[Lazarus] OOP basics

[Marc Weustink]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 15 April 2010 09:25,<stoppok at muenster.de>  wrote:
>>
>> Is this global var really neccessary? Normally I delete all those
>> variables in my Delphi projects and create my forms on the fly and
>> everything works fine.
>>
>> Is this really a requirement for the lazarus form designer?
>
> The global variable is not a requirement and can be disabled by
> removing the "Auto create forms" in the Project Options dialog.
>
> Published components and event handlers however are a "lazarus/delphi
> forms designer" requirement - which means everything you drop on a
> form is globally visible. I hate that design.

Yes and no
The lazarus/delphi forms designer uses RTTI for created components. RTTI 
is only created for published members of a class so for that they need 
to be published.

from a RTTI pov this seems logical since with RTTI you already have all 
info available. But from a class design pov it would have been nice if 
there was a 2nd way to tell the compiler to generate RTTI for some 
non-published members

Marc