[fpc-devel] RTTI generating

[Boian Mitov]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Adriaan van Os wrote:

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Your remarks seem to imply that you think RTTI can be used to inspect any 
aspect of an object.
It was/is not meant for that.
<<<

Quite incorrect. All languages with modern RTTI allow for full object 
inspection, and that includes Delphi 2010 and higher, C#, and even VB has 
it.
The fact is that FPC is just stuck in the last century, and the lack of any 
even remotely decent RTTI in it makes it unsuitable for any modern 
development.
Our code nowadays relies nearly 100% on advanced RTTI, and it was one of the 
major factors, we decided to discontinue any attempts to support Lazarus.

If the Lazarus goal is to be just what D7 was ~12 or so years ago, fine, but 
then easier goal is to be just what Turbo Pascal was in the late 80s or even 
easier goal, just be an assembler.
The world has moved since 2000, and FPC seems to be downright stuck 
technology wise IMHO :-( .

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Van Canneyt
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 3:44 AM
To: FPC developers' list
Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] RTTI generating



On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Adriaan van Os wrote:

Your remarks seem to imply that you think RTTI can be used to inspect any 
aspect of an object.
It was/is not meant for that.