[fpc-pascal] Two possible generics bugs

[Sven Barth]

Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am
Mo., 2. Dez. 2019, 14:01:

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> > On Nov 30, 2019, at 12:58 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <
> fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
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> > This can't work. ClassType is of type TClass and TClass.Create calls
> TObject.Create, *not* the constructor of your list type, cause the
> constructor chain is not virtual.
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> Ok, so if the constructor was virtual this would work as expected? I guess
> that make sense.
>

In this specific case: not really. Because TFPSList has a different
constructor signature than TFPGList<>. And even then you'd need to cast
ClassType to a "class of TFPSList" type as TObject.Create is never virtual.

Regards,
Sven

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