[fpc-devel] Syntax problem with function result

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

I just had to chase an strange bug, in a local (nested) subroutine. When 
I made several functions (if_statement() ...) local subroutines of 
method statement(), they stopped to work properly :-(

After many tries I concluded, that every (recursive) invocation of the 
"statement" method was replaced by the "statement" result.

While it is possible to replace all occurences of "statement" by 
"statement()", it is not clear whether this is really the intended 
purpose of every occurence of "statement". This uncertainty prevents any 
automated refactoring of old style function code.

IMO we should have at least an option, that a function name can *not* be 
used for the function result any more, for the result we have the Result 
variable. Then we can safely distinguish between function calls (by 
function name) and results (by "Result"). If ever required, local 
functions still can refer to the result of some enclusing function, by 
e.g. qualified <function_name>.Result.

DoDi