[fpc-pascal] Extended property can't have default value?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Jonas Maebe wrote:

> 
> On 06 Oct 2008, at 12:48, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
> >Why is the following not allowed in a class declaration?
> >
> >   property Increment: extended read FIncrement write SetIncrement default
> >   1.0;
> 
> Because default values are stored in a 32 bit location inside the compiler. I
> have no idea what the reason for this is, how Delphi does this and what it
> allows, whether this not only a matter of the compiler but also of the rtti,
> ...

FPC is 100% Delphi compatible as FPC. Default values for sets are also only allowed
for sets that fit in 32-bits. We can change this, but that would require quite some
work in the RTTI structures.

Michael.