[fpc-devel] State of extended RTTI

[Boian Mitov]

   Hi Sven,

Thank you!

I actually find "anonymous method" more verbose than "lambda" in a sentence 
:-D .
Then the FPC is really way behind almost any other language :-( . Even C++ 
added native anonymous methods in C++11, and other languages have had them 
for many years :-( .
I can't even imagine my development without them in Delphi any more, I mean 
they really revolutionized my code, and allowed me to do things I have never 
imagined before. Together with Attributes, and the new RTTI this is the 
biggest revolution in Delphi, and transforms it into totally different 
language. Now I can get something done with 4-5 lines of code which 
otherwise would have required hundreds of lines and declaration of a whole 
bunch of additional support classes and code. I mean this is a whole new 
ballgame altogether! It is even bigger than the Object Oriented programming 
was when it was introduced!

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Sven Barth
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:18 PM
To: fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org
Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] State of extended RTTI

On 19.02.2013 18:05, Boian Mitov wrote:

No, FPC does currently not support anonymous functions (please don't
call them Lambdas... at least not with that verbose syntax ;) ). We have
a branch where an independant developer started to work on them, but
development there has stalled.
What you might have seen recently on this list was a discussion about a
potential improvement of the syntax (less verbose for simpler cases).

Regards,
Sven

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