Am 22.04.2011 00:08, schrieb Jonas Maebe: > > On 21 Apr 2011, at 23:26, Sven Barth wrote: > >> On 21.04.2011 21:45, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >>> Threefold: a) The compiler's handling of generics is still beta >>> code in my opinion. As far as I know, the original problem I >>> reported when writing the docs for them is still not solved. >> >> May I ask out of curiosity which problem you mean? > > The main problem with generics as they are implemented in FPC, is > that they are basically macros. That means if you use a type > "tsomerecord" in a generic implementation, and in a unit in which the > generic is specialised another type with that name is visible, this > other type will suddenly be used. The same goes for functions and > every other identifier, because it's a token record/replay > mechanism.
No. The symtablestack state is restore. But this leads to other problems like overloaded operators for the current type being ignored. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
