[fpc-devel] C style operator doesn't work with properties in 2.3.1

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys
<graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> At least FPC with mode objfpc had the common sense NOT to allow the
> following (which I believe is still allowed in Delphi).  Also tooltip
> evaluation/debugging doesn't work with 'with' statements in Lazarus or
> Delphi.
>
>
> type
>  MyClass = class(TObject)
>  ...
>  public
>    property MyName: String .....
>  end;
>
> procedure MyClass.Foobar;
> var
>  MyName: string;
> begin
>  with self do
>  begin
>     MyName := 'hello';  // Are we using e local var MyName or MyClass.MyName??
>  end;
> end;


BTW:
I know that's a horrible example, but I think you get my point
regarding the MyName variable/field.   :-)


Regards,
 - Graeme -


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