On 13/08/2019 14:44, Martok wrote: > Am 12.08.2019 um 11:31 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: >> The code you linked converts "a += b" to "tmp := @a; tmp^ := tmp^ + b", so >> except for using a temp to avoid duplicate calculation of "a" in how far is >> this >> not the long form? > > No, I meant it doesn't re-parse as its long form, which is why it has some > limitations. In this case for example handle_propertysym does not know it is > actually seeing an assignment.
If the compiler would do that, the behaviour could change from what you would expect from glancing over the code, because the left-hand side would be evaluated twice instead of once. Jonas _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
