[fpc-devel] Templates / Generics Syntax

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:25:07 +0100 (CET)
Daniël Mantione <daniel.mantione at freepascal.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Op Thu, 3 Nov 2005, schreef Mattias Gaertner:
> 
> > Right. I didn't think of that.
> > 
> > What about edged brackets?
> > 
> > type
> >   TGenericClass[T,F] = class
> >   public
> >     procedure Add(Item: T; Flag: F);
> >   end;
> 
> At first sight it looks okay. If necessary it is possible to introduce a 
> two character bracket, i.e. (# #) or (! !), 

Hmm. Emoticons in Freepascal. Nice idea.

(:T:)


> or with whatever character you want as long as it is not a prefix or
> postfix operator.

Yes. As I said, I will implement it first in Lazarus, so we can see what it
bites. 


Mattias