In our previous episode, michael.vancann...@wisa.be said: > > > > targethread.queue( > > procedure(targetobject:ttargetobject;a:integer;b:someobject;c:string) > > begin > > targetobject.destinationprocedure(a,b,c); > > end; > > > > Note how common this looks compared to the original. > > One point is that you could do the above with a local (and named) > procedure as well, and still have all the context.
> At the very least you would not be raping pascal's readability by putting a > complete procedure declaration inside a code block. > > I don't know about you, but I have serious trouble reading the above > monstrosity. > It looks like you forgot the closing ) for the queue call. One can debate the syntax. I won't, since even while I have similar reservations, that will lead to the usual Delphi sucks debate, possible implementation of an-orphaned-at-birth FPC specific syntax, and in the end the Delphi syntax always prevails, leading to a lot of wasted time in discussion and implementation of own inventions. That is such a common pattern on these lists, I'm thinking about an acronym for it to save time :-) So sufficient to say, I think own syntax inventions are worse than the problem in the first place, and sooner or later we have to live with it. However there was also a questioning of the use(functionality) of anonymous functions, I hope that I have now at least explained a typical use case, so we can put that to rest. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
