> On Apr 15, 2016, at 3:56 PM, Sven Barth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> *shudders* Before we introduce such syntax I'd prefer to get the formal class
> types that were added for Objective Pascal working with Object Pascal as well
> (which would be exactly what you want just with a more sane syntax).
I agree 100%. Putting a class definition into the namespace of another unit and
importing like Objective Pascal(c) does is preferable. There doesn’t seem to be
much interest in the problem though.
>
> But again: you're currently fighting against the language. Use interfaces and
> abstract classes and overthink your dependencies and design.
>
Thanks to better usage of “uses” in the implementation I’ve learned now how to
replace the abstract classes with weakly typed parameters and typecasting which
is perhaps a small improvement because I don’t need to worry about extra
classes and overriding etc… I’m happy with that but I’m still doing something
the compiler could be helping with so I thought I’d mention it in the spirit of
efficiency. :)
The only question now is if using $ifdef’s and $includes to make large single
units is preferable to typecasting ugliness.
Thanks.
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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