At times like this, I miss the macro assembler - being able to have
macros and to raise errors for other programmers. :-) When are we
getting macros ?
Dennis Chuah wrote:
Unlike Java and some other languages, Delphi has no mechanism to flag
a class as an abstract class, and so the compiler is not able to raise
an error if you declare a class that contains abstract methods.
It can only issue a warning if you try to create an instance of the
class, which Jeremy rightly points out, ought to be a compile error.
However, there are other ways to create an instance of an abstract
class for which the compiler is not able to control, for example,
through a class type variable.
From: Jeremy North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> If you subclass and do not override an abstract method then a
> warning/hint is raised regarding the abstract method.
> Read the hints and warnings ;)
Which really should be a fatal error and is in .NET.
cheers,
Jeremy
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