Sample code for someone in need of generic containers with generic enumerators (no biz/ads there):
http://freepascal-bits.blogspot.com/2010/05/sampler-generic-enumerators-for-generic.html
Mailing lists / fpc-pascal / 2010-05
Generic enumerators
4 messages · 4 people ·
- Anthony Walter 1
- Florian Klaempfl 1
- Henry Vermaak 1
- Honza 1
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Is the keyword "generic" really needed here:
type generic TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
- should be -
type TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
It looks completely unnecessary and I've never seen a situation in pascal where anything but an identifier follows the keyword type. Whomever came up with the idea was probably more interested in making the feature easy to implement in the compiler rather than more natural for pascal programmers.
Is the keyword "generic" really needed here:
Yes, I explained it multiple times to you alreay.
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type generic TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
- should be -
type TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
It looks completely unnecessary and I've never seen a situation in
pascal where anything but an identifier follows the keyword type.
Whomever came up with the idea was probably more interested in making
the feature easy to implement in the compiler rather than more natural
for pascal programmers.
Compared to you, the person who did it, did at least anything. You did nothing so far.
Is the keyword "generic" really needed here: type generic TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator>…
Anthony Walter wrote 12 lines
Is the keyword "generic" really needed here:
type generic TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
- should be -
type TEnumerator<TValue, TIterator> = class
It looks completely unnecessary and I've never seen a situation in pascal
where anything but an identifier follows the keyword type. Whomever came up
with the idea was probably more interested in making the feature easy to
implement in the compiler rather than more natural for pascal programmers.
I believe you have raised this already? I'm sure the fpc team will welcome your patches.
Henry