Ondrej Pokorny via lazarus <[email protected]> schrieb am So.,
3. Nov. 2019, 23:15:

>
> On 03.11.2019 17:49, Sven Barth via lazarus wrote:
>
> Ondrej Pokorny via lazarus <[email protected]> schrieb am
> So., 3. Nov. 2019, 11:21:
>
>> On 02.11.2019 11:23, Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus wrote:
>> > TStrings has a property
>> >
>> >     property Values[const Name: string]: string read GetValue write
>> > SetValue;
>> >
>> > The setter is defined as:
>> >
>> > procedure SetValue(const Name, Value: string);
>> >
>> > Note that both arguments are 'const'
>> >
>> > When adding a new property, and pressing 'CTRL-C', the IDE adds the new
>> > property, but also insists on adding a new SetValue:
>> >
>> > procedure SetValue(const Name: string; AValue: string);
>> >
>> > Note the missing const on the second parameter.
>> >
>> > It does this of course not only for TStrings, but for all such
>> properties.
>>
>> The problem is not the const - Lazarus can ignore it. The problem is
>> that the parameters are joined - that is what Lazarus cannot handle.
>>
>> Replace
>>      procedure SetValue(const Name, Value: string);
>> with
>>      procedure SetValue(const Name: string; const Value: string);
>>
>> then Lazarus won't add it every time you do class completion. I know -
>> it's not what you currently have in the interface, but the difference is
>> just cosmetic. I usually let Lazarus do its job and don't care that the
>> parameters are separated.
>>
>
> This is not what one wants to hear.
>
> Well, I just explained the current state. It doesn't mean it cannot be
> improved.
>
>
> Lazarus really likes to mess with existing code and it's one of the main
> reasons I'm *not* using class completion inside the compiler, cause
> otherwise I can be sure that the whole remaining class is changed as well
> -.-
>
> To be honest, the compiler code style is very quirky :)
>

Pressed "Send" too soon -.-

I won't argue that point. Nevertheless the IDE should not generate more
work :P

Regards,
Sven

>
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