[fpc-devel] C-block reference syntax (blocker for 3.2)

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Sat Dec 7 09:48:18 CET 2019



On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, Blaise at blaise.ru wrote:

> Beforehand, to provide a context, here are some excerpts from private 
> correspondence:
>
>
> If there is a consensus that this is a blocker, I am ready to do the work 
> ASAP. provided we select the syntax. Personally, I am inclined towards these 
> three:
> 	type M = procedure (const N: Integer) with var;
> 	type M = procedure (const N: Integer) cblock;

I would go for the last one. 
It makes immediatly clear upon reading what it stands for: a reference to a cblock. 
'with var' etc. do not make clear what it stands for.

Michael.


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