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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 22.10.2019 um 01:19 schrieb J.
Gareth Moreton:<br>
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This is a very low-level semantic issue, but I'm not particularly
keen on how static methods are defined in classes. </blockquote>
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Not being "keen" on an existing, established syntax is not reason
enough to change it.<br>
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Please also note (to probably annoy you further) that static methods
inside records use exactly the same syntax. ;)<br>
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cite="mid:3462c63e-6784-52b1-a146-ad42301a680b@moreton-family.com"><b>static
function </b>StaticMethod: Integer;
<p>****<br>
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<p>For backward compatibility, I would suggest keeping the
'static' directive for class methods so existing code doesn't
break, but maybe mark it as deprecated.</p>
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This would introduce ambiguity especially with keeping the original
syntax:<br>
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=== code begin ===<br>
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class function Foo: Integer; static;<br>
function SomethingElse;<br>
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vs.<br>
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class function Foo: Integer;<br>
static function SomethingElse;<br>
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=== code end ===<br>
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The static directive is - like all other directives - parsed by
parse_proc_directives and it would consume the "static" token in
both cases. Then it would need to check for the existance of a
"function" or "procedure" token and pass that up it's call change.
There are places in the parser where this is indeed done, but
adjusting the parser that much for *no* gain is not something we
like to do.<br>
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cite="mid:3462c63e-6784-52b1-a146-ad42301a680b@moreton-family.com">P.S.
If I've missed something obvious as to why static methods are
implemented using a directive, please educate me!<br>
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Simple: Delphi compatibility.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Sven<br>
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