On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Bart <bartjun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/5/14, Werner Pamler <werner.pam...@freenet.de> wrote: > >> Recompiling the package LCLBase fails with the error: "Property can't >> have a default value". I think this message is misleading and confusing >> because the true issue seems to me that the set of TGridOptions now >> contains 33 elements. In my understanding, the elements of a set >> correspond to the bits of an integer. In a 32-bit OS, therefore, a set >> can only contain 32 elements - there is one too many now... >> >> Is this interpretation correct? > > I think it's not.
AFAICS it is. > Default values must be of ordinal, pointer or small set type (Delphi) > (See: > http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/XE7/en/E2146_Default_values_must_be_of_ordinal,_pointer_or_small_set_type_%28Delphi%29) > > After you added the 33-rd option now SizeOf(TGridOptions) = 32 bytes. > Every option is stored as a bit, so you can have 256 (=32*8) options (I > think). No, SizeOf(TGridOptions) = 4 (bytes) = 32 bits = 32 options. Best regards, Flávio -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
