[fpc-pascal] Typinfo incompatibilities between FPC and Delphi

[Vincent Snijders]

2014-05-31 11:48 GMT+02:00 Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com>:

> On 31.05.2014 05:53, Kenneth Cochran wrote:
>
>> I'm attempting to port GExperts from Delphi to Lazaurus and noticed the
>> definition of TPropInfo differs from Delphi's.
>>
>> In FPC's TPropInfo the PropType field is PTypeInfo whereas in Delphi it
>> is PPTypeInfo. I'm not sure what is actually gained by this extra level
>> of indirection but it exists none the less.
>>
>> Are there any plans to update TPropInfo to be compatible with Delphi or
>> do I need to  wrap dependent code with compiler conditionals?
>>
>
> There are no plans as we have to stay compatible with our own old
> codebases as well. You'll need to use compiler conditionals.
>

I think it is possible to write code without $ifdef (valid for Delphi and
FPC) if you use the typeinfo unit to extract the information.
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/typinfo/

Vincent
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