[Lazarus] Error: Generics without specialization cannot be used as a type for a variable

[Peter Williams]

Hi All,
[snip]> >> > Unit1.pas >>> http://pastebin.com/wuEft4Kb> > Why do you declare TIsland as a generic if you don't use the type "T" > anywhere?
I have (though all of these posts) been trying to follow the instructions for GENERICS on this page:http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GenericsThis page makes no reference to SPECIALIZE keyword. That is where I got the reference to type "T".Can someone please provide an example of using a TList and an object (as in my code) so that I had access to a custom Tlist with the Sort procedure... which is really my reason for needing this.
> > Nevertheless, you need to declare a specialized type of a generic, so > you're able to use it.> > Example:> > type> TIntegerIsland = specialize TIsland<Integer>;> > var> Island: TIntegerIsland;> (...)
Okay, except that Island is not meant to be an integer. See here:
line 88Tmap_detail = Object                 FTerrain : Terrain_type;                 FTerrain_char : char;                 Fdescription : description_type;                 Fx, Fy, Flocation_number : integer;                 Fexits : exit_type;               end;   // The Island class definition  Generic TIsland<T> = class      Items : array of Tmap_detail;    public    constructor Create(AList: TList);    procedure Add( Value : Tmap_detail );  end;
>So, as you can see, I am trying to define a Generic (or possibly a Specialize) of type: an array of Tmap_detail. How do I correctly define this???
>The reason why I am choosing a Generic or Specialize is so that I have accept to the "Sort" procedure of TList. I am not sure if I am doing this correctly.
>Best Regards,>Peter
Best Regards,Peter

> >> Regards,>> Sven> 
 		 	   		  
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