[fpc-devel] Templates / Generics

[rstar at mnet-online.de]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 rstar at mnet-online.de wrote:
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>>Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 rstar at mnet-online.de wrote:
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>>>>Vincent Snijders wrote:
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>>>>>LOL.
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>>>>>Then they have to publish their specs real soon now. And I mean
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>>>>Generics are already standardized. 
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>>>Which standard is that ? C++ ? C# ? VB ? 
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>>ECMA Standard 334
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>But this is a standard for C#, so totally useless for Pascal syntax-wise.
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Why useless? You can do exactly the same in a Pascal-styled way.
We need just a minor part from the standard for the FPC compiler.