[fpc-pascal] Alternative to generic advanced records

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

Ok, advanced records in 2.6.0 are it seems buggy as hell (with
optimizations on), so I'm searching for an alternative. For the simple
case objects work quite well, but for generics I have a problem.

This is part of the code:

  generic TGVector3<T> = packed record
{... types}
  public
    class function Create( aX : T = 0; aY : T = 0; aZ : T = 0 ) :
TGVector3; static;
{... functions}
    class operator +( const A, B : TGVec3 ) : TGVector3;
{... other operators}
    class operator Explicit( const A : array of T ) : TGVector3;
{... properties etc}
  end;

The generic record has a lot of utility functions and operators, and
is used in specializations for Single, Double, Integer, Byte and one
custom type, so rewriting it as not-generic is out of the question.
Now, I'd really like to convert it to an object, but objects do not
support built-in operators (or do they?). Any ideas how to circumvent
that?
-- 
regards,
Kornel Kisielewicz
http://chaosforge.org/