[fpc-devel] indexed property with default value for param?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Jonas Maebe wrote:

>
> On 11 Jun 2009, at 14:44, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Jonas Maebe wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11 Jun 2009, at 14:14, Martin Friebe wrote:
>>> 
>>>> However it would be nice to have a feature like
>>>> 
>>>> property Foo[Index: Integer]: Integer  write SetFoo  read GetFoo;
>>>> property Foo[Index: Integer; Ask: Boolean]: Integer  write SetFooAsk read 
>>>> GetFooAsk;
>>>> The must have different Method Names, because the Setters(write SetFoo) 
>>>> last argument is the Value, so it' can not have a optional Ask element:
>>>> procedure WrongSetFoo(Index: Integer; Ask: Boolean= True; AValue: 
>>>> Integer);
>>>> But with different Setter/Getters that would not be a problem. In fact 
>>>> they can have the same name, if they are overloaded.
>>>> Any idea if such a feature would have a chance?
>>> 
>>> It won't: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=12737 (that feature 
>>> request was about having getters/setters with the same name, but the core 
>>> problem is having multiple properties with the same name).
>> 
>> As far as I know, delphi 2005 and up allow the problem in 12737 for 
>> non-published properties.
>> Since array properties cannot be published anyway, the argument with RTTI 
>> is void ?
>> 
>> (which doesn't mean there are no other arguments to prevent it's 
>> implementation)
>
> Other arguments are also mentioned in the bug report (including about only 
> allowing it for non-published properties). The fact that Delphi allows it is 
> obviously a strong argument in favour of allowing it anyway.

I would think it is a natural extension of procedural overloading ? An array
property is only a simplification of getter/setters...

That it is impossible to do for published properties is not abnormal either:
there are other kinds of properties that cannot be published. (records for
one).

I'll file a separate bugreport with the request to allow property
overloading for non-published array properties if you think it is better.
(I do ;) )

Michael.