[fpc-devel] Templates / Generics

[Vincent Snijders]

rstar at mnet-online.de wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 rstar at mnet-online.de wrote:
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>>> Vincent Snijders wrote:
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>>>> LOL.
>>>>
>>>> Then they have to publish their specs real soon now. And I mean not
>>>> something in a blog, but more something like documentation. We can't 
>>>> wait
>>>> another 5 years, until they finally make up their mind.
>>>>
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>>> Generics are already standardized.   
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>> Which standard is that ? C++ ? C# ? VB ?  
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> ECMA Standard 334
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>>> According to Borland, the Win32 Gernerics
>>> syntax will be a subset of the .Net sytanx.
>>>   
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>> And do they have .Net generics in Delphi ?
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> In Delphi 2007. Delphi.Net Generics syntax is defined by the .Net syntax.

And I was thinking there is no .Net syntax, since .Net is available for 
a wide range of languages with different syntaxes.

Or maybe I don't know the meaning of the word syntax.

Vincent.