On 07 Feb 2008, at 10:56, Peter Vreman wrote:
Disabling self is not possible. It is required and also used in our
RTL:
class function TObject.InstanceSize : SizeInt;
begin
InstanceSize:=pSizeInt(pointer(self)+vmtInstanceSize)^;
end;
Instance size is a regular c
>
> On 06 Feb 2008, at 23:19, Jonathan Benedicto wrote:
>
>>> From RAD Studio 2007's Help file on Methods
>> (ms-help://borland.bds5/devcommon/methods_xml.html):
>>
>> Like class methods, class static methods can be accessed without an
>> object reference. Unlike ordinary class methods, class stati
On 06 Feb 2008, at 23:19, Jonathan Benedicto wrote:
From RAD Studio 2007's Help file on Methods
(ms-help://borland.bds5/devcommon/methods_xml.html):
Like class methods, class static methods can be accessed without an
object reference. Unlike ordinary class methods, class static
methods ha
Micha Nelissen:
What are "static" class methods?
From RAD Studio 2007's Help file on Methods
(ms-help://borland.bds5/devcommon/methods_xml.html):
Like class methods, class static methods can be accessed without an object
reference. Unlike ordinary class methods, class static methods have no
Jonathan Benedicto wrote:
> Jonas Maebe wrote:
>> I'm not sure how Delphi could handle this without passing the VMT as
>> invisible parameter (and from a cursory look at the code generated by
>> Kylix, it does appear to pass the VMT).
>
> Delphi doesn't allow static class methods to be virtual.
Jonas Maebe wrote:
I'm not sure how Delphi could handle this without passing the VMT as
invisible parameter (and from a cursory look at the code generated by
Kylix, it does appear to pass the VMT).
Delphi doesn't allow static class methods to be virtual.
Jon
On 06 Feb 2008, at 20:52, Jonathan Benedicto wrote:
Why do static class methods in FPC have a "Self" parameter? In
Delphi, static class methods do not have a Self parameter.
You need them to correctly handle cases like this:
***
{$ifdef fpc}
{$mode delphi}
{$endif}
type
tc = class
c
Why do static class methods in FPC have a "Self" parameter? In Delphi,
static class methods do not have a Self parameter.
Jon
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