[Pas2js] Next language feature for pas2js...

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:

> On 27.04.2018 12:28, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:
>>> On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>>> Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented 
>>>> language
>>>> features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to 
>>>> tackle next.
>>>
>>> I'd love to see anonymous methods in FPC itself. Please do such a 
>>> poll for FPC as well :)
>>
>> As far as I know, there is a finished implementation waiting to be
>> integrated in the trunk version of FPC...
>
> Yes. That's why I brought this up. The last message from Blaise Thorn is 
> almost one year old: 
> http://lists.freepascal.org/pipermail/fpc-devel/2017-July/038101.html
>
> What a pity it takes so long to finally merge it to trunk. It's actually 
> 2+ years when it is "almost ready to merge". I actually don't understand 
> why - I find anonymous methods much more useful than generics.

Careful. You may need to be exorcised for such heresy ;)

FPC devs do this for a hobby. They work on what they like.

> Maybe it would be worth to merge it even if there are some (minor) bugs. 
> Generics wasn't perfect from the very beginning either.

As far as I know it is on the todo list of Sven or Maciej.

Just as many other things...

>>> It's incredible how fast pas2js is growing!
>>
>> From what I hear, it's creating quite a buzz in the Delphi world as well.
>>
>> No doubt the marketing and social media department of TMS Software is
>> pleased with the results of their efforts :)
>
> Just curious: is TMS actively developing pas2js as well or do they only 
> develop the visual framework they sell? Anyway it looks like a perfect 
> cooperation between commercial and open-source entities. Thumbs up.

TMS developed the visual framework.

Michael.