In our previous episode, dmitry boyarintsev said: > > specially for minor features is more trouble then it is worth, since > > eventually the Delphi syntax will have to be supported anyway. > Agreed, and that's quite sad, eventual Delphi syntax support makes > FreePascal actually FreeDelphi.
I don't measure FPC's identity on basis of the dialect alone. That is only a carte blanche for unbridled extensions. > About FPC syntax and new feature: fpc packages (afaik not yet implemented). > I'm wondering, what syntax would be used to define an "external" > class. Would it follow obj-p (objc branch) style? (adding 'external' > keyword after class declaration). Packages don't have external classes. A package is fully transparent to the program, IOW when linking to a package there are proper .ppu's and everything, and there is no "external" link step. See http://wiki.freepascal.org/packages for some explanation. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
