[fpc-devel] type discussion

[Christian Iversen]

> >>>Sorry, the only language that does what ?
> >>
> >>var strlist : TStringlist;
> >>strlist := Tstringlist.create;
> >>
> >>I know strlist is a Tstringlist, the compiler knows it too as I have
> >>declared it so why do I have to spell it out in the creation process?
> >
> > In C++:
> >
> > TStringList strlist;
> >
> > strlist = new TStringList;
> >
> > How is that shorter ?
>
> okay but its still redundant. Why does the compiler need to have it
> spelt out twice? Why cant the compiler deduce that as the pointer is
> declared as TStringlist therefore it creates a TStringList?

Because the pointer might not be. Polymorphism, you know? :-)

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Regards,
Christian Iversen