Message: 7
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:13:57 +0100
From: Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org
To: FPC-Pascal users discussions
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:57:23 -0800 (PST)
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FPC is Ok but a few years ago I examined Lazarus
codebase and I saw Lazarus is hacking Class parents
on-the-fly for its normal operations so I
immediately
lost my interest.
Is this changed recently?
If you mean creating the VMT at runtime, then the
answer is: yes, it
still
does.
What are the alternatives?
Mattias
Yep I meant creating VMT at runtime,It does not seems
like a good practice to me.
Delphi's streaming system wont work without RTTI, and
Delphi's RTTI is only for streaming. RTTI and message/
dynamic methods is embedded in compiler to support VCL
and IDE. So writing a Delphi-like IDE without support
of FPC team / compiler could be hard work but I still
wont think
creating VMT in runtime is way to go. Cross-platform
issues and these kind of hacks/ shortcuts is
overcomplicating things in Lazarus codebase, I think.
Alternative?
I prefer a solution based on non ref-counted
interfaces for example (although this may need some
support from compiler side e.g UID's for non
ref-counted interfaces/ interface delegation or
something, and means nearly rewrite, so I dont think
this will happen)
User-level delphi compatibility is enough for masses
(e.g Form designer, properties vs), as long as it have
quality/stability, internal workings of components is
not so important, but as I said above, with current
implementation I dont think Lazarus is
production-ready or it will become.
Sorry for my poor English.
Gokhan
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