On 4/11/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:33:12 -0300 > "Flávio Etrusco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Type erasure generics' pros: > > What does type erasure mean without a runtime engine (VM) ? >
That the "template" is not aware of the instantiated type of the template parameters, they are only accessed/resolved through oop (inheritance/polymorphism). A VM isn't necessary at all; for instance, J2SE 5 didn't introduce any modification in the VM (for supporting generics or anything), and most of the compiler changes were only needed because of the Java object model. -Flávio _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
