version 5.1.8 August 17, 2011

fixed output format error in Third-Party Report
environment variables were not resolved for excluded folders in multireports
directive "experimental" was not always recognized
solved problem with Reverse Call Report, where some branches were not always included

Version 5.1.7 July 7, 2011

prevented stack overflow if bad include directive
fixed minor parser error

Version 5.1.6 May 16, 2011

improved handling of exception types in Convention Report
removed false positives with strings in Reduction Report, "Unneeded boolean comparisons"
PAL.EXE now supports address spaces larger than 2GB (the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag is set in the EXE header)
PAL.EXE does not any more loads PALWIZ.DLL at startup

Version 5.1.5 March 22, 2011

new PALWIZ4.DLL added
fixed problem with Warnings Report, "local variables ref before set"
fixed error parsing "stdcall of object"
fixed error parsing "X = object(Y.Z)"
Reduction Report, "Identifiers never used", now does not include unused parameters to methods that are overriding inherited methods (because the parameter list is fixed)
Strong Warnings Report, "Ambiguous unit references" now lists the units that are ambiguous
Reduction Report, "Local identifiers that are set and referenced once" and "Local identifiers that possibly are set and referenced once", exclude identifiers that are set in a loop
Warnings Report, "Constructors/destructors without calls to inherited", now does not show warning for indirect calls to inherited, e.g. when constructor/destructor calls another constructor/destructor which calls inherited
fixed problem parsing property declaration in some cases

Version 5.1.4 March 9, 2011

fixed error with anonymous method

Version 5.1.3 January 25, 2011

improved handling of class/record constructors and destructors
fixed error with pointer dereference
fixed error with procedure type directive
fidex error with class destructors and override directive
improved handling of Exit-statements
fixed error handling calls to overloaded functions
fixed a problem with multireports, when rendering report tree

Version 5.1.2 November 29, 2010

fixed error with default property
fixed error parsing new Exit()-function
now also handles record destructors
better handling of Self keyword in class implementations
fixed error parsing expressions

Version 5.1.1 November 18, 2010

improved handling of local Result variable
fixed error formatting displayed name in reports when not Name-Module-Kind selected
improved handling of default properties
fixed error parsing string constant with "deprecated" directive
fixed error parsing new Exit()-function
fixed handling of record destructors
fixed error with function pointers

Version 5.1.0 October 19, 2010

support added for Delphi XE code
minor UI error fixed when selecting multi-reports
fixed error sometimes occurring when loading DFM file saved as UTF8
fixed error when listing in status report would show duplicate search directories
fixed error parsing class helper declarations
fixed error parsing class code with type declarations
fixed error parsing anonymous method with nested function

Version 5.0.1 September 15, 2010

fixed problems with multireports
fixed problems suppressing lines from reporting

Version 5.0.0 May 23, 2010

build reports quicker, by using multiple threads
suppress reporting for selected code lines, filter out false positives
new Exception Report, provides info about exception handling
new Similarity Report, reports similarity by soundex
new Module Totals Report, like the Totals Report, but divided by unit
new section in Duplicates Report, only reports identifiers in overlapping scope
new options for PALCMD.EXE to better integrate with your build process
speed improvements both for parsing and reporting

Read more about the new features in PAL5!

Version 4.6.4 May 3, 2010

added new PALWIZ3.DLL for Delphi 2009

Version 4.6.3 April 6, 2010

if XML reports were written to a single file, the surrounding tag was not written correctly
links to reports in HTML could be misformed in some cases
better error handling for multi reports when main file was not found
OS envvars also supported, not only those added in Delphi IDE
environment variable can be used for main path
removed some false positives for "Danger Raise" in Warnings Report
fixed error when an object could be registrered as created instead of set, leading to errors in Cross Reference and Memory Reports
fixed bad formatting for some numeric values in Complexity Report rating lists
improved parsing of $IF-expressions
Reduction Report, unused local variable section: paramater belonging to a subprogram that is not used, is now not reported (as it says in the docs, but was not so)
Control Warnings Report, now only reports buttons/menuitems with missing OnClick, if ModalResult is not set
Reduction Report, "Boolean assignment can be shortened" now only reports simple assignments (not when there are several statements in each branch)

Version 4.6.2 November 15, 2009

bad counter value for previous analysis for a few reports
bad file name for index HTML file

Version 4.6.1 September 21, 2009

misformed filename suggested when saving new projects
fixed error parsing anonymous methods

Version 4.6.0 September 15, 2009

support for Delphi 2010, which is now the default compiler target
ToDo Report included items from modules in non-reported folders
fixed error parsing DFM files with UTF8 BOM

Version 4.5.13 July 14, 2009

now uses EurekaLog for exception handling
fixed bug in overload handling

Version 4.5.12 May 25, 2009

fixed error when parsing for-loops in some cases
improved overload handling
fixed bug in Uses Report

Version 4.5.11 March 30, 2009

parameters to external functions were marked as unused in "Code Reduction Report"
functions marked with "message" directive are now not listed as not used in "Code Reduction Report"
improved resolution of calls to overloaded functions
improved help indentation for source code
fixed problem resolving relative paths on network drives

Version 4.5.10 March 22, 2009

"Reduction Report" for a multi-project did not account for unused identifiers that are not needed but must be kept
improved handling av constant declarations
improved resolution of calls to overloaded functions
now selects relevant section, when invoking help (and report/section selected in treeview)
external viewer did not work after app options dialog shown and OK'ed

Version 4.5.9 March 17, 2009

fixed problem handling class helper declaration
selection of "Both source and form files/Only source files" was not handled correctly in all situations
Missing Property Report now suppresses warnings for missing OnClick properties for TBitBtn, if property value for Kind is present.
old hits for multi-report were not properly read from project file on startup

Version 4.5.8 March 8, 2009

improved handling of Free, Release for the Memory Report
selection of "Both source and form files/Only source files" was not handled correctly in all situations
"Set defaults" for Missing Property Report inserted wrong strings
Missing Property Report now suppresses warnings for missing OnClick properties for TButton and TBitBtn, if ModalResult is present
list box for selection of projects in a multi-project, changed caption from "Multi-projects" to "Projects"
checkbox for "Strong Warnings Report" was enabled even for a multi-project
general preferences, "Load project at startup" changed to "Load latest project at startup"
pressing F1 in the main window now shows help for the current report
help button in dialog for selecting report sections, now shows relevant help for the current report

Version 4.5.7 March 3, 2009

link to web did not work in About-dialog
Warnings Report, "Interfaced class identifiers that are public/published, but not used outside of unit", now does not report constructors/destructors
Memory Report, also checks for 'Release'
fixed problem in Todo Report
fixed problem in reopen menu

Version 4.5.6 February 21, 2009

fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 4.5.5 February 18, 2009

fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 4.5.4 February 9, 2009

PALCMD now uses PAL.INI from the same folder as the app is in, if found
identifiers from include files sometimes did not appear in reports
new section in "Third-party dependencies Report", called "Third-party identiers directly referenced, with location". Same as "Third-party identifiers directly referenced", but also lists reference locations, if the reference is from code in the main file folder. This section is useful for finding locations where third-party code is referenced.
fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 4.5.3 January 28, 2009

fixed problem with handling of generics
Duplicate Identifiers Report now does not report identifiers with same name but with different number of generic parameters
Sections "Missing 'const'.." in Optimization Report now does not report identifiers that are not used at all in the subprogram

Version 4.5.2 January 15, 2009

fixed problem with typecasted strings in const declarations
fixed problem with generics and method declarations
now understands "$IF NOT" conditional expressions
fixed error with hint directive after "end" keyword

Version 4.5.1 January 13, 2009

added Delphi 2009 to list of compiler targets in wizard dialog
did not find library/browsing path for Delphi 2009

Version 4.5.0 January 11, 2009

added support for Delphi 2009
fixed problem detecting calls to FreeAndNil in some situations, causing error in Memory Report
fixed a problem in Reduction Report, for "Local identifiers that are set more than once", it falsely reported identifiers set in "try/except" blocks
options on command-line for PALCMD.EXE now replace options specified in the PAP or PAM file (earlier they were only honoured when directly specifying a source file)
new switch for PALCMD.EXE: /R to specify a report root folder, like /R=c:\temp or "/R=c:\Program Files\X"

