[Pas2js] Prefix_&_support

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Tue May 15 12:37:57 CEST 2018



On Mon, 14 May 2018, warleyalex via Pas2js wrote:

> Let's say in your application, move your cursor beyond the . (period
> character) 
> I think it's a good practice to prefix all Pascal identifies with an &
> prefix, 
> usually declared in external classes, so the pas2js compiler can correctly
> compile the code,
> it won't get name conflict, just because have already evaluated the
> identifier, for instance in:

This is largely a matter of preference.

For me, & is an operator symbol, not part of a symbol name, so I use _ instead.
But I can also use it as a suffix if you prefer that. It should solve your
completion problem.

But using "&" will definitely not happen.

Michael.


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