[fpc-devel] Alternative parsers

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:

> Sorry, I was talking about classes. I don't use objects from TP;
> I consider them deprecated.

I use Object in the semantic stuff, just to avoid try-finally blocks. As 
long as Class objects must reside on the heap, Object still has advantages.

> Besides my personal opinion, the compiler already uses classes for some 
> other things, and it's not very desirable to mix the two concepts.
> 
>>> It sounds like you give us little credit.
>> Sorry for that and thanks you for your work.
>> But, by the same token, don't you think that you also give a little 
>> credit to
>> Hans' work? Maybe his reasons are also good?
> 
> As I explained in another mail, I think he tries too much too soon.

I only tried to contribute the best of my education and knowledge, 
resulting from decades of code analysis and redesign. I admit that my 
coding style, that evolved in that time, is partially incompatible with 
certain "standards" - but only for good reasons.


> First do some small and desired things, to build up credibility. Check 
> the bugtracker for things to do. You'll be invited on the core team by 
> itself if you do a good job. Then take on the big tasks.

That's a very dangerous proposition. I've encountered several projects 
where the maintainers could not fix certain bugs, and left these to 
others. When such a fix required restructuring of the code, it typically 
is rejected, because the maintainers don't understand it. A plenty of 
such bugs will typically disappear as a sideeffect of a general refactoring.

Please note that I do *not* say that FPC already is in such a state...

DoDi