[fpc-devel] Newbie question: how does the compiler know the class type of an object ( the Is operator)

[Sven Barth]

Am 25.08.2014 09:52 schrieb "Michael Schnell" <mschnell at lumino.de>:
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> On 08/23/2014 06:17 PM, Dennis Poon wrote:
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>> Oh I see now. The old "object" style used in turbo pascal!
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> Your original question was about TObject.
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> AFAIK, old style TP "Object" is depreciated and usually can be replaced
by records containing methods.

It is *not* deprecated. At least not in FPC. Also unlike records it
supports inheritance.

Regards,
Sven
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