> > TMainMenu.Items is of type TMenuItem. TMenuItem has only > one version > > of "Add" method and it takes another TMenuItem as parameter > (checked > > from VCL source). Still, to my surprise, the code works in Delphi. > > > > FPC says: Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 1: Got > "Dynamic Array > > Of TMenuItem", expected "TMenuItem" which is what I > expected also from > > Delphi. > > It is always best to isolate such things in a self-contained > example that does not depend on external code. Does this > compile with your Delphi version? > > *** > type > tc = class > end; > > procedure add(c: tc); > begin > end; > > var > a: array of tc; > begin > add(a); > end. > *** > > If not, the issue is something else. It seems more likely to > me that there is somewhere another "add" method that Delphi > picks up but FPC doesn't. E.g., there is at least also > "TComponent.Add(item : IUnknown) : Integer;". While that one > won't accept a dynamic array, maybe Delphi 2009 has more add > methods in TComponent declared with "overload" (although > normally searching for overloads should stop as soon as a > method is found in a class without "overload", so in > principle the search should stop when tmenuitem.add is encountered). > > If the above does compile, what does it actually do? Pass the > first element of the array? >
Delphi has a procedure TMenuItem.Add(const AItems: array of TMenuItem); overload; which isn't implemented in Lazarus. It existed already in Delphi6. So, not a compiler issue. Ludo _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
