[fpc-devel] for-in-index loop

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013, Mattias Gaertner wrote:

>
> Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> hat am 25. Januar 2013 um 09:26
> geschrieben:
>> [...]
>> You are totally missing the point.
>>
>> Finding a use case to justify a feature is not difficult.
>> I could probably find some more use cases to justify other 'missing features'.
>>
>> The point is: it is not because it can be done, that it must be done.
>>
>> The point is that with every 'feature' added, the language becomes
>> more and more ugly.
>>
>> My main worry is that Object Pascal, which used to be a beautiful,
>> easy to learn language is becoming a horrible, complicated, monster of a
>> langauge.
>
> In general: +1
>
> Even the common syntax highlighters have trouble. I don't know if Delphi's
> syntax highlighter understand their language fully.

Bah. The Delphi IDE does not even understand include files.

>
> But I must admit the for-in-loop makes code easier to read. I see it with
> beginners and people coming from other languages. They instantly understand it
> and use it.

I believe that. In it's simple form, it is indeed easy to understand and use.

> Of course this is only about the loop itself, not how an enumerator is
> created/declared. That is difficult to understand.

I agree. What is more, the way Delphi introduced it is simply braindead.

In this case, I think that the FPC alternative (operator enumerator) is more easy and more pascal-ish.

Michael.