[fpc-devel] A more fundamental problem Re: i36507

[Ondrej Pokorny]

On 03.01.2020 10:45, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
> Given the "illegal qualifier" errors that appeared, I'm guessing the 
> issue is that "Options" is also a property of the THistoryList class 
> as well as a local variable.  Technically speaking though, this is a 
> regression unless it's to be documented (and hence break backward 
> compatibility) that if you have a property and a local variable of the 
> same name, the property takes precedence.

Nonsense.

That would mean that adding any new property in any object is a breaking 
change because the same name can be used in any possible with-statement 
at any place in any program or any local variable etc.

Short: every new property introduces a risk of clashes.

Ondrej