[fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

[R0b0t1]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
<fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> Am 20.07.2018 um 00:53 schrieb Ben Grasset:
>>
>> If a feature works as intended and is useful (which is all that matters),
>> how is it "blind copying"?
>
> Because a feature might change the language in a way that's not in the
> spirit of the language. Look at how Delphi implemented attributes: they're
> declared in front of the types, fields, parameters, whatever, simply copied
> from how C# implemented them while in the spirit of Pascal they should have
> been *after* the declarations.
>

This is what bothers me about some of the Delphi extensions that are
requested, but also some things that are already in FPC. And like
other people have said: now it's too late. It's there forever, or a
length of time that is just as good when talking about software.

It's not to say all of these things are bad - it's just I wish more
thought would have gone into them. Perhaps that would mean changing
the feature so much that it doesn't resemble what was originally
proposed.

Cheers,
     R0b0t1