On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 04:39, Martin <f...@mfriebe.de> wrote: > I do believe the feature itself is a valid feature (the ability for the > programmer to tell the compiler to skip something like ref counts) > There is a similar feature (via compiler switch) to skip implicit exception > frames. (With the risk of mem leaks, and what else, if incorrectly used. > > The current naming may not be the best, since it implies a point of view > different from the real meaning.
Sure. > But the current naming is already there, shall we really make everyone who > used the feature correctly, change their code, because some others did not? > Wouldn't that be to punish the ones who got it right. The problem with this particular feature is that *nobody* seems to use it correctly -- if even compiler developers did not get it right, what can we expect from ordinary users? About the rest of you ideas -- they certainly have some validity, but I do believe they can be discussed separately. -- Alexander S. Klenin _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
