[fpc-devel] Assigning class procedures

[Peter Vreman]

> Hi
>
> I'm just migrating a lot of code from delphi to objfpc mode, and I
> noticed that in objfpc mode I can't do
>
>    MyFunc := @TMyClass.Func;
>
> where TMyClass.Func is a class procedure that matches the type of
> MyFunc. I'm attaching the complete source code. With
>    fpc -S2 test_1.pas
> the attached code doesn't compile, fails with message
>
>    Error: Incompatible types: got "<class method type of
> procedure(LongInt) of object;Register>" expected "<procedure variable
> type of procedure(LongInt) of object;Register>"
>
> Tested with various FPC versions (2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3 and 2.1.1
> (revision 2911)).
>
> With
>    fpc -Sd test_1.pas
> and
>    dcc test_1.pas
> it compiles OK.
>
> I initially intended to submit this as a bug, but I decided to ask here
> first. This *is* a bug, right ? I mean, delphi mode behavior seems
> sensible here, passing class procedures as procedures of objects should
> be allowed.

Class methods require a different parameter for the implicit pushed
instance that is not compatible with normal methods. That Delphi allows it
is the uglyness of procvar typechecking in Delphi. It results in invalid
code and is therefor forbidden in objfpc.