[fpc-pascal] Is it only properties that can have defaults in type definitions?

[Frank Church]

On 14 March 2013 15:38, Martin <lazarus at mfriebe.de> wrote:
> On 14/03/2013 15:35, Frank Church wrote:
>>
>> Is it only properties that can have defaults in type definitions?
>> ie can private fields be only initialized after creation, eg in the
>> constructor?
>>
>> Is something like this allowed
>>
>> TSomeObject = TObject
>> private
>>    FBoolean: Boolean default false;
>> public
>>    FPublishedBoolean: Boolean read FBoolean write FBoolean default false;
>> end;
>>
>>
>>
>
> "default" does NOT initialize the property.
>
> It is used for streaming. This value will not be wriiten to an lfm for
> example, and if loaded, then it acts as default
>

Can other fields private, protected etc have defaults set for them in
the type defintion, or does that have to be only after creation?




-- 
Frank Church

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