[fpc-devel] Twice stored record RTTI data

[Steve Hildebrandt]

Am 02.03.2016 um 16:32 schrieb Maciej Izak:
> 2016-03-02 16:07 GMT+01:00 Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be 
> <mailto:jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>>:
>
>     FWIW, our documentation explicitly mentions that our RTTI format
>     is not the same as Delphi's:
>     http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/user/usersu87.html (7th bullet)
>
>
> There is also in this point: "This should not be a problem if the API 
> of the TypeInfo unit is used and no direct access to the RTTI 
> information is attempted"
>
> according this point, current solution is buggy. Managed fields means 
> managed fields, no less, no more -,- I got unmanaged field description 
> from managed fields description array. You can torture me but I'll 
> never tell: "that is right/correct". According mentioned facts my 
> patch looks correct.
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Maciej Izak
This solution would leave one unable to aquire information about non 
manged record fields.
So in my opinion either adding seperate information for non manged 
fields or a simple renaming(making it clear what information to expect) 
are preferable.

Steve.
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