Forwarded here, so everyone can see it. I mistakenly replied to Marco alone.
Michael. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 09:39:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco van de Voort <mar...@stack.nl> To: Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> Cc: Marco van de Voort <mar...@stack.nl> Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Interface delegation fix: backport to FPC 2.4.2 ...? In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said:
It's not because you don't see a need, that others don't have it; there is no point in discussing that, we will never agree on that. Just like I don't discuss religion with people.
Well, there's your precedent problem, right there. Those are exactly the arguments that are used for every language extension or deep system change. Together with "it won't hurt that much", and "it really is only this time" and "most people won't even notice".
That is an impossibility, since then we cannot use it in the FCL/LCL, which is one of the requirements:
Well, if you are going to push this through pigheaded, there is nothing more to discuss, isn't it?
So please propose something else, something you concede is not the optimal solution, but which you are prepared to accept, lacking the optimal solution.
I do not see one. If one puts you one cm of a wall and says not to question that position, but to find a solution, you simply don't have much working space. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