Version 4.4.4 September 27, 2008

fixed problem parsing record types with const declaration

Version 4.4.3 July 27, 2008

fixed a problem in the Uses Report that could cause AV in some cases
string assignment like "S := 'A' + ^\;" failed with syntax error

Version 4.4.2 July 4, 2008

problems with selected sections for some form reports
declaration like "var X : System.string" failed when parsing for Delphi 7 or earlier
fixed problem transferring focus to the Delphi IDE when double-clicking in reports
fixed problem parsing generics code
abstract methods are now not included in Complexity Report statistics

Version 4.4.1 March 14, 2008

line number when calling external application was off by one

Version 4.4.0 February 19, 2008

fixed minor error in Find functionality
new section in Memory Report: "'Local objects that are created more than once without being freed in-between"
added possibility to open source code file in external application,
Uses Report also reports units with initialization sections that have empty interface part

Version 4.3.2 November 23, 2007

removed some false warnings in the Memory Report
fixed problems with extracting category and owner from todo item in the To-Do Report

Version 4.3.1 November 5, 2007

directive VER190 was not set for compiler Delphi 2007 .NET

Version 4.3.0 November 2, 2007

added support for Delphi 2007 .NET

Version 4.2.5 October 13, 2007

fixed a problem with PALCMD.EXE, when running PAP files

Version 4.2.4 September 25, 2007

fixed a problem with array of const declarations

Version 4.2.3 September 24, 2007

fixed a problem with report sections "Local identifiers that 'shadow'..." in the Convention Report
fixed problems with record helpers

Version 4.2.2 August 11, 2007

fixed a problem with report sections "Local identifiers that 'shadow'..." in the Convention Report

Version 4.2.1 July 11, 2007

fixed problem with record operators

Version 4.2.0 July 10, 2007

overload handling has been improved a lot, PAL is now much better at resolving calls to overloaded methods

Version 4.1.2 June 24, 2007

a couple of controls were misaligned in the project options pages

Version 4.1.1 June 20, 2007

wizard options did not include Delphi 2007
"class var" and "class property" is now allowed for Delphi 2005

Version 4.1.0 May 17, 2007

fixed some problems with identifiers named "Name", mix-up with directive name
in Optimization Report, section "Missing const for unmodified string parameter", now does not report parameters in subprograms marked with the "override" directive, because these subprograms cannot change their parameter lists
added support for Delphi 2007 (Win32) from CodeGear
default compiler is now Delphi 2007 (Win32)
conditional directive "_PEGANZA_" is now always automatically defined
Status Report now shows user environment variables translated to full paths, for searched folders and similar items
now reads/writes PAL.INI from folder under "Documents and Settings"
project files are suggested to be read/written from a folder under "My Documents"
improved help system, now uses HTMLHelp

Version 4.0.2 February 24, 2007

increased maximum stack size, needed for very deeply nested unit dependencies
fixed problem with forward declared interfaces
"Bad class visibility order" in "Convention Report", is not reported for form classes (these always start with public/published section)
hit counters for some sections were not initialized correctly
fixed error in search function

Version 4.0.1 January 20, 2007

fixed problem with Inconsistent Case Report when reporting with-blocks, false positives could be created
fixed error generating tree of reports and sections, missing section for Memory Report
hit counts were written for some sections that do not use them
Todo Report had initially no selected sections
fixed error calculating hits totals for reports

Version 4.0.0 October 28, 2006

major new version, see the What's New page

Version 3.5.8 October 3, 2006

wrong number of table columns for HTML table in Forms Report
bad HTML formatting for Class Hierarchy Report
jump to sections in Events Report did not work in HTML format

Version 3.5.7 September 19, 2006

project files are now saved much faster

Version 3.5.6 September 4, 2006

Complexity Report, some sections not generated
format options, checkbox "One report file" not possible to check always
error parsing "property Name", misinterpreted "Name" as directive

Version 3.5.5 August 28, 2006

form report, default form position changed in D8 and later from poDesigned to poDefaultPosOnly
double-clicking in the Uses Report opens the relevant source file in the viewer
fixed error with forward references
fixed some problems resolving dereferenced pointers
Third-Party Report, "Third-party identifiers directly referenced" now always includes all found identifiers, even if they are in folders excluded for reporting (otherwise you would have to include these folders, giving much bigger reports, with many irrelevant listings)
fixed error when parsing property declarations, for code like "property Left : integer read FMyRec.Left write FMyRec.Left", the write-clause was not evaluated correctly
option "One file for each report" also possible now, even if "Create Subfolder" is not checked
fixed error handling "final" directive
environment variables in paths etc were not translated in all cases

