[fpc-devel] Component FTag and Tag should be int64

[Martin]

>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Andrew Brunner 
> <andrew.t.brunner at gmail.com <mailto:andrew.t.brunner at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Max Vlasov <max.vlasov at gmail.com
>     <mailto:max.vlasov at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Andrew,
>         Creating TList as a field for storing extra structures and
>         objects and supporting extra data reference using Tag as an
>         index never was a problem for me. Can you tell a single reason
>         not to implement this approach by yourself?  Moreover managing
>         the destruction of objects in this case is much easier and
>         straightforward.
>         Other consideration, if something starts to depend on future
>         decisions of other developers, isn't it easy to create a
>         simple (very simple) workaround :)
>
>         Max Vlasov
>
>
>
>     In the specific problem I have, it is corellating TMenuItem with a
>     particular data pointer object of TForm.  Forms can close out of
>     order and re-Index the List I have (as you stated).  But there is
>     no clean way for me to reference what was clicked on Sender... 
>     Tag or Data is the only clean solution here.  Out of order,
>     happening on application thread... Oh, and TMenuItems being
>     created at runtime.  This is about productivity.  What must I
>     create an additional list when I have Tag or Data.
>
>
>
If you create the menuItem at runtime, you can always use a sub-class, 
create your own class TMyMenuItem, with a property and field to store 
the data..

That is what OO is for....
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