[fpc-pascal] FPImage and GetDataLineStart

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 22.04.2011 14:01, schrieb michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be:
> 
> By this rule, the helper class/operator/beast you proposed in the other
> mail
> should also not be available, because it is not known during definition.
> 
> Just as a helper is 'attached' to a type, an operator is equally
> 'attached' to the type. Both can be "attached"  by a third party that
> requires it : all that is needed to use it is that it is in your current
> scope.

IMO a helper is bound closer to a type than an operator.

> 
> To me this means that if you allow the one, you should - logically -
> allow the other.
> (or vice versa)

With the same reasoning, one should allow also functions taking the type
as parameter.

> 
> that this probably presents implementation difficulties, 

Implementation is imo not the problem.