[fpc-devel] Attributes

[Jonas Maebe]

On 22/11/16 20:48, Maciej Izak wrote:
>
> I have checked Joost implementation and generally seems ok (logically
> most important part for me about "when" and "how" is called constructor
> for attributes is alright).
>
> Branch is waiting almost 3 years (sic!).

That's because
a) it breaks the syntax for procedure attributes that has existed since 
the beginning in FPC in case such an attribute comes right after a 
procedure declaration (like procedure test; [public, alias: 'abc'];). At 
the very least the attributes need an extra modeswitch to activate them 
in order not to potentially break existing code by default.
b) the generated type info is Delphi-incompatible (TAttributeData vs 
TAttrData, no TAttrEntry). Some people wanted it to be 
Delphi-compatible, other people considered this is an implementation 
detail and that we do not have to follow Delphi here.


Jonas