On 01/07/2014 04:24 PM, Craig Peterson wrote:
They're using the mobile compiler as an opportunity to break backwards
compatibility and push the language in the directions they want to go.
A single, 0-based string type, automatic reference counting, no
"with", etc. Apparently the developers they're chasing after are too
stupid to know how to deal with more than one string type.
I hope fpc/Lazarus will not follow Delphi on that path.
- there have been decent discussions in multiple forums showing that
that classes with "automatic reference counting" are dangerous
- castrating the Strings in that way (supposedly forcing UTF16) seems
very inappropriate.
In fact I do like zero based strings. But this breaks any backwards
compatibility so it can't be decently considered.
In fact I do like dropping "with" But this breaks any backwards
compatibility. So I don't complain but just don't use it. (There is a
decent way to implement "qualified with" blocks, but I don't think it is
worth the effort.) In the end, the compiler should be smart enough to
create the same code whether or nor not "with" is used.
-Michael
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