[fpc-devel] Templates / Generics; Vote

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Micha Nelissen wrote:

> 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
>
>
> I have tried to organize the "usage example" section a bit, I think 
> most of the "(uncategorized)" items can be removed now (authors of 
> respective pieces: please do clean up if possible, or reply here if 
> it's really new/adds something).
>
> Also, for the sake of it, I added a Vote page:
>
> http://www.freepascal.org/wiki/index.php/Generics_Vote
>
> Pro <> reason will probably be: "compatibility".
> Pro "generic" will probably be: more Pascal-alike/readability.
>
> Micha
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Delphi.Net2.0 is using <>
Chrome is using <>
C# is using <>
C/C++ is using <>

Why should FPC use "generics" ???

That b.s. will break the Delphi code base!