Vincent Snijders schrieb:
It's almost impossible to replace an
inappropriate implementation by a better model, because some existing
code
*could* be broken by such an change - unless such a suggestion comes
from a
core developer, who simply changes his existing code.
I wholeheartedly agree with the above -- a purely theoretical
backwards incompatibility
issue already prevented me from contributing to at least one Lazarus
subsystem.
I wonder how such wishes can be reconciled with wishes from Tom Lisjac
for example to have more stable lazarus, not changing compatibility
every release (if that is what actually happens).
The LCL could be simplified (and stabilized) in some areas. This could
be done by removing unused or unusable parts, or by delegating other
tasks to new classes. The scope of such refactoring varies, from almost
local (docking) to an entire class tree (components, IDE interfaces).
The latter changes are almost impossible, since just a proof of concept
would require assistance by other developers, who had to implement the
required changes in their area (e.g. components or widgetsets). Chances
are very low that this ever will happen :-(
DoDi
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