On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Boian Mitov <mi...@mitov.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Adriaan van Os wrote: > > >>>> Your remarks seem to imply that you think RTTI can be used to inspect > any aspect of an object. > It was/is not meant for that. > <<< > > Quite incorrect. All languages with modern RTTI allow for full object > inspection, and that includes Delphi 2010 and higher, C#, and even VB has > it. > The fact is that FPC is just stuck in the last century, and the lack of > any even remotely decent RTTI in it makes it unsuitable for any modern > development. > Our code nowadays relies nearly 100% on advanced RTTI, and it was one of > the major factors, we decided to discontinue any attempts to support > Lazarus. > > If the Lazarus goal is to be just what D7 was ~12 or so years ago, fine, > but then easier goal is to be just what Turbo Pascal was in the late 80s or > even easier goal, just be an assembler. > The world has moved since 2000, and FPC seems to be downright stuck > technology wise IMHO :-( . > > With best regards, > Boian Mitov I may be wrong, but if I'm not mistaken, the new Delphi XE RTTI is being implemented in FPC. My dream is see a project like DORM ( https://delphi-orm.googlecode.com/files/dorm_introduction.pdf) implemented with FPC. :-) -- Silvio Clécio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
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