Consider this code:

program test;
{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$R+}
uses sysutils, classes;
type
  { TCutomX }
  TCustomX = class (TStrings)
  protected
    procedure SomeProc; virtual; abstract;
  end;
  { TX }
  TX = class(TCustomX)
  protected
    procedure SomeProc; override; // Place cursor here
  end;
begin
end.

Now press Shift+Ctrl+C and voila codetools insert this code:

procedure TX.SomeProc;
begin
  inherited SomeProc;
end;
Which will (of course) not compile:
"test.lpr(32,21) Error: Abstract methods can't be called directly"

My fault, or a minor minor minor annoyance?

Bart

A minor.
There is already a mantis item for this.

Mattias

It's liveable, I'd say. At least the compiler warns you, when you really forget to add meaningful code.

It's still better than other codetools behaviour, which don't recognize methods or fields in grandparents.

DoDi

Mattias Gaertner wrote

A minor. There is already a mantis item for this.

Glad I didn't post it in Mantis then.
It's something I can live with.

This was my first time ever I wrote a component with an abstract method (not the example above, but a "real-life" one). Never really saw what it was good for, but suddenly it just seemed the right solution ;-)

Just keep on learning.

Bart