[fpc-devel] language extensions

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Thu, 14 Jun 2007, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:

> On 13/06/07, Dani=EBl Mantione <daniel.mantione at freepascal.org> wrote:
> > =

> > Andreas uses a preprocessor to convert the language extensions into
> > Delphi
> > compatible code. This is a remarkable achievement, but I don't see much
> > value for this approach for Free Pascal; since we have the source code,
> > we
> > could implement the features directly.
> =

> I didn't mean the way he did it, I meant the language features he
> added.  Would there be anything useful (language features) we could
> add the the Free Pascal Compiler?

We already have the generics can the preprocessor symbols. That leaves the =

"for in". The development team has its doubts about the "for in" =

construct, but:

* Andreas did it in a reasonably clean way with a lot less hacks and =

  ugly constructions than Delphi did.
* The pressure on us is increasing to have a "for in".

I'm not totally happy with the hardcoded method names Andreas used, but =

his implementation could be used as a base to build on.
 =

> I just thought we could discuss some language ideas/improvements and
> add them to Mantis feature requests or something.

I think a Wiki article per improved suggestion is better, so every one can =

comment on it.

Dani=EBl