[fpc-pascal] Compiler treatment of dotted reference in class property

[Howard Page-Clark]

FPC 3.0.4 compiles this code excerpt without a murmur:

== code ==

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

type

   TSheetInfo = record
     name: String;
     tab: String;
     title: String;
     kind: TSheetKind; // an enumeration
     color: TColor;
   end;

   TBaseSheet = class(TTabSheet)
   protected
     FSheetInfo:      TSheetInfo;
     ...
   public
     constructor Create(aComponent: TComponent; aSheetInfo: TSheetInfo); 
virtual; reintroduce;
     ...
     property SheetKind: TSheetKind read FSheetInfo.kind;  // <<
   end;

   TEntryGrid = class(TCustomStringGrid)
   private
     FParentSheet: TBaseSheet;
     ...
   public
     constructor Create(AOwner: TComponent; aParentSheet: TBaseSheet); 
reintroduce;
     ...
     property SheetKind: TSheetKind read FParentSheet.FSheetInfo.kind; // <<
   end;

== code end ==

However, more recent FPCs (and trunk) reject this at the properties 
(marked above <<) with the error "Record or object type expected".

Is there a modeswitch or other wheeze that will get recent FPCs to 
accept dotted notation when specifying property read and write fields?