[fpc-pascal] Generic type declaration example versus manual.

[Anthony Walter]

I haven't used generics in FPC, but really have to ask, is they
keyword generic really necessary? Shouldn't generics be declared like
this:

type
  TList<T> = class
  private
     ...
  public
    function Add: T;
    procedure Remove(Item: T);
    property Item[Index: Integer]: T read Get write Put; default;
  end;

I believe this makes the most sense, and it's also how they are
declared in Delphi.

It would be a real shame to create more Delphi incompatibilities.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Micha Nelissen <micha at neli.hopto.org> wrote:
> Jonas Maebe wrote:
>>
>> tgeneric16.pp is not an example, it's a test. Moreover, it doesn't compile
>> yet, not even with FPC 2.5.1. So documenting that syntax is not really a
>> good idea.
>
> His comment doesn't really apply to tgeneric16 specifically, but more to
>  generic syntax in general.
>
> Micha
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