On 02/07/2015 10:32, fpc-pascal-requ...@lists.freepascal.org wrote:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:51:43 +0200
From: Jonas Maebe<jonas.ma...@elis.ugent.be>
To: FPC-Pascal users discussions<fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org>
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi mode for new features?
The point is that we consider that several features added by Embarcadero
make the language less Pascal-like or more complicated for no good
reason. "Advanced records" is one such example: that feature already
existed, and is called "objects" or "Turbo Pascal-style objects".
This is another good example of divergence that complicates the life.
Object type can be used as "advanced record" in FPC mode only.
I'm agreed that it is good evolution since turbo pascal.
But in Delphi mode you cannot use object type in a same manner (i.e. for
operator overloading) and then should use advanced records.
As result, when the same unit should be compiled with both Delphi and
FPC, you cannot use the power of both languages but only subset of them.
Be honest, I have doubts about "Pascal spirit" of this genre.
Regards,
Serguei
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