I stumbled (by accident) on (maybe) a curiosity
TFooClass = class of TFoo;
can store a class (that must be TFoo or subclass of it).
I would have expected that the type TFooClass itself is not a class.
(Its a container for a class / for lack of better wording)
Yet
TFooClass.Create
compiles. And creates an instance of type TFoo.
Is that intentional.
program Project1;
{$mode objfpc}
type TFoo = class end;
TFooClass = class of TFoo;
var f: TFoo;
fc: TFooClass;
begin
fc := TFoo;
f := fc.Create;
f := TFooClass.Create; // works
end.
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