[fpc-devel] Delphi anonymous methods

[Paul Ishenin]

05.03.13, 14:10, Sven Barth wrote:

> ObjFPC mode is not compatible with mode Delphi, because of conscious
> decisions. Think for example about the "@" for procedure variable
> assignments here or the use of symbolic operator names for overload
> declarations, instead of words like Delphi did it. And generics are a
> further example.

And I would left (if needed) only those minimal differences. Or even 
tried to reduce (removed own generics implementation and left only 
Delphi compatible). In any case I would not add more incompatibilities.

Many times the main point to have incompatibilites was: "We implemented 
it earlier". But regards generics how we implemeneted it earlier? Even 
now they have some bugs/missing features. And in 2009 when Delphi 
announced them they had much more (you know of course). That was more a 
prototype of generics. But inspite of that we did not drop our own 
implementation.

Regards for-in loop. To add it to objfpc mode I had to add 'enumerator' 
keyword. Who uses it? 1.5 developers who wants to see pascal clean?

Besides that I'm not against own features like string case or '+=' 
operations but I strongly against 2 implementations of 1 feature: one to 
be delphi compatible, one to satisfy few people from pascal community.

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin