[fpc-devel] Language extension: absolute for classes

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Sun, 1 Oct 2006, schreef Michael Van Canneyt:

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> On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote:
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> > Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > > If you do it for fields of class type only, then I think this is OK.
> > > Declare the field as virtual, and require it to be 'overridden' in the
> > > descendent class.
> > 
> > Why is there a need to declare fields virtual ?
> 
> Because you want to override it. It's a flag for the compiler that 
> this is allowed. Otherwise you could override just about any field
> in a descendent class, which is not what you want, I think ?

Actually I don't see the need. A descendent class can already be used in 
any situation where the parent is used, so there is no need to explicitely 
specify this.

Daniël