On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:29 PM Ben Grasset <operato...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Again, literally nobody in this entire message chain has stated any actual > reason why exactly they think it would be specifically *bad* to have > `^Type` in method parameters. > Is it because parameter types are doesn't really match a type definition. One can't do function myFunc(var a: record a,b: integer; end): integer; the record type has to be declared separately. or declaring function myFunc(var a: array of integer): integer; is 100% not the same as TArrayType = array of Integer; function myFunc(var a: TArrayType ): integer; so parameter type declaration is pretty much "reserved" for Embarcadero to change... and FPC will eventually follow :) Ultimately the bad thing is changing Pascal ideology. Declare first, then use. Specifying a parameter type is "use". Thus it has to be declared first. Do you really want to change it? If yes, what's the **technical** benefit? thanks, Dmitry
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