[fpc-pascal] Feature announcement: implicit generic function specializations

[Sven Barth]

Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am
Mo., 25. Apr. 2022, 10:58:

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> > On Apr 25, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Martin Frb via fpc-pascal <
> fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, it's dealing with SmallInt (or ShortInt). And if the
> programmer does not know that, then it might be an issue...
> >
> > Imagine the generic code (something more complex than "Add") would
> somehow do something that differs for SmallInt and Integer. Like using
> "SizeOf(T)".
>
> This is almost a case that requires better type restrictions. If your
> generic function relies specifically on some particular type information
> this is almost not really even a good candidate to be generic at all.
>

Then you don't think creative enough. Think about (de)serialization code
for binary data which needs to use the correct size. If done correctly this
can very well be handled with a generic.

Regards,
Sven

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