[fpc-devel] Templates / Generics

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:06:42 +0100
rstar at mnet-online.de wrote:

> Hi *,
> Delphi 11 .Net 2.0 will support  Generics. Maybe Delphi 11 Win32.
> There is already proposal:
> 
>    http://qc.borland.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=11168
> 
> The FPC syntax must be at least a subset of the Borland syntax to be 
> compatible.

This page looks only like the start of a proposal. Neither complete nor
official.
Why do you think, that D2006 will have generics?


Mattias




> 
> 
> 
> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I want to push generics to the next level.
> >For those not familar, there is already a wiki about this topic:
> >
> >http://www.freepascal.org/wiki/index.php/Generics
> >
> >The page still contains a couple of different proposals, so I guess, the
> >syntax is not yet defined.
> >And there are still some unsolved problems, before we can start
> >implementing it.
> >My goal is to extend Lazarus first, so we can play with the new features,
> >before extending the compiler, which is much more complicated.
> >
> >The syntax:
> >The wiki contains a few proposals, but does not mention the
> >advantages/disadvantages. So, here are some thoughts. Please comment and
> >tell, where you see problems or a better solution.
> >
> >- Templates should work at least for: classes, classes of, interfaces,
> >objects, records, pointers, procedures/functions.
> >- Templates may also work for: procedure types
> >- Template parameters can be any type.
> >- Template parameters may be specialised (e.g. only)
> >
> >
> >Mattias
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