[fpc-pascal] Quick Modern Object Pascal Introduction, for Programmers

[Dennis Poon]

>> 2) use of ClassType function for cloning objects
> I added two things:
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> - A section about TPersistent.Assign. This is the "basic approach to
> cloning" that should probably be shown first. See it here:
> http://michalis.ii.uni.wroc.pl/~michalis/modern_pascal_introduction/modern_pascal_introduction.html#_cloning_tpersistent_assign
> . I mentioned the special rules when calling the "inherited" from
> Assign overrides, and AssignTo, and the fact that TPersistent makes
> the default visibility "published".
>
> - And the ClassType, with the example of Clone method using it, is
> added at the desciption of "class references" on
> http://michalis.ii.uni.wroc.pl/~michalis/modern_pascal_introduction/modern_pascal_introduction.html#_class_references
>
Just read your example

|function TMyClass.Clone(AOwner: TComponent): TMyClass; begin // This 
would always create an instance of exactly TMyClass: //Result := 
TMyClass.Create(AOwner); // This can potentially create an instance of 
TMyClass descendant: Result := TMyClassRef(ClassType).Create(AOwner); 
Result.Assign(Self); end |

|I remember someone once asked whether we should override the method 
Assign or AssignTo.|
|I am worried, choosing the wrong method to override will produce 
unexpected result.|
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|Dennis|

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