[fpc-pascal] Re: [Lazarus] Should TObject or TComponent have a Comment property?

[waldo kitty]

On 7/16/2013 17:56, vfclists . wrote:
> I have 2 main concerns here, a comment for the component itself which is not
> particularly important and a comment for the component when I add it to a form
> or data module. When I create a method I can add a comment to the method. If I
> create a component in code, I can label that section of code, but if I drag and
> drop a component from the palette onto the form what option do I have?

if one doesn't know what a component does when they drag it from the pallet, 
shouldn't they have the docs open which explain that component?

> Descriptive variable and component names have a habit of getting too long.

agreed... i hate typing in 10+ character var or routine names... especially 
since i'm still working on trying to move from the old DOS TP6 environment ;)

> It is hardly for the end users sake unless the enduser is a programmer. I just
> need something to help when working in the IDE, eg hovering over a component and
> seeing the comment in addition to what is current displayed.

i feel ya, man... i feel ya O:)

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