[fpc-devel] modeswitch multihelpers

[Stefan Glienke]

In fact it will use the last one that was found and fwiw this is imo bad and error prone behavior - I guess everyone has had that happen at least once that with some version change or update of some code some clash happened - especially when a routine with the same name but different parameters was introduced somewhere.

I had the impression you are aiming for the best possible solution for a new feature so I brought this up - if you are happy with a "better than before" then please go for it.

> On 13 May 2019 at 13:51 "Marcos Douglas B. Santos" <md at delfire.net mailto:md at delfire.net > wrote:
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>     On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 7:09 AM Ondrej Pokorny <lazarus at kluug.net mailto:lazarus at kluug.net > wrote:
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>         > > On 13.05.2019 11:59, Stefan Glienke wrote:
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> >             > > > When I wrote "existing code" I was referring to the future when people turn this on for their code and then helpers get changed and not "today existing code".
> > > 
> > >         > > The problem is the same with old style Delphi-like helpers. Multihelpers
> >         didn't change much in this regard.
> > 
> >     >     +1
>     This is the same as having two functions, with the same signature, in
>     two different units.
>     Your program will use the first that was found.
> 
>     regards,
>     Marcos Douglas
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