In general, records and classes are inherently the same thing (and in C++ are indeed practically interchangeable). The only real difference in Delphi/FPC is that records are instantiated in the stack, the objects in the heap, and the artificial restriction on record inheritance. Now adding the option classes/objects to be instantiated in stack is a risky one, however having record hierarchies poses very little risk.
With best regards, Boian Mitov ------------------------------------------------------- Mitov Software www.mitov.com ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Schnell Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 2:03 AM To: fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Suggestion: reference counted objects On 09/20/2014 08:04 PM, Boian Mitov wrote: This is actually a very good idea IMHO! I would vote for it. Record inheritance is something I miss badly in Delphi. As said in a previous mail: why have "Record" ad all, if you want things like inheritance (and "active" properties, ...) Maybe multiple brands of type if "class" would be more straight forward (making "record" just an alias for portability) -Michael -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
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