[fpc-devel] strict private

[Florian Klaempfl]

Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb:
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Florian Klaempfl
> <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
>> I'am quiet sure FPC supports strict private in delphi mode.
> 
> Oh, I never tried that. I 99.99% of the time use ObjFPC mode - I much
> prefer the more strict language rules.  Why doesn't FPC support
> 'strict private' in ObjFPC mode as well?  It seem like a very handy
> feature that many developers could benefit from, not just in Delphi
> code ported to FPC. Just in my code alone, I can think of a few places
> where it could be used.
> 
> Plus it's a non-invasive feature. If you don't know about it, or
> simply don't use it, your code acts exactly the same as it did before.

Code like
type to1 = class
       strict : longint;
     end;
breaks iirc.