[fpc-devel] Inc() and Dec() on properties

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:
> On 20.12.2013 22:02, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> A question if I may, leading on from
>> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=25440
>>
>>  > - inc(x)/dec(x) with range checking enabled are "optimized" with
>>  > taking address of x.
>>
>> Is that why Inc() and Dec() can't be applied to properties, or are there
>> other issues?
> 
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.0#Treating_direct-mapped_properties_as_regular_fields 

Noted, but I think my real question is whether the compiler could 
recognise that the optimisation is inappropriate and instead generate 
+=n (with range checking).

Frankly, I'm fairly happy with the += idiom but I appreciate that there 
are some people who object that "it's not Pascal". I think that an 
alternative to having to repeat the full name of a deep property is 
desirable: it's obviously possible to use  with  but some people don't 
like that either :-)

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