>> As to that, the answer is simple: RTTI for all objects would >> blow up your executable. RTTI information takes up a *lot* of >> space in your executable. It's a burden, and people who don't >> need it should have the chance not to use it. This is impossible >> if you force RTTI in TObject. > > I see your point... I think perhaps what I was thinking about > was RTTI coupled with some kind of smart RTTI linking- I mean, > all objects would have RTTI info but that info would only be > included in the EXE for those objects that are "touched" by > the code.
... or "touched" by data. And that is always the case. There is a reference from the Class data/vmt to the RTTI. The result is that it'll then always be included when the Class is used. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
