[fpc-pascal] Re: MacMode More Info

[Pierre Paré]

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Darn. Still not member. Not problem since this is my last post. I  
found my answer.

It's been a month , I hadn't had the time to follow up on my original  
question which was
	What kind of object is used under Macpas compatibility mode ?

"Object Pascal, Mac style."   didn't say much.   (http://wiki.freepascal.org/Mode_MacPas 
)


Any way I did some trial runs. Here what I found : in Macpas  
compatibilty mode

Objects can not be use as a record ,
	objectvariable.field := value ;	
	objectvariable.init ;				compile but cause runtime exception  
AccessViolation

Objects need to be dynamicaly created first
	ObjectVariable := new (TObjectType,Init) 	does not compile , compile  
error : type identifier expected

	NEW(ObjectVariable) ; ObjectVariable.init ;	
	ObjectVariable := TObjectType.Init ;			 works

They are NOT compatible with (inheritable from) object types from the  
Objects unit :
	TMyCollection = object (TCollection) end ;  			cause compile error
											error 31 mix of different kind (class, object, interface,  
etc isn't allowed
											error 37: internal error 200611081
but you can use them
		TMyCollection = TCollection ;
			
They are compatible with class types from Classes unit
	TMyCollection = object (TCollection) end ;  			works



In conclusion it seems that objects in Macpas mode
	are references, pointers and not just records
	represent the Delphi class sementic instead of the Delphi object  
sementic
but	use "object" keyword instead of "class"
	class methods are not allowed
	does not need "virtual" keyword but use "override" keyword.

Is that right ?
Who can I send this post to and ask to add the information to
		the Macpas mode Web page (http://wiki.freepascal.org/Mode_MacPas)
and		the User's manual (7.1 Free Pascal compiler modes)
and		the Programmer's manual (Appendix D.6 MAC mode)