README

What is Generics.Tuples?

Generics.Tuples adds generic tuple support to Delphi and AppMethod.

Tuples give you a single type that can hold multiple other types. For example, in the following code you can see a tuple being defined to hold an Integer and a String:

var
  LTuple : ITuple<Integer, String>;
begin
  LTuple := TTuple<Integer, String>.Create(10, 'Hello');

Once you have that, you can reference the individual values like so:

x := LTuple.Value1 + 10;
ShowMessage(LTuple.Value2);

Why Might This Be Useful?

One place this can be helpful is where you want to return multiple values from a function. You can return the multiple values inside a tuple rather than mucking around with multiple var params.

Another place is where you want to store pairs of values in a collection.

Support

Currently I have support for tuples containing 2 or 3 items, but you can see how adding support for more can be achieved by looking at the code.

It also supports objects, correctly freeing them on destruction of the tuple.