On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 09:05, Paul Ishenin <webpi...@mail.ru> wrote: > 15.03.2011 3:22, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> >> On 14 Mar 2011, at 21:07, Sven Barth wrote: >> >>> I have tought about this topic a bit more. On the one hand I still want a >>> cleaner syntax for this, but on the other hand I also understand that others >>> want to have the ability to use "objfpc" code in Delphi with as less ifdefs >>> as possible (or the other way round). >> >> It's not just that. It's also that it adds extra code to the compiler that >> must be maintained and that makes the parser more complicated. > > Also from time to time we find bugs in another proposed syntax and that > other syntax becomes removed.
IMHO the syntax difference is so small it does not worth all the complications. However, as a compromise I can suggest inplementing it as: TypeIdentifier = [class|record] helper(ParentHelper) for ExtendedType i.e. make "class|record" keyword optional in objfpc mode, but do NOT allow it after "for". This way, objfpc syntax will be backwards-compatible with Delphi. -- Alexander S. Klenin _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
