[fpc-pascal] fpc procedure modifier []

[Sven Barth]

On 16.11.2017 14:12, Sven Barth wrote:
> Am 16.11.2017 14:01 schrieb "Mattias Gaertner"
> <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de <mailto:nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de>>:
> 
>     On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:49:59 +0100
>     Maciej Izak <hnb.code at gmail.com <mailto:hnb.code at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     > 2017-11-16 11:39 GMT+01:00 Mattias Gaertner
>     <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de <mailto:nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de>>:
>     >
>     > > What $modes support this?
>     > > The reason I ask is I'm trying to distinguish them from Delphi
>     > > Attributes in pparser.
>     > >
>     >
>     > for Delphi like attributes FPC will have new modeswitch
>     "prefixedattributes" .
>     > The implicit usage for $prefixedattributes  in
>     DELPHI/DELPHIUNICODE mode is
>     > not decided yet (but IMO this is probable scenario).
> 
>     Good to know. Thanks.
> 
>     So, how will FPC distinguish the two []?
> 
> 
> The only idea I have is to check whether the first identifier is a
> attribute and if not handle it as a modifier (or if a comma is following
> the first identifier). 

One other point to differentiate them: the modifier one always ends with
a semicolon after the closing bracket, Delphi's attributes never do that.

Regards,
Sven