On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:43:30 +0200
ik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/6/07, Mattias Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:17:36 +0200 (CEST)
> > Daniël Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Op Thu, 4 Oct 2007, schreef Mattias Gaertner:
> > >
> > > > Yes, but I hoped to declare it in situ - without adding another
> > > > type. ;) The reason is that I'm auto translating some C headers
> > > > that contains aliases for functions.
> > >
> > > procedure DoAliasSomething(...params...); cdecl; external
> > > 'useful';
> > >
> > > ... is another approach.
> >
> > Ok. I implemented that.
> >
> > I'm curious: Why does fpc not allow
> > const FuncAlias = MyFunc;
> > ?
>
> Yuck, that reminds me of C++ templates. it allows you to alias "{" as
> "begin" (for example) and also to make such aliases...
Sounds more like macros, than templates.
> it can create a
> lot of problems when people does not fully understand what you have
> done.
>
> I can think on other way to implement "alias":
>
> procedure OriginalProc(..).. {$IFDEF USEINLINE_ALIAS}inline;{$ENDIF}
> begin
> end;
> ...
>
> procedure AliasProc(...);
> begin
> {$DEFINE USEINLINE_ALIAS}
> OriginalProc(...);
> {$UNDEF USEINLINE_ALIAS}
> end;
>
> But it looks so ugly ...
And it's even more complicate. ;)
Mattias
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