[fpc-pascal] Generics vs TCollection

[Jonas Maebe]

On 08 Nov 2011, at 10:55, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> I was reviewing some old code that used TCollection & TCollectionItem
> descendants. This made me think... With the introduction of Generics,
> is there really still a need for TCollection/TCollectionItem?

At the very least, backward compatibility with existing code. We even  
still ship a Turbo Pascal-compatible "objects" unit.


Jonas