[fpc-devel] TComponent.Name can not be set to ''

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Micha Nelissen wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > This is due to a Delphi compatibility fix. Component names must be valid
> > identifiers. Logical, since the name must match the field name in the form,
> 
> Why *must* it match a field name in the form ?

Because the streaming depends on it.

The stream contains the component name. The streaming mechanism creates a
component, sets it's name and then matches this name with the list of 
published fields of TForm, and then fills in the pointer.

Michael.