Version 3.5.4 May 8, 2006

"interrupt" keyword was not allowed in an interface section

Version 3.5.3 April 13, 2006

Options in .bdsproj files were not read for versions later than Delphi 8
Support for "strict" directive was incomplete
Error when parsing record types declared in "var" blocks

Version 3.5.2 March 29, 2006

changed caption to "$DEFINE/UNDEF used but no matching $IFDEF/$IFNDEF in code" for section in Conditional Symbols report
Missing Property Report, now does not warn for missing TButton.OnClick or TBitButton.OnClick if ModalResult <> mrNone
"class var" and "var" in class declarations were not accepted for Delphi 2005 and Delphi 2006 (Win32 personalities)
problem with exception solved for some sections in the Warnings Report
class functions were not allowed for old-style objects
"class sealed" and "class abstract" were not allowed for Delphi 2005 and Delphi 2006 (Win32 personalities)
class properties were not allowed for Delphi 2006 (Win32)
"strict" was not allowed for Delphi 2005 (Win32)

Version 3.5.1 February 28, 2006

fixed a problem with compilation directives
error in Warnings Report, "Destructors without override directive", warning was issued for reintroduced destructors

Version 3.5.0 February 19, 2006

support added for Delphi 2006 (Win32 and .NET)fixed problem parsing property declarations
fixed error in Warnings Report, section for dangerous raise statements
list of dangerous raise/exit commands were not rinsed from unreported locations in the Warnings Report
now does not report "dangerous raise" if the raise command is just before the end of the sub (requires the "raise" keyword to be on the line just above the "end")
fixed error for multireport, could get AV in some situations
application splash screen is removed

Version 3.2.2 November 19, 2005

fixed problem parsing property declarations
fixed error finding include files when path started with "\"

Version 3.2.1 October 12, 2005

fixed error generating XML for Call Index Report
fixed error generating XML for Optimization Report
max length for strings read from INI file was 4096 chars, changed to 32768
for "library" module, now does not add warning for empty begin-end block (because is mandatory)

Version 3.2.0 August 16, 2005

fixed error in Third-Party Report, identifiers from excluded folders were listed
fixed some problems handling excluded folders
fixed parsing error with "external" keyword
improved handling of virtual and abstract method calls
fixed error in Warnings Report, sections always written even when deselected
improved speed building Call Reports
fixed error resolving identifiers in "absolute" declarations
Memory Report now ignores destroy and close events for data modules

Version 3.1.1 May 27, 2005

fixed error in Uses Report, check if main file was project file sometimes returned wrong result
fixed problem identifying typed constants
fixed problem jumping to code line in include files
fixed problem handling include file directives which contain comments
fixed problem handling external directive with file reference
fixed error, "object" keyword was not allowed for Delphi 2005 Win32
fixed error handling new "inline" directive
fixed error handling files saved in UTF8-format

Version 3.1.0 March 22, 2005

adds support for Delphi 2005 (both Win32 and .NET personalities)
new section "Abstract methods not overridden" in Warnings Report (for existing projects, you will have to explicitly check this report section to activate it)
new section "$DEFINE/IFDEF used but no matching $IFDEF/$IFNDEF in code" in Conditional Symbols Report (for existing projects, you will have to explicitly check this report section to activate it)
in Status Report, now also writes the time needed to generate the reports (excluding the Status Report itself)
fixed error in treeview list, same text for both "Tab Order Report" sections

Version 3.0.3 February 7, 2005

fixed error with browsing and library paths
doubleclicking on include file did not always open it in the source viewer window
XML not generated correctly for Form Report
section "Created in try" in Memory Report generated obviously erroneous results

Version 3.0.2 October 27, 2004

fixed memory leak
fixed error in PALCMD causing AV at end of run

Version 3.0.1 October 26, 2004

fixed error recognizing typed constants
fixed error with memory manager

Version 3.0.0 October 18, 2004

major new version, see the What's New page

Version 2.1.9.1 August 4, 2004

help find was not located correctly in some situations
code like "const X : integer = $;" was not allowed by the parser
parsing DPK files did not follow units in uses list

