[fpc-devel] [Suggestion] Enumeration range-check intrinsic

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 5 Jul 2019, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:

>
> On 05.07.2019 10:52, Sven Barth via fpc-devel wrote:
>> Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org 
>> <mailto:michael at freepascal.org>> schrieb am Fr., 5. Juli 2019, 10:47:
>>
>>     If memory serves well, FPC introduced this (before delphi) to be
>>     able to import C enums with assigned values.
>> 
>> 
>> Correct. That is also why we allow both "=" and ":=" for the value 
>> assignments. Because Delphi only supports one of the two and we picked the 
>> other back then. ;)
>
> Ignorant Delphi core developers have never checked how FPC does things before 
> implementing their own solution to keep compatibility ;) And then they added 
> ARC, then they removed ARC, they then added 0-based strings, then they killed 
> the product (AppMethod) they made it for... Unfortunately the 0-based string 
> features made it into FPC in TStringHelper as well...

TStringHelper is for delphi compatibility, so there is no choice.

All in all, I am still of the opinion that the whole SysUtils unit is a
monster that should be taken apart and its functionality spread over various 
units: StrUtils, DateUtils, IOUtils, Exceptions, Helpers.

Doing so would also release us from the need to be Delphi compatible in those
units. Alas, this is meanwhile a huge undertaking.

Michael.