Am 09.03.2011 09:19, schrieb Sven Barth: > Am 09.03.2011 08:39, schrieb Florian Klaempfl: >> Am 09.03.2011 02:17, schrieb Paul Ishenin: >>>> 4. The syntax that was introduced by Borland is not very pascalish >>>> in my >>>> opinion. So I'd like to change the syntax for mode ObjFPC a bit (sadly >>>> this won't simplify the parser anymore because of the Delphi >>>> compatibility). >>>> >>>> Delphi syntax: >>>> >>>> TypeIdentifier = class|record helper(ParentHelper) for ExtendedType >>>> >>>> Proposed FPC syntax: >>>> >>>> TypeIdentifier = helper(ParentHelper) for class|record ExtendedType >>>> >>>> What do you think? Maybe also the "class|record" part can be left out, >>>> because this part is not saved in the objectdef and can be >>>> determined by >>>> the compiler automatically. >>> >>> I always think that if there is no need to create an incompatibility - >>> better to not create it. >> >> For me it's one of the "implementor decides" cases :) > > Hehe *evil laughter* > > Fun aside... > > As you are one of the Devs who see a clean Object Pascal as a good thing > to go for (I do as well), what syntax would you choose if you'd be the > one to implement helper types
Problem is: I never used class helpers, I even don't understand their real use, so I'am not the right person to choose :) Regardless of this, the second solution looks indeed more pascalish because it is determined as early as possible that now a class helper is following. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
