hello, I am referring to this: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Helper_types
I am using 2.6.1 from the fixes branch, last updated no longer than a week ago. the wiki mentions this syntax: TTestHelper = record helper for TTest procedure SomeMethod; end; Now I must be understanding something completely wrong or doing something incredibly stupid but I can't find it, do I have to enable some mode switch for record helpers to work or is there something else that prevents my code from compiling? I am trying to do the following: unit purple; {$mode objfpc}{$H+} {$if FPC_FULLVERSION < 20600} {$fatal *** You need Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.0 or higher *** } {$endif} interface uses Classes, ctypes, glib2; type TGListHelper = record helper for TGList function Append(Item: Pointer): Pointer; end; and it will generate the following error: libpurple/purple.pas(77,32) Fatal: Syntax error, ":" expected but "FOR" found I have stripped down the example to the bare minimum, so the line numbers do not match but in the original file (77,32) points to the "for" in the first line of the type declaration. What is wrong? Bernd _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal