Hello FPC-Pascal, Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:57:01 PM, you wrote:
>> TMyClassPublished=class(TObject) >> published >> procedure MyProcedure; virtual; >> end; >> And a derived one: >> TMyClassDerived=class(TMyClassPublished) >> public >> procedure MyProcedure; override; >> end; >> Is there any difference in the derived one with less visibility in the >> method ? This means, does it use less/more memory, more/less calling >> speed, more/less RTTI information, ... ? MW> no, no, no, no MW> You cannot lower visibility, since the following example is still possible: MW> var MW> a:TMyClassPublished; MW> begin MW> a := TMyClassDerived.Create; MW> a.MyProcedure; MW> end; MW> it will use the scope of a and not the "redefined" scope in TMyClassDerived That was exactly my suspect, but as RTTI was in the game, maybe some differences happend. I had found this "visibility lower" warnings all along the LCLfpgui interface, so I think I will move them to the expected "published" level as parent TWSxxx classes. -- Best regards, José _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
