<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2018-08-17 17:48 GMT+02:00 Ryan Joseph <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan@thealchemistguild.com" target="_blank">ryan@thealchemistguild.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So the reason that objects/classes in FPC don’t have operators in the class (like advanced records) is for Delphi compatibility? That would be great if operators were unified across records/classes.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In Delphi (NEXTGEN for mobile platforms and Linux) is possible to use class operators for classes (in NEXTGEN classes are managed by ARC).</div><div><br></div><div>More info:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/class_operators_delphi.html">http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/class_operators_delphi.html</a><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>the existence of class operators for classes in NEXTGEN is presented as "a side effect of the new Automatic Reference Counting support"<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Maciej Izak</div></div></div>
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