[fpc-devel] Thoughts on being able to declare "pointer-to-type" parameters directly in method signatures?

Ben Grasset operator97 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 04:02:40 CEST 2019


On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 9:19 PM Dmitry Boyarintsev <skalogryz.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ah... I found it now. It's all about generics.  Well, there's nothing I
> can argue about here.
>

Well, not *really.* As I stated in the original message, it's just as
useful for non-generic procedures or non-generic anything else.

On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 9:19 PM Dmitry Boyarintsev <skalogryz.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe just to point out that usage of "var" and "const" might have been a
> more appropriate option, in the example.
>

I had been under the impression that it was *exceedingly* obvious what the
benefits of this sort of thing were.
Apparently I was wrong! I did use "var" and "const" examples in a later
message though (not that I think that really should have been necessary as
an explanation, again.)
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