> On May 30, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Ryan Joseph <r...@thealchemistguild.com> wrote:
>
> I didn’t realize generic functions were in the trunk. I’m not sure I got this
> implemented properly so it requires some code review but can we try to
> include “implicitfunctionspecialization” mode switch in the next release
> along the with actual feature? https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=35261
>
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I didn’t realize generic functions were in the trunk. I’m not sure I got this
implemented properly so it requires some code review but can we try to include
“implicitfunctionspecialization” mode switch in the next release along the with
actual feature? https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=35261
Specifically, for some time now I wanted to make a “ClearMem" function that
doesn’t require passing the type but the insanely verbose syntax of generic
functions makes it even longer. Honestly the syntax is so intrusive in ObjFPC
mode that I would avoid using it all together.
What we have now:
var
pt: TPoint;
begin
FillChar(pt, sizeof(TPoint), 0);
Specialization with generics:
specialize ClearMem<TPoint>(pt);
With implicit specialization:
ClearMem(pt); // :)
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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