On 21/09/16 06:30, Tomas Hajny wrote:
On Wed, September 21, 2016 07:29, Lars wrote:
Hi,
Hi all, I am wondering what your thoughts are on this
idea: add the ability to do if assigned() on all
objects to prevent bugs, maybe as a compiler feature.
.
.
What would be the supposed "else" clause of your "if" statement? I assume
that the original action with the given object should not be ignored
silently, because that would lead to even more difficult debugging of such
bugs. Run-time error? But that is already happening with access violation
too. Or...?
Presumably this would be an assertion that something is assigned. A
related test is that an object is a specific subtype before using it as such
Assert(PageControl1.ActivePage.Controls[0] is TSynEdit);
syn := TSynEdit(PageControl1.ActivePage.Controls[0]);
but I'd suggest that this is as much a refactoring problem as one which
should be tackled by the compiler.
--
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
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