Version 2.1.9 June 28, 2004

error parsing assembler code when "@" used as label
better error message for syntax errors, now includes module name
error, (*$I inc*) was not resolved as inc.pas
Warnings Report, section "ambiguous with" included identifiers from excluded folders
error registering reference for numeric label
error in Inconsistent Case report for initialized global variables
include files were not always found when doubleclick on a report line
improved XML reporting
Bindings report could include identifiers from excluded folders
error could cause broken XML file for Duplicate Identifiers Report
Identifiers Report listed unit identifiers from excluded folders
the range dialog for copying to the clipboard now only shows up if all reports are written to one single file

Version 2.1.8.1 May 13, 2004

fixed error locating files

Version 2.1.8 May 10, 2004

fixed registration error in version 2.1.7

Version 2.1.7 May 10, 2004

fixed problem related to records with variant sections

Version 2.1.6 February 27, 2004

fixed problem resolving relative paths in include directives
numerical labels (like "30:") were not recognized
fixed error in Prefix Reportm, false positive warnings could be issued
fixed error in Code Reduction Report, false warnings for strings being initialized to zero could be given
fixed problem with large fonts in options dialog

Version 2.1.5 January 30, 2004

fixed problem resolving relative paths in include directives
fixed error printing text reports. Even if all reports selected only the current one was printed.

Version 2.1.4 December 7, 2003

fixed a problem with displaying labels in Options dialog under Windows XP
new option "Allow multibyte characters" in the Options dialog (parser tab page), default value is false. If this option is selected, multibyte characters like in Shift-JS (Japanese) are allowed in comments
fixed some resizing problems in the main form
fixed error in handling exports statement

Version 2.1.3.2 November 26, 2003

fixed error with Shift-JS (Japanese characters) in comments
fixed error when printing selected text

Version 2.1.3.1 October 14, 2003

fixed error with multi-byte characters in comments

Version 2.1.3 August 5, 2003

fixed error parsing declaration "file of byte absolute X"
changed handling of references to object and record instances, resulting in fewer warnings
improved handling of identifiers with unknown type, removes some irrelevant warnings
improved handling of overloaded subprograms
fixed error in Convention Report - as help indicates, constructors starting with "Create" etc are OK, but reported error if not exactly "Create".
improved Code Reduction Report, now does not report identifiers that are set many times in a row, if one of two consecutive times is in a condition (if/case)
fixed error handling built-in Str procedure
fixed error in Duplicates Report, some identifiers were not reported in some cases

Version 2.1.2 May 18, 2003

backup files are now copied as '*.~txt' instead of '*.~tx'
fixed error, Warnings Report - "Destructor without override directive" considered even old-style objects, but in this case the override directive gives a syntax error
fixed error, Warnings Report - 'Constructor/destructor without call to inherited', for old-style objects gave a warning, even if no ancestor existed
fixed error, Warnings Report, 'Possible bad object creation', now does not report old style objects
fixed error, Warnings Report, 'Variables that are read but not set', now does not report old-style objects
fixed error parsing construct like 'case X.Y of'
fixed error with location include files in some cases
improved handling of form inheritance
fixed error, compiler allows 'class' word before local subprogram, so now allowed even in PAL
fixed error handling 'inline' code
improved handling of uses lists for inherited forms in Uses Report, the situation when a base form uses a unit, the Delphi IDE automatically inserts this unit in the uses list of the nchild form, even if it is not referenced anywhere. These situations are detected and the unit is listed as 'used by inherited form' instead of 'unnecessary'
fixed error in mainly Warnings Report, for 'out' parameters
increased maximum stack size, because of stack overflow problems in NT 4 in some cases
fixed error parsing 'absolute' directive in some cases

Version 2.1.1 March 9, 2003

fixed error handling blank lines after final 'end.' in unit code
fixed error locating relative paths
fixed error handling '(*$I x.pas*)' directive in some cases
improved compression-quality for generated JPEG files

