On Sun, June 8, 2014 21:50, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
Hi Graeme, > I think it was FPC 2.6.0 that changed the language rules about > Properties. You can't pass them directly as a var parameter, can't > assign to a property of a property etc. > > Anyway, somebody recently asked my why this was implemented, and I can't > actually remember the exact rational behind the FPC team's decision. > > Does anybody have a link to the documentation or FPC discussion on this? > I'm looking for info on what was so bad about the old behaviour etc. and > if this was another Delphi compatibility change or not? > > I want to pass this information on, but want to make sure I get it right. Have you already checked the "User changes 2.x.0" pages of the respective releases (especially http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.0#Taking_the_address_of_fields_of_record_properties and http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.0#Treating_direct-mapped_properties_as_regular_fields referenced from the previous one)? Tomas _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
