[fpc-devel] Delphi anonymous methods

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Boian Mitov wrote:

>   Hi Michael,
>
> Thank you!
> I actually have more experience in C++ than in Delphi. I have been using 
> Delphi only for ~15 years, where my active C++ experience dates back to 1990, 
> and I actively develop in C++ and C# on daily basis as well (All of our 
> products support C++ and C#).
> I have made some attempts in the past to support Lazarus, and offer our 
> products for it, but due to vast number of bugs and limitations in it, I have 
> all but given up.
> I still hope that one day I may offer our components to the lazars/FPC 
> community, but that seems to be just a fantasy :-D . I am actually dropping 
> support for FPC in the latest OpenWire implementation again due to 
> incompatibilities and lack of Delphi features (in this case attributes).

Attributes have been developed, but are not yet in trunk.

> It is ok, I don't use Lazarus (spare a brief attempt few years ago to port 
> the libraries), and I probably will never use it, especially after your 
> recommendation :-) , nor will probably most of my customers, and there are 
> fear number of them ;-) .

I honestly regret this.

But I seriously doubt that this has to do with missing anonymous functions in 
a delphi-compatible form.

I also doubt that adding anonymous functions would make you change your mind.

Michael.