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    SomeClassInstanceThatImplementsFoo is a variable? variables should never be never allowed within <>, which only allow types and constants.<br>

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    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Feb 3, 2026 at 9:16:28 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel <<a href="mailto:fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org">fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2026, Martin Frb via fpc-devel wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> ok, so if I have </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">    procedure bar(f: IntfFoo); </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> I can do </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">    bar(SomeClassInstanceThatImplementsFoo); </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> makes sense, the interface can be gotten at the time of calling. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Now if I have </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">   generic MyGen<    P: IntfFoo > </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> then I can also do </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">   specialize MyGen<SomeClassInstanceThatImplementsFoo> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> is that indented? </blockquote> I don't think so. Sounds like a bug ? Michael.

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