Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

Often a fluent API has some grammar described via different interfaces that are implemented by either one (in this case you always return Self) or different classes. It is not just to chain methods together that you could also write like you did. > On 22 August 2017 at 13:15 Michael Van

Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Kazantsev Alexey via fpc-devel wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer With StdIO::stdOutPrinter() do begin out("Helllo World "); out(42);

Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > Call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer > >With StdIO::stdOutPrinter() do > begin > out("Helllo World "); > out(42); > out(""); > hex(); > out(42); > line(); >

Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

Am 22.08.2017 13:15 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" : > > > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Thaddy de Koning wrote: > >>> On 21.08.2017 13:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Benito van der Zander wrote: > Hi, > >> This pattern is

Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Thaddy de Koning wrote: On 21.08.2017 13:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Benito van der Zander wrote: Hi, This pattern is not inherently efficient. Why should it be ? It is not efficient, because of the pointless instruction! I am not

Re: [fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions

> On 21.08.2017 13:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Benito van der Zander wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> This pattern is not inherently efficient. Why should it be ? >>> >>> >>> It is not efficient, because of the pointless instruction! >> >> I am not speaking of the