[fpc-pascal] Generics vs TCollection

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 8 November 2011 12:13,  <michael.vancanneyt at ...> wrote:
>
> I have tons of code that uses them. Lazarus has tons of code that uses them.
> There is no way that we're going to rewrite all that stuff.

Sorry for any confusion. I did not post this with the intention of
removing TCollection/TCollectionItem classes from FPC. I'm simply
asking from a functionality point of view. Can Generics replace the
usage of TCollection/TCollectionItem in all cases? Purely from a
functionality point of view, it seems like it should be possible - but
I know nothing of Generics (never used them).

I know Lazarus IDE uses TCollection in many property editors. Could
Generics even replace those use cases too? I guess this might be
better asked in the Lazarus mailing list.


-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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