Incompatible types error in constructor declaration

[yogo1212]

Hello,

i'm facing this error:

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enginedevice.pas(55,57) Error: Incompatible types: got "Pointer" expected "AnsiString"

with this code:

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{ TGamepadDevice }

TGamepadDevice = class(TGameDevice)
// This is for da loop 2 on linux
tmpevent: TJoystickEvent;

f: file of TJoystickEvent;
path: string;
ff_path: string;
procedure Prepare; override;
procedure DoTerminate; override;
procedure Fetch; override;
function GetNameOfDeviceEvent(id: word): string; override;
// This Line
constructor Create(inputname: string; device: String{Here}; ff_device: string = nil);
destructor Destroy; override;
end;                       
And i am puzzled.. Cant I declare constructors the way i want anymore with fpc 2.7.1?!

Some opinions before i file a bug report?

Or did i miss an incredibly important feature?

[yogo1212]

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ff_device: string = nil
I see it now....

Just wonder why it did compile with 2.6.2........

Sorry

[Leledumbo]

Probably a bug in 2.6.2, ansistrings are internally pointers. A bug in the semantic checker might allow nil assignment to it.