[fpc-devel] for-in-index loop

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Paul Ishenin schrieb:
> 28.01.13, 21:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
>>> Different people see different needs in language. There is nothing bad
>>> not to use and not understand some of the language features.
>>
>> tatata, you should always understand everything :)
> 
> Very weak argument :) In your work you use system APIs and other 
> frameworks which are made in C, C++ or assembler. I believe you don't 
> understand everything and if you don't - you use the reference if 
> needed. The same way with pascal - if you don't want to learn new 
> features then use libraries as black boxes but if you need then use a 
> reference.

As a strong argument: you *must* understand everything when you want to 
read other people's code, which use the new language features :-(


IMO most of the new features had been added *only* for .NET 
compatibility. But since Delphi.NET is dead, I see no need to introduce 
them into FPC, where .NET never was on topic. But I understand that the 
compiler developers need something to put their hands on, so that the 
new language features come in at the right time. The Delphi developers 
had a goal (.NET) and limited time, while the FPC developers have time 
and look out for new goals. At least it's more fun to implement 
something very new, instead of working on incomplete parts (loadable 
libraries, targets) which had been delayed due to problems. The same 
situation in Lazarus and in many open source projects BTW.

DoDi