Am 29.08.2017 08:47 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" <mich...@freepascal.org>:
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> On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Sven Barth via fpc-devel wrote:
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>> Am 28.08.2017 23:11 schrieb "Ondrej Pokorny" <laza...@kluug.net>:
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>>> Hello!
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>>> I find it unnecessary to disable record helper inheritance in Delphi
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>> mode. Due to this artificial limitation I have to change unit mode from
>> Delphi to ObjFPC.
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>>>
>>> Reasons:
>>> 1.) It's a limitation of a feature that FPC already has.
>>> 2.) I write FPC-only code in Delphi mode. I don't care about Delphi
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>> compatibilty.
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>>> 3.) There are already switches/features allowed in Delphi mode that are
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>> not compatible with Delphi either. (E.g. {$COPERATORS ON}, {$MACRO ON},
>> maybe more).
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>>>
>>> Please either allow record helper inheritance in Delphi mode by default
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>> or at least make a switch to allow it. I can try to come up with a patch
if
>> you suggest what you prefer.
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>>> I find it ridiculous to change the mode of a whole unit just to enable a
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>> feature that FPC already has and Delphi strangely lacks.
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>> This will not be enabled by default. If anything a modeswitch will be
added
>> so that users are aware that what they'll write will not be compatible
with
>> Delphi.
>> However since I'm busy with other FPC stuff: patches welcome. Suggested
>> name is "NonDelphiExtensions".
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> Why not simply allow $RECORDHELPERS or so ?
What strangeness is this? We have the modeswitch concept for a reason,
namely that we don't need to introduce a new directive for everything.
Regards,
Sven
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