Version 2.1.0 February 27, 2003

new options to include Delphi's library and browsing paths when searching for source code
added support for Delphi's environment variables, like $(DELPHI) and user-defined ones like $(MYLIB)
changed captions for untyped var/out/const parameters in the Totals Report
fixed error in handling code referencing "System.Delete", as opposed to just "Delete"
fixed error parsing short string type like "X : string[Y]" where Y was erroneously skipped by the parser/analyzer
fixed error when entering text in the combo box text input area for "Search Directories"
fixed error parsing ancestorlist for interface, did not register reference to ancestor
fixed error recognizing relative paths in some cases
fixed error, setting for "Warnings only" in the Uses Report was not used
fixed error with checkboxes for Control Alignment and Control Size Reports
fixed error, did not resolve references in "var MyVar : UsedUnit.TMyType" but "var MyVar : TMyType" was resolved properly
fixed error with handling of class type references in some cases
fixed error parsing some kinds of OLE automation code, like "FRng := FDoc.Range(start:=0,end:=0);"
fixed error, option for backup of report files did not work
fixed error resolving references to identifiers with same name, declared in different units in some rare cases

Version 2.0.2 January 7, 2003

fixed error that could cause AV when parsing FreeAndNil call

Version 2.0.1 December 30, 2002

fixed error when selecting search folders

Version 2.0.0 December 28, 2002

numerous new features and enhancements, see the What's New page

Version 1.4.0 September 30, 2002

new compiler option 'Delphi 7' (default)
fixed error parsing include file specified with relative path
fixed error relating to nested record declarations
fixed errors parsing directives 'export' and 'abstract'
fixed error parsing DFM file with line like 'Prop = .Owner'
disabled printing by HTML when frames are active
fixed error in parsing case statement
now allows multiple $ELSE directives in a row, just like the Delphi compiler
fixed error parsing properties with old-style objects
fixed error parsing some directives for procedure type declarations

Version 1.3.1 June 29, 2002

fixed error detecting function result assignment in some cases
fixed error in Optimization Report, parameters missing "const" directive were reported when the owning method was abstract
fixed error parsing include directive in some rare cases
fixed error parsing variant property values in DFM files
fixed error, "with X(Y,Z)" triggered 'Multiple With'-listing in Convention Compliance Report
fixed error parsing out-parameters, could cause the parser to fail in rare cases
fixed error for code parsed with BP7 as target: unit file names are now expected in 8.3 format even if unit name is longer
fixed error parsing 'write(X:Y, Z)' in some cases
fixed error parsing 'object()', did not register ancestor reference properly for oldstyle objects
fixed error in Control Warnings Report, section about FocusControl was sometimes omitted
fixed error in Control Warnings Report, did not use controls on inherited forms in some situations

Version 1.3.0 April 12, 2002

new additional command-line version PALCMD.EXE
search folders entered under Options|Properties|Parser may now contain relative paths
fixed error, parsing statements with OleVariants could fail in some cases
fixed error, parsing statement like 'Str(R:I:J, S)' could fail in some cases
fixed error parsing 'forward' keyword not followed by a semicolon
fixed error with 'Multiple With'-section in 'Convention Compliance Report'
fixed error with double '&' char when checking FocusControl value in 'Control Warnings Report'
fixed error with double '&' char when checking conflicting accelerators in 'Control Warnings Report'
fixed error parsing statements like 'writeln(Number:5:2)'
fixed error parsing 'stringresource' which was erroneously taken for a reserved word
fixed error resolving path in some cases for units mentioned in project file

Version 1.2.1 March 15, 2002

fixed error, default prefix definitions were always added when program started. Now only added if definitions are missing in the INI file
fixed error, parsing some uncommon type declarations could fail
fixed error, Optimization Report reported parameter as missing "const", althought it was used as a var-parameter (or out-parameter) inside the subprogram, and thus could not be a var-parameter
control/property value pairs are now trimmed, e.g. "TLabel ; Caption" is stored as "TLabel;Caption"
fixed error, uses-list "in"-path in project file was not always used
Control Warnings Report, colon checking for label caption, now trims so ":" is equivalent to ": "
fixed error, record fields set by initialized global record variables were not always registered
Control Warnings Report, warnings for accelerators are not issued for controls that share a common action
Control Size Report, fixed error, output for "Horisontal Size" and "Vertical Size" switched
Control Warnings Report, fixed error with FocusControl section
fixed error, parsing include file directive within comment
fixed error, parsing absolute directive for BP7 code

