[lazarus] InterfaceBase public procedures

[Vincent Snijders]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Mattias Gaertner [mailto:nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de]
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 05:55:13 +0100
> "Vincent Snijders" <vslist at zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
> > If this is done, I see two odd functions:
> > GetText and UpdateHint.
> > Can they be replaced by messages like LM_GETTEXT and LM_SETHINT
> (new), so
> > that we have a more consistent interface for TInterfaceBase.
>
> The UpdateHint procedure is currently not used. So, I don't think that we
> should add a LM_SETHINT.
As you probably know UpdateHint is used in:
TWinControl.CMShowHintChanged
TWinControl.SetHint

Want do you want to do with those functions if we remove UpdateHint?  Remove
them as well?

> Plz send me a patch.

What should the patch include? Remove TInterfaceBase.GetText and sending
LM_GETTEXT from the LCL instead?

>
>
> > Or is the long
> > term target to have all messages converted to procedures and
> functions of
> > the interface object.
>
> Yes. That's important for smart linking and IMO it also improves
> readability.
>
>
> Mattias

Do you mind if I made the constructor of InterfaceBase virtual and the
TGTKObject and TWin32Object constructors override? Then I can experiment a
little with widget set selection on the command line.

Vincent.