Ryan Joseph <r...@thealchemistguild.com> schrieb am Do., 14. Juni 2018, 14:48:
> > > > On Jun 14, 2018, at 7:26 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal < > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > > > > Because one needs to be able to represent the properties in the RTTI. > Without pointers all that is needed to access the property from code is an > offset. With pointers you'd need to add where dereferences are required > especially as the "path" to the final field could be more complex (e.g. > Field1^.Field3.Field1.Field5^.FinalField). > > I guess I don’t understand because I thought an offset to a pointer you > dereference is as good as an offset to anything else. The property contains > the ^ symbol so it should know to dereference the pointer at the offset > right? > The RTTI for a property contains *only* the offset to the final field inside the record, object or class instance. With a dereference in between this does not work anymore as the field could now be anywhere. Regards, Sven
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