Re: [fpc-pascal] Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

2013-10-06 Thread Daniel Gaspary
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Sven Barth wrote: > No. Whenever you call a method (either inside a class using (implicit) Self > or outside using a variable) the compiler checks whether a helper for that > type is in scope and uses that if it is. It has nothing to do with object > instantiation (

Re: [fpc-pascal] Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

2013-10-06 Thread Sven Barth
On 06.10.2013 01:46, Daniel Gaspary wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Sven Barth wrote: At location A the helper is not yet declared, thus GetAnotherString uses the GetString function of its own class. On location B the helper is already declared and thus the implementation of GetAnotherSt

Re: [fpc-pascal] Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

2013-10-05 Thread Daniel Gaspary
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Sven Barth wrote: > At location A the helper is not yet declared, thus GetAnotherString uses the > GetString function of its own class. On location B the helper is already > declared and thus the implementation of GetAnotherString will pick up the > helper's GetStri

Re: [fpc-pascal] Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

2013-10-05 Thread Sven Barth
Am 05.10.2013 22:57 schrieb "Daniel Gaspary" : > > I have created an example to show the different results I got due to > where the implementation of a object is . > > The code is at http://pastebin.com/wY2qmZFm > > If you cut and paste the code block at "Location A" to the "Location > B" the resul

[fpc-pascal] Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

2013-10-05 Thread Daniel Gaspary
I have created an example to show the different results I got due to where the implementation of a object is . The code is at http://pastebin.com/wY2qmZFm If you cut and paste the code block at "Location A" to the "Location B" the result of the program changes. At Location A the method of the he