[fpc-devel] C style operator doesn't work with properties in 2.3.1

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

After our discussion about not being able to use Include() with a
class property, I thought I would then use the C Style += operator.
After all that boils down to:  i += 2;    >>>>>   i := i + 2;

I tried it, and yes I did add the -Sc compiler parameter...

The error message....

Free Pascal Compiler version 2.3.1 [2008/07/16] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2008 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling guitestrunner_fpgui.pas
Compiling fpg_guitestrunner.pas
/home/graemeg/programming/fpgui.wc/examples/apps/fpcunit/fpg_guitestrunner.pas(207,15)
Error: Variable identifier expected
/home/graemeg/programming/fpgui.wc/examples/apps/fpcunit/fpg_guitestrunner.pas(208,24)
Error: Variable identifier expected
/home/graemeg/programming/fpgui.wc/examples/apps/fpcunit/fpg_guitestrunner.pas(636)
Fatal: There were 2 errors compiling module, stopping



And the code....

-----------------------------------
type
  // introduced to test += operator
  TMyOb = class(TObject)
  private
    FValue: integer;
  public
    property Value: integer read FValue write FValue;
  end;

procedure TGUITestRunnerForm.EndTest(ATest: TTest);
var
  i: integer;   // both of these are simply
  o: TMyOb;  //  to test the += operator
begin
  i := 0;
  i += 2;                      // no problems
  o := TMyob.Create;
  o.Value := 0;
  o.Value += 2;              //  Fails here
  pbName1.Position += 1;       //  <<===  Fails here, o object wasn't used
-----------------------------------


So it seems I can't use the += operator with properties either!!  :-(
I'm using FPC 2.3.1 updated today.

Regards,
 - Graeme -


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