[fpc-pascal] Procedural parameters

[Sven Barth]

Am 15.12.2024 um 01:58 schrieb Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal:
> Forcing function types and pointers to be type declaration only is now 
> a limitation for generic procedures and should be reversed. No reason 
> to be following what some Borland engineer was doing in the 80’s when 
> it’s 2024.
>
> procedure DoThis<T>(param: ^T);
> procedure DoThis<T>(param: function(a, b: T): Boolean);

The point is that Object Pascal defines that function parameters and 
result types can only be named types. A use of type definitions would 
mean that the declaration in the interface section would be different 
from the one in the implementation section, because that is how Object 
Pascal works.

Not to mention that changing this would lead to conflicts with the 
syntax for open arrays and dynamic arrays.

Regards,
Sven