Hello List!

Compiling the unit

===

unit test;
interface
procedure test.do_test;
implementation
procedure test.do_test;
begin
end;
end.

===

results in compiler errors:

test.pas(5,15) Error: overloaded identifier TEST isn't a function
test.pas(5,15) Fatal: Syntax error, ; expected but . found

IMHO, this is not the correct behaviour. Note: I still use 1.0.10.

Thank you,

Anton.

And without the "test."?

The following compiled for me...

 unit test;
 interface
 procedure do_test();
 implementation
 procedure do_test();
 begin
 end;
 begin
 end.

I think you only need to fully qualify methods
(functions or procedures) when they are part of an object.

Ron_W

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This is correct. One should never repeat the unit name in a declaration of an identifier. Delphi also chokes on the original code, albeit with a different error:

Copyright (c) 1983,2002 Borland Software Corporation test.pp(5) Error: Identifier redeclared: 'test'
test.pp(9) Error: Identifier redeclared: 'test'
test.pp(14)
test.pp(5) Error: Unsatisfied forward or external declaration: '.1'

The last line is particularly interesting, I've never encountered that before. A bug in the Delphi compiler? :-)

Michael.

I see. Still, the implementation of a class method requires prepending the container's name, while the implementation of a module's procedure disallows it. So, when creating pascal code for an arbitrary procedure, I have to write:

if false then begin
end else if inherits(my_container, cmodule) then begin
my_text.add_string('procedure ' + my_procedure.fname);
end else if inherits(my_container, cclass) then begin
my_text.add_string('procedure ' + my_container.fname + '.' +
my_procedure.fname);
end;

*smile* they somehow seem to accept and remember the forward declaration in line 5. But then, even before storing it's name, they reject it, thus leaving the declaration with a skeleton name '.1'.