[fpc-pascal]Classes/Objects/Pointers / Pointer Help

[James Mills]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:55:45PM +0100, Anton Tichawa wrote:
> Hello, James!
> 
> Personally, I would prefer an even simpler way - but that depends on the 
> future development and backwards compatibility of Free Pascal. Basically, the 
> first step towards objects is ENCAPSULATION, which is PURE SYTNAX, i. e. 
> there are no constructors / destructors required. Your example, including a 
> procedure "main" actually using the object would then be:
> 
> ***
> type TmyObject = object
>   procedure test;
> end;
> 
> procedure TmyObject.test;
> begin
> ? ?writeLn('test');
> end;
> 
> procedure main;
> var
>   MyObject: TmyObject;
> begin
>   MyObject.Test;
> end;
> ***
> 
> That's all. Next question?

Yes ok, fair enough, this much is in my knowledge of Pascal :) hehe, but
the real question is, how do you create these objects on the fly in a
program, ie: dynamic array...
I have tried using plain objects, and have failed in frustration. When
you suggested using classes, it worked right away (of course :P).

cheers
James

> 
> HTH
> 
> Anton Tichawa.
> 
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> 
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