On 22/07/16 21:49, Santiago A. wrote:
El 22/07/2016 a las 17:56, Jonas Maebe escribió:
There is no hidden secret knowledge. Everything is documented and the
information is linked from the release notes. The "principle of least
surprise" has been applied in the sense that we didn't invent our own
system that introduces small or large differences compared to how
Delphi behaves in the same situation (and if there are differences,
then those are bugs in our implementation).
With hidden knowledge I don't mean it's not documented, I mean that's
like small print in contracts.
How much more prominent can it be when it's in the release notes?
Only those who know there is trick with adding are going to check
manual. Complex things and pushing the language to its limits could
require reading manual, adding two strings shouldn't.
You don't have to read the manual. You have to read the release notes.
MyString := expression
I really shouldn't need to know if right expression uses '+', or the
result of a function, or '*', to guess what MyString type is.
And maybe you shouldn't, because maybe there is a bug in FPC. But I
don't have Delphi 2009 and hence I cannot test.
In addition, changing the codepage on the fly if a bad idea.
If I cant change the codepage dynamically (I don't like it, but let's
live with it), let me assign it explicitly, don't change it on the fly.
You can do that if you only use RawByteString. I doubt you'll find it
very convenient.
I don't like automatic conversion, but let's live with it. But I think
that automatic change of var type is really wrong.
I don't understand what you mean with this.
Jonas
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