[fpc-pascal] All methods vitrual ?

[Adriaan van Os]

Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2023, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
> 
>> Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>
>>> $M controls the inclusion of RTTI, i.e. it allows or disallows the 
>>> use of the published section.
>>> No more, no less.
>>
>> I don't see any use in allowing or disallowing something. And with the 
>> current design, it is, as I said, impossible, without macros, to 
>> compile the same code with {$M+} and {$M-}.
> 
> While I agree with your statement about allowing/disallowing use of
> 'published' based on a directive, we inherited this from Delphi and it 
> is a very basic part of the language & RTL, so changing it is simply not 
> an option.

Well, as I said, adding a new visibility specifier, e.g. "visible", meaning "public" in {$M-} state 
and "published" in {$M=}", does in no way degrade compatibility with Delphi code. One could reserve 
the new visibility specifier for modes objfpc and macpas.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os