On 4/9/06, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Flávio Etrusco wrote: > > On 4/9/06, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> (...) > >> Is there already a specification how they will look like in Delphi? > >> > >>> (.net2)? What's planned? Can somebody explain? > >>> > >> They are more like C++ templates. > > > > What? Do you mean that FPC implementation of generics wouldn't be > > based on "type erasure" but on beefed-up-precompiler-macros? Please > > say I got it all wrong :-o > > You want crippled generics regarding speed and usage like C# has? You > can do this with "real" templates as well using an implementation class > and wrapper templates.
I've never heard any critics/complaints on the performance of generics in Java (I'm not much into .net 2 yet), but you certainly know better than me. I guess I was a bit too hasty on the whining, but just thinking about C++ compilation speed when using templates give me cries... TBH I never tried using "type erasure" in C++ templates, but I remember C++ templates' inner workings to have enough pitfalls for me to want to avoid templates at all costs... Cheers, Flávio _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
