[fpc-pascal] FPC's generics

Jonas Maebe jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be
Wed Jun 13 13:43:39 CEST 2007


On 13 jun 2007, at 13:35, Bisma Jayadi wrote:

> FPC uses 2 keywords for generics: "generic" for generic definition  
> block, and "specialize" for generic type implementation. I think  
> the "generic" keyword is quite redundant

I think it is useful, because it allows future language extensions to  
also use the <> syntax without conflicting with generics (e.g., the  
Objective Pascal draft syntax also makes use of angle brackets for a  
couple of things).


Jonas



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