Am 13.02.2022 um 10:25 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal:
Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org <mailto:fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org>> schrieb am
So., 13. Feb. 2022, 09:47:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2022, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:14:14 +0100 (CET)
> Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org
<mailto:fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org>>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This can't be right, can it?
>> >
>> > type
>> > TBird = class
>> > procedure Fly;
>> > end;
>> > TEagle = TBird; // alias
>> >
>> > procedure TEagle.Fly;
>> > begin
>> > end;
>>
>> Personally, I would not allow this.
>> But Delphi compiles and runs it...
>
> ... and Delphi's class completion no longer works in the unit giving a
> useless error "expected ';' but '.' found". So it is one of those
> Delphi "features" compiling but not usable.
I'm all for forbidding this in objfpc mode.
Then file a bug report for it. Cause it's definitely going to be one of the low priority things cause it's going to be
annoying to fix...
I thought (famous last words), checking the typesyms of the tobjectdef would be
enough but who knows what else will bit :)
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