On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:01 PM Sven Barth via fpc-devel < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> It wouldn't matter if the function is called Copy, operator:= or > "jdjfjsje". Once a copy management operator is defined the record type is > considered "managed" and thus all assignment operations are routed through > fpc_copy_proc just as is the case when a record contains at least one field > of a managed type (e.g. AnsiString). > Also using operator:= would go against the principle that existing, > internal operators can't be overloaded. > What I meant was, does `Copy` actually serve any particular purpose at all versus just overloading the assignment operator normally?
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