[fpc-pascal] bug or feature?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:14:14 +0100 (CET)
Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > This can't be right, can it?
> >
> > type
> >  TBird = class
> >    procedure Fly;
> >  end;
> >  TEagle = TBird; // alias
> >
> > procedure TEagle.Fly;
> > begin
> > end;  
> 
> Personally, I would not allow this. 
> But Delphi compiles and runs it...

... and Delphi's class completion no longer works in the unit giving a
useless error "expected ';' but '.' found". So it is one of those
Delphi "features" compiling but not usable.


Mattias