2012/2/11, Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior <jagf...@gmail.com>: > I believe generics makes faster code due to having no need to test > types during runtime... i maybe wrong.
It is true only if you use the type-safe "as" casting. Normal casting does not check types at runtime. It does make the code more readable. Like: MyVar := MyList[i]; compared to MyVar := TMyType(MyList[i]); Also, you get compile time type-checking, just like arrays had from day 1. The code is safer, more readable and self-documenting. I hope there will be a good and comprehensive generics container library. Now the containers are scattered around and are competing with each other. Java serves as a good example here. It has a consistent generics container library. Classes are easy to find and use. Juha _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
