[fpc-devel] Generics in FPC have many problems

Paul Ishenin webpirat at mail.ru
Mon Aug 29 16:15:46 CEST 2011


29.08.2011 21:52, Anthony Walter wrote:
> Jump to "So here are some of the problems I've found with fpc 
> generics" if you don't want to read the backstory.
> ...
> And if someone ever does intent to fix generics in FPC, there are a 
> whole slew of errors that they already bring into the compiler. I'll 
> make a list of examples of those errors at a later time, but they 
> inner workings of generics should be redone to remove the 
> specialization requirement before those errors are addressed.
Yes. These are known problems and you would found even more a year ago. 
Sven Barth now trying to fix exising problems and implement missing things.

If you wish to try fix them yourself you need to study how parser part 
of the compiler works.

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.
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