[Lazarus] Please define "delphi compatibility"

[Bart]

On 10/3/12, Graeme Geldenhuys <graeme at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
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> [based on my suggestion about changes to the TDBNavigator component]
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More specifically: can  a LCL equivalent of a standard VCL component
have public methods/properties that the VCL component does not have?

Like for example giving LCL's TBitButton a Smiley property?

In the past this was frowned upon.

Bart