Version 1.2.0 February 28, 2002

new report 'Prefix Report', warns for variables that do not follow the prefix rule for the owning type. New dialog box exists to define rules.
new section in 'Warnings Report': 'Instance created of class with abstract methods'
new 'Property Value Report', scans DFM-forms for selected property values, e.g. produces a listing of all SQL property values. A new dialog box exists to select which properties that are monitored.
new section in the 'Literal Strings Report', listing constants declared as resourcestrings, instead of listing them together with the other declared constants
section 'Identifiers not used' in 'Reduction Report', now does not report parameters, local variables etc to subprograms that are never used.
options 'Create subfolders' and 'One file for each report' are now TRUE as default
'Warnings Report', 'Var parameters that are used but never set' (and similar 'probably'-report): parameters to event handlers are not reported
'Control Warnings Report' now does not list button/menus with missing OnClick-event when property Action is set
'Convention Report', section for bad identifier names, now also reports names that are similar as those predefined in the System unit (e.g. Copy, Byte, AllocMem). Only applies to Delphi 1 or higher
every class type (new object model) is assumed to descend originally from TObject. Affects the class reports.
the report viewer (text) now shows a greyish color when no file is loaded
fixed error, could occur duplicate listings both in 'Local variables that are referenced before they are set' and corresponding 'possible'-report
fixed error, 'Form Report', 'Call Index Report' and the control reports also showed identifiers from excluded folders
fixed error, sometimes when a missing report file was selected any subsequent reports could not be seen
fixed error, '"' were not given with the correct HTML representation
fixed error with resolving relative paths, when deciding whether identifiers should be included in report
fixed error in parser for class reference declared in local scope

Version 1.1.4 January 31, 2002

fixed error, parsing statements with variants, like "X.Range(start:=0;end:=1);" where X is a variant
fixed error in evaluation version, when bad license key entered, error message appeared behind the application window

Version 1.1.3 January 21, 2002

fixed error, parsing special characters in DFM-file
fixed error resolving file paths in some cases
fixed error parsing code like:
   initialization
      SomeCall
   finalization

that is when a semicolon is missing after "SomeCall"
INI file values may now be up to 4096 characters long
fixed error parsing variable declaration with absolute record
fixed error parsing type identifier passed as parameter, like in

  ..
   X := SizeOf(File);
  ..

Version 1.1.2 December 27, 2001

fixed error, abstract methods were reported as unused in the declaring class
changed behaviour, if unknown structured type variable assigned, reported as set (previously reported as ref)

Version 1.1.1 November 30, 2001

now checks if report file exists before trying to load it in the text/HTML viewer window
fixed error, when clicking in treeview report was not always found (occurred for reports with multiple words in the name)
fixed error, value parameter that is an interface, when parameter set in subprogram, registered the interface as being set, resulting in a "value parameter set" listing
fixed error, when changing from text to HTML mode for reports, HTML reports were not always loaded in the viewer, only after application restart
fixed error, option to load file at startup from command-line parameter was missing, although documented in help text and tutorial

Version 1.1.0 November 5, 2001

new HTML formatting for reports, supporting frames and stylesheets
optionally create reports in separate subfolder
reports may be divided over multiple files
new Form Report, reporting values for important form properties

Version 1.0.7 October 23, 2001

fixed error parsing interrupt procedures (16-bit code)

Version 1.0.6 October 10, 2001

fixed error parsing record type with string field, when semicolon is missing before final "end"
fixed error occuring in some situations when parsing record type with case constructs
fixed error parsing declaration of some unusual subrange types

Version 1.0.5 September 26, 2001

some optimizations added for the Complexity Report, now somewhat faster to generate
fixed error parsing numeric labels, like "1:" at the beginning of a code line (yes, people still use labels!)
fixed error parsing unknown identifiers with field names equivalent to keywords (like "X.Type"). Such field names are indeed valid for variants
fixed error in the Uses Report, units that were aliased (like Windows=WinProcs+WinTypes) could create duplicate listing
fixed error in the Complexity Report, calculating overall Chars/LOC
fixed error parsing array of procedure type (like "type X = array[0..1] of procedure")

Version 1.0.4 September 10, 2001

The first public version of Pascal Analyzer

History for Pascal Analyzer