[fpc-pascal] Re: Delphi's anonymous functions in Free Pascal

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 08.11.2011 09:37, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys:
> 2011/11/8 Tomas Hajny :
>>
>> Examples?
> 
> I can list them all, but I'm not going to waist my time on them again.
> Search the mailing list or Mantis.
> 
> But to humour you, here is just one of many examples: THelpEvent in
> the RTL. I proposed a patch to change it to be more in line with FPC's
> goals [being a cross-platform compiler, so requires cross-platform
> solutions]. The change was declined because THelpEvent is a direct
> copy of Delphi's equivalent, and even worse, is very Windows specific
> in its signature. Yes, it's a small and stupid example, but there are
> many more like this. Delphi-compatibility seems to trump everything
> else (as Martin said).

So you wanted to break existing stuff other people probably used? It is
indeed one of FPC's policy to avoid breakage of exisiting code.

Or did you propose a TFPHelpEvent?