Hello all,

When trying to compile the following code

=== cut===
unit foo;
interface
  type tbar = record
    somefield: integer;
  end;
       pbar = ^tbar;
  operator + (a: pbar; b: pbar) c: pbar;
implementation
  operator + (a: pbar; b: pbar) c: pbar;
  begin
  end;
end.
=== cut===

the compiler (2.0.4) stops with the "impossible operator overload" message. Two questions arise: 1) why is it considered impossible and
2) how can I workaround this?

Op Tue, 8 May 2007, schreef Alexey Pavluchenko:

the compiler (2.0.4) stops with the "impossible operator overload" message. Two questions arise: 1) why is it considered impossible

Overloading pointers turned out to be too problematic in the past, so it was to be disabled. Overloading dynamically allocated data structures is problematic anyway due to memory management.

and 2) how can I workaround this?

You can overload Tbar instead.

Daniël