Re: [fpc-pascal] class & object

2010-05-11 Thread spir ☣
On Tue, 11 May 2010 08:52:38 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 May 2010, spir ☣ wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Below two quotes from the ref manual: > > [...] > > > > > > I'm rather confused when reading this. > > [...] Thank you Thierry and Michael for your "enlighten

Re: [fpc-pascal] class & object

2010-05-10 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Mon, 10 May 2010, spir ☣ wrote: Hello, Below two quotes from the ref manual: http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refch6.html#x67-750006 << In the Delphi approach to Object Oriented Programming, everything revolves around the concept of ’Classes’. A class can be seen as a pointer to

Re: [fpc-pascal] class & object

2010-05-10 Thread Thierry Coq
Dear Dennis, See my comment below: spir ☣ wrote: Hello, ... Second, theses texts seem to imply that classes only have drawbacks, compared to object types ;-) The reference does not compare the two models further, I guess; so why bother with a heavier system? Why did Delphi creators design suc

[fpc-pascal] class & object

2010-05-10 Thread spir ☣
Hello, Below two quotes from the ref manual: http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refch6.html#x67-750006 << In the Delphi approach to Object Oriented Programming, everything revolves around the concept of ’Classes’. A class can be seen as a pointer to an object, or a pointer to a